Philippines religion

Highlights in the Philip­pines

• Palawan belongs to the larger islands of the Philippines. The island lies in the west of the atoll. When visiting its capital, Port Princesa, you can enjoy local restaurants and small shops as well as a nice cultural offer. A highlight of the island that should not be missed is the Puerto Princesa Underground River in Sabang, a fascinating river that flows through a system of caves.

• Perfect waves for surf beginners and experts attract many young people to Siargao which results in a very relaxed atmosphere. But a

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  History of the Philippines

  The history of the Philippines dates from the earliest hominin activity in the archipelago at least by 709,000 years ago.^[1]Homo luzonensis, a species of archaic humans, was present on the island of Luzon^[2][3] at least by 134,000 years ago.^[4]

  The earliest known anatomically modern human was from Tabon Caves in Palawan dating about 47,000 years.^[5]Negrito groups were the first inhabitants to settle in the prehistoric Philippines.^[6] These were followed by Austroasiatics, Papuans, and South Asians.^[7] By around 3000 BCE, seafaring Austronesians, who form the majority of the current population, migrated southward from Taiwan.^[8] By 2000 BCE the archipelago was the crux of a trans-oceanic Philippine jade culture.^[9]

  Scholars generally believe that these ethnic and social groups eventually developed into various settlements or polities with varying degrees of economic specialization, social stratification, and political organization.^[10] Some of thes

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  GENERAL INFORMATION
  COUNTRY NAME : Republic of the Philippines

  FORM OF GOVERNMENT : Democratic

  CAPITAL : Manila
   

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  INTRODUCTION

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  The visitor to Metro Manila commonly sees the Philippines as the most westernized of Asian countries and in many ways, it is. But there is also a rich underlay of Malay culture beneath the patina of Spanish and American heritage. National cultural life is a happy marriage of many influences, as the indigenous Malay culture is assimilated and adapted to different strains in a practice typical of Malay temperament. An upsurge of Philippine nationalism stimulated a desire to preserve the ancient heritage without restricting its openness to foreign artistic influence.

   

  The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under the three main geographical divisions