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This page contains links to information about the Philippines as well as stories that are all about the being Filipino: our idiosyncrasies as a people, our social issues, our own unique take on politics and governance and every day life in these wonderful islands of ours.

ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES CALABARZON Has Most Number of OFWs Filipinos Among ‘Most Positive’ in the World Filipinos and Filipinas in a Comparison of the Genders Heritage Houses in the Philippines National Historical Landmarks of the Philippines National Shrines & Historical Sites of the Philippines Party Lists for the 2013 Philippine Elections PHL Population at 92.34M as per 2010 Census Philippine Government Web Sites Philippine Provinces, Capital Cities and Population Philippines 2010 Population & Growth Rate by Region and Province Philippine Senatorial Candidates for the 2013 Elections Philippines World Heritage Sites Regions of the Philippines Sendong and the Realities of Typhoons in the Philippines
SO PINOY A Loose Concept of Time Banana Cue Child Abduction in Lobo... Daw! Covering the Fenders Da Ep, Da Fi, Da Bi and Da  Vi Dancing Flight Attendants Filipinos and Our Superstitions Filipino Time: Personality or Cultural Trait? Get Up! Get Up! Grammar Grasshopper Day Heroic Rescue Personnel Deserve the Nation's Applause If They Were Pinoy Jaywalking and Pedestrian Lanes Kuya, Ate and Different Ways to Stop a Jeepney Maritime Tragedies and Fish Sales Mindanao Sex Strike Pacquiao Throws in the Towel! Pakakak Campaigning Scandals Sorry???!!! The Balikbayan Box The Best Chocolate in the World The Convenience of the Word K’wan The Double Life of Annie Batungbakal The Failing Grades The Loneliness of Being in a Foreign Land The Moneychanger The So Filipino Trait of Giving Pasalubongs Thinking Like Americans Thoughts About the Lotto Who's to Blame?	SOCIAL ISSUES 9/11 and the Face of America Astronomers Stirring Up Astrological Debate: Baloney! A Tale of Child Abductions Bonkers Broken Households and Children Burn the Bra in the Filipino Context Christopher Lao, Unwilling Celebrity Colourful Little Angry Birds Dignity and a High School Lad Drug Mule Earthquakes, Tsunamis and 2012 Garbage Granulator in Taal, Batangas Shows the Way He Did, She Did; He Does, She Does James Soriano and English Juan Will Bring Out the Best in Us Krimen Lunch NAIA Guards Pay for Tulfo Brawl Online Storm: PM Executive’s Assault on MMDA Personnel Rains, Garbage, Floods Plastic Wastes? Convert to Fuel! Road Rage in the Philippine Context Security Guards Statistics and the Revilla-Manahan Private Video Sustukô! The EDSA Yellow Lane Bedlam The Filipino as a Chameleon The Ramgen Revilla Case and the Court of Public Opinion The Uzi Phenomenon Those Damned North Koreans and Their Damned Rocket Why Nobody Is Buying Bangus Vizconde Case Verdict: The Truth Will Set Everyone Free Wrong Man Inside the Coffin You and Your Body Clock
POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE A Crying Shame All Out Whatever; Bring Us Peace in Mindanao Aquino Government, MILF Agree on Bangsamoro Biologically Male; Legally Female CJ Corona’s Waiver: Too Little Too Late or a Brilliant Ploy? CJ Corona Verdict: How the Senators Voted Commissions or Basic Pay for Bus Drivers? Concluding Thoughts on the Corona Trial and Verdict Dear Noynoy Democracy Excommunicate Noynoy? Give 'Em A Break! Hostile Witness in the Impeachment Court In Fairness to Noynoy Leni Robredo: A Breath of Fresh Air Of Flags and Forensics Of SALNs and Waivers: Pilipinas Expects! Pedestrian Lanes PNoy, Noli de Castro and Dignity Political Quotes Politics Simplified for Citizen Voters Poor Atty. Diaz, Now Germ-Free Possible Reprisals Post SONA Reactions Final Post SONA Reactions Part I Post SONA Reactions Part II Presidents and Hotdogs SONA Pa-bits Tarps The Arroyos, de Lima and a Potential Governmental Crisis The Certain Loser of the Corona Impeachment Trial The Federal Republic of the Philippines? The Good Die Young: RIP Jesse Robredo The Prosecution and the CJ Corona Trial The RH Bill: A Simplified Version The RH Bill: No Objections to It but... The Spratly Row and Stressed Spokesmen The Zubiri Questions Thoughts on CJ Corona’s ‘Walkout’ from the Impeachment Court Time for Decisive Legislation on Firecrackers Trillanes, Enrile Spat Distasteful but Entertaining Typhoons, Floods and the Face of the Presidency Understanding Impeachment and the Justice Corona Case Understanding the Proposed Bangsamoro Sub-state	A MUNDANE LIFE A Cashier and Her Barcode Scanner A Classy Lady and a Foreigner A Peculiar Sensation Barbers Gossip; Blogger Listens Bed Habits City Hall Coffeemaker Crap! It's My Brother! Goat Heckle and Jeckle Jingles Like the Fingers of Wolverine Low Masculine Voice Reading Robinson’s Mall to Open in Calapan Shower The Barber's Life Story The Last Minute Rush The Missing 34s The Missing Baggers The Story of My Life in Jerseys Things People Instinctively Copy Tucked In Vertical Wearing My Blues What Is It About Earthquakes