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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is the most multilingual president of the Philippines, being able to speak ten languages. Of the seventeen presidents of the Philippines, a number have shown proficiency in languages other than English and Tagalog (which would later become the basis of the national language, Filipino ).
Padre Faura St., Ermita, Manila. Politics in the Philippines are governed by a three-branch system of government. The country is a democracy, with a president who is directly elected by the people and serves as both the head of state and the head of government. The president serves as the leader of the executive branch and is a powerful ...
Tagalog and Cebuano are the most commonly spoken native languages, together comprising about half of the population of the Philippines. Filipino and English are the only official languages and are taught in schools. This, among other reasons, has resulted in a rivalry between the Tagalog and Cebuano language groups.
MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines and China agreed on Tuesday of the need to "restore trust" and "rebuild confidence" to better manage maritime disputes, even as Manila told its neighbour it will ...
Politiko. Politiko is a Filipino news website covering Philippine politics. Politiko was established in 2014 and managed by MCD Multimedia Corporation (as mentioned in the disclaimer of their website) and Prage Management Corporation who also controls the operation of the tabloid newspaper Abante as well as sibling websites, Bilyonaryo.com ...
There are three types of parties in the Philippines. These are: (a) major parties, [1] [2] which typically correspond to traditional political parties; (b) minor parties or party-list organizations, which rely on the party-list system to win Congressional seats; and (c) regional or provincial parties, which correspond to region-wide or province ...
Epal in the context of Philippine politics is a pejorative used for politicians who habitually associate their name and/or likeness in government-funded projects. Etymology [ edit ] " Epal " is a Filipino-language colloquial term for " mapapel ", for attention grabbers, scene stealers, or people who crave a role ( papel ) in affairs that are ...
Filipino (English: ⫽ ˌ f ɪ l ɪ ˈ p iː n oʊ ⫽ ⓘ, FIH-lih-PEE-noh; Wikang Filipino, [ˈwi.kɐŋ fi.liˈpi.no̞]) is a language under the Austronesian language family.It is the national language (Wikang pambansa / Pambansang wika) of the Philippines, lingua franca (Karaniwang wika), and one of the two official languages (Wikang opisyal/Opisyal na wika) of the country, with English.