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Baroque Churches of the Philippines and Historic Town of Vigan are the cultural World Heritage Sites. However, during World War II, much of the city of Intramuros was destroyed but rebuilt in postwar time. Other World Heritage Sites include "The Rice Terraces" of the Cordillera, considered the 8th wonder of the world.
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Smith75 says (pg.273) "Whenever the Philippines is at war the red stripe is flown at the top of the flag, the reverse of its normal position." As a reference, the following is cited "The Philippine National Flag" by Pedro A. Gagelonia (Manila, Dept. of Education, 1963)
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The Philippines has two official languages: English and Filipino. Filipino is mainly based on the Tagalog language (a relative of Malay), with heavy Tamil, Sanskrit, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and English influences.
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MANILA, Philippines -- Filipinos in Laos have been warned against allowing themselves to be used as couriers by drug syndicates. In its report to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the Philippine embassy in Vientiane warned Filipinos in Laos and
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There are more than a hundred ethnological groups in the Philippines and over 70 languages are spoken. Eight are considered major languages, with the two most widely spoken being Tagalog and Cebuano. All the indigenous languages are linguistically associated with the Melayo-Polynesian family of languages, which explains why many Tagalog phrases sound so familiar to speakers of Bahasa and other regional languages. Tagalog itself contains bits and pieces of Sanskrit, Chinese, Arabic, and Spanish, reflecting the diverse influences that have shaped Philippine history and culture.
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