Prepared by Teacher Jan Z. Tiangco

BASIC HISTORICAL INFORMATIONNational Independence Day is June 12, 1898.Filipinos are of Malay descent.The Philippines is in the records of the Sung (982 AD)

and Ming Dynasty (1410 AD)of Ancient China.In 1521, the Spanish came and resulted to around 300

years of colonization.During the Spanish-American War in the Philippines from

1989-1900, Spain eventually sold the Philippines to the United States and was under its rule for around 40 years

The Japanese also invaded the Philippines and Filipinos and Americans fought together in World War II.

Korean migration to the Philippines started around the 80s.

MULTI-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT

VIDEO ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES

FILIPINO CULTUREFilipinos love music.Some famous Filipinos in the international

music, theatre, and movie industry:Allan Pineda Lindo or better known as apl.de.ap of the US hip-hop group, Black Eyed Peas

Rosa Isabel Mutya Buena of the Popular UK-based trio, Sugarbabes

Lea Salonga, Award-winning Broadway actress of Miss Saigon and Les Miserables and The singing voice of Jasmine in Aladdin and in Mulan .

Jasmine Trias, 3rd place in the Third season of the popular show,American Idol.

INFORMATION ABOUT FILIPINOS ALL OVER THE WORLD:

• Current population of the Philippines is 80 million and there are 8 million (11% of the Population) who are in other countries all over the world.

• 2,807,731 are estimated to be in the United States, 200,000 are in the United Kingdom, 400,000 are in Canada, 25,000 in Spain.

• 136,000 Filipinos are in Singapore, 140,000 in Hong Kong, 250,000 in Japan, an estimated 160,672 are in Taiwan, 70,000 Filipinos are in Korea, 900,000 in Malaysia.• 127,000 Filipinos are estimated to be in Australia and 17,000 in New Zealand.

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

MALL CRAZY

Listed inForbes Magazineas the 3rd largestshopping mallin the world

There are approximately more than 100 shopping malls in the Philippines.

Pictures of Shopping Malls

Political and Economic Society•M-shaped Society.•Biggest social and economic gap between the richand poor.

House in the Philippines

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