Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. PAKILALA,
2. TRIVIA ABOUT THE PHILIPPINE
The biggest mall is the SM North Edsa, measuring an impressive 498,000m2.
You’ll find the supermall in Quezon City, in Manilla.
There are 175+ languages in the country
There are at least 175 languages spoken in the Philippines and at least 171 of
them are considered ‘living’ languages.
It’s the home of Asia’s first Basketball League
Basketball is a national obsession in the Philippines. It’s thought that the love
affair began under American Colonial rule during the early twentieth century,
when it was first introduced into the public school system as a women’s game.
There are 129,000 members of the Philippine National Police (PNP), a
nationwide police force
Population: 111 million people live in the Philippines (2021)
Capital: Manila (Metro with 14 million inhabitants)
Government: Presidential Republic
National Holiday: 12 June (Independence Day)
Language: Filipino and English
Literacy: 98% of the population over 15 years of age can read and write
Religion: Most people are Christians (92%)
Currency: 1 Philippines Peso (PHP) = 100 centavos
National symbols: three stars and sun, Philippine eagle (national bird).
National colours: red, white, blue and yellow
National anthem: "Lupang Hinirang" (Chosen Land)
History: The Philippines gained independence from Spain in 1898 and on 4 July
1946 independence from the USA
2. Ferdinand Magellan first landed in the Philippines in 1521. The name Philippines comes
from Philip II who was the king of Spain during the 16th century when the country
became a Spanish colony. The Philippines was granted to the United States in 1898
following the Spanish-American War.
3. TOPICS THAT INCLUDE IN THIS PRESENTATION.
4. GUARDILLO – means guard.
from 1829 to 1940
Its main mission was the surveillance of the coastline and the borders,
5. LUPIGIN, O SIRAIN, .However, unlike the Spanish American colonies, the Philippines,
being less significant to the Spanish economy, were under much less direct royal
control.
As Rome's first emperor, Octavian (Augustus Caesar) (63 B.C.–A.D. 14)
a largely peaceful period of two centuries
His rise to power, however, was anything but peaceful.
6. following the Spanish-American War (1898), Taft displayed considerable talent as an
executive and administrator. In 1901 he became the first civilian governor of the
Philippines, concentrating in that post on the economic development of the islands.
7. Noong Enero 9, 1901, pormal na inorganisa ang Pulisya ng Maynila sa bisa ng Batas Blg.
175 ng Komisyon ng Pilipinas. Pagkatapos nito, sumunod ang mga kalapit na lugar
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF AN
INSULAR CONSTABULARY, AND FOR THE INSPECTION OF THE MUNICIPAL POLICE.
OR ISANG BATAS NA NAGBIBIGAY PARA SA ORGANISASYON AT PAMAHALAAN NG
ISANG INSULAR CONSTABULARY, AT PARA SA INSPEKSIYON NG PULIS MUNICIPAL.
Insular Constabulary - police during the early American period, although considered as
the first civil police in the Philippines, was counter-nationalistic. noong unang bahagi ng
panahon ng mga Amerikano, pero yun nga itinuturing pa rin na unang pulis sibil sa
Pilipinas, ay counter-nationalistic.