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Ethnologue lists 186 languages for the Philippines, 182 of which are living languages; the other four no longer have any known speakers. Most native languages are part of the Philippine branch of the Malayo-Polynesian languages, which is a branch of the Austronesian language family. [382]
Marcelo Hilario del Pilar y Gatmaitán [2] (Spanish: [maɾˈθelojˈlaɾjo ðel piˈlaɾ]; Tagalog: [maɾˈselo ʔɪˈlaɾjo del pɪˈlaɾ]; August 30, 1850 – July 4, 1896), commonly known as Marcelo H. del Pilar and also known by his nom de plume Pláridel, [3] [4] was a Filipino writer, lawyer, journalist, and freemason.
The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (Filipino: Korporasyon ng Pilipinas sa Seguro ng Deposito, [1] abbreviated as PDIC) is a Philippine government-run deposit insurance fund. It was established on June 22, 1963, by Republic Act 3591. It guarantees deposits up to ₱500,000. [2]
Noli Me Tángere (Latin for "Touch Me Not") is a novel by Filipino writer and activist José Rizal and was published during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines.It explores inequities in law and practice in terms of the treatment by the ruling government and the Spanish Catholic friars of the resident peoples in the late 19th century.
The Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI), or simply the Inquirer, is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines. Founded in 1985, it is often regarded as the Philippines' newspaper of record . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The newspaper is the most awarded broadsheet in the Philippines and the multimedia group, called The Inquirer Group, reaches 54 million ...
Pigafetta narrated on his account the events happened from March 16, 1521, when they first saw the Island of the Philippine group up to April 7, 1521, when the expedition landed on Cebu. On March 16, 1521, there was a "high land" named "Zamal" that was sighted by the Magellan's expedition which was some 300 leagues westward of the Ladrones Island.
The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898, often referred to as Blair and Robertson after its two authors, was a 55-volume series of Philippine historical documents. They were translated by Emma Helen Blair and James Alexander Robertson , a director of the National Library of the Philippines from 1910 to 1916.
Married Filipino citizens [1] National identity card Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) ID: Philippine Statistics Authority: Filipino citizens and non-Filipino citizens with permanent residency [4] NBI clearance: National Bureau of Investigation [5] Overseas Employment Certificate: Philippine Overseas Employment Administration: Overseas ...