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These are articles that have appeared on the Selected article section of the Philippines portal.

History of the Philippines

Appeared from August 13, 2007, to August 29, 2008.

An early flag of the Filipino revolutionaries

The

1986 EDSA Revolution brought about the ouster of Marcos and a return to democracy for the country. The period since then, however, has been marked by political instability and hampered economic productivity. (more...
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Manila Metro Rail Transit System

Appeared from December 1, 2006, to August 13, 2007.
MRT-3 Train approaching Ayala Station
MRT-3 Train approaching Ayala Station

The

Build-Operate-Transfer
agreement.

De La Salle University

Appeared from November 1, 2006, to December 1, 2006.

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Manila Light Rail Transit System

Appeared from September 28, 2006, to October 31, 2006.
MRT-2 Train approaching Katipunan Station
MRT-2 Train approaching Katipunan Station

The

Department of Transportation and Communications as an attached agency. (More...)

Katipunan

Appeared from August 20, 2006, up to September 28, 2006.

The Katipunan was a nationalistic secret society founded in the Philippines in 1892 to oust the Spanish colonial government in Manila.

The name Katipunan is actually a shorter version of the official name, which is in Tagalog: Kataastaasang, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (roughly translated as Supreme and Venerable Society of the Sons of the People). The Katipunan is also known by its acronym, KKK (not to be mistaken with the "Ku Klux Klan"). The word katipunan is a Tagalog term for society, the root word being the verb tipon, which means gather.

The Katipunan, was founded by

Dapitan as the honanary president. The central committee of the society was the Kataastaasang Sanggunian (or Supreme Council). Several local councils, such as the Sangguniang Bayan (provincial councils) and the Sangguniang Barangay administered the ranks. The society also had a Sangguniang Hukuman (or judicial council) which settled disputes among members. (more...
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Philippine-American War

Appeared from September 5, 2005, up to August 20, 2006.

The

Philippine-American War was a war between the armed forces of the United States and the Philippines
from 1899 through 1913.

This conflict is also known as the Philippine Insurrection. This name was historically the most commonly used in the U.S., but Filipinos and an increasing number of American historians refer to these hostilities as the Philippine-American War, and in 1999 the U.S. Library of Congress reclassified its references to use this term.

In December 1898, the U.S. purchased the Philippines and other territories from

Spanish-American War. The U.S. government made plans to make the Philippines an American colony. However, the Filipinos, fighting for their independence from Spain since 1896, had already declared their independence on June 12. On August 14, 11,000 ground troops were sent to occupy the Philippines. On January 1, 1899, Emilio Aguinaldo was declared the first President. He later organized a Congress at Malolos, Bulacan, to draft a constitution
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Fernando Poe Jr.

Appeared from September 7, 2005, up to September 13, 2005.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
. He was also known as "FPJ" and as "Da King".

Fernando Poe Jr. was born in Manila, the son of actor-producer Fernando Poe Sr. and Elizabeth Kelley. He was second of six siblings, born after Elizabeth and before Fernando (Andy), Genevieve (Jenny), Fredrick (Freddieboy), and Evangeline. His name at birth was Ronald Allan Kelley Poe; it was his brother Andy who was really named Fernando Poe Jr. Actor Conrad Poe was his half-brother, son of Fernando Poe Sr. by actress Patricia Mijares.

The original surname was spelled Pou from his grandfather, playwright Lorenzo Pou, a Catalan migrant from

Majorca, Spain, who ventured into mining and business in the Philippines
.

GMA Network

Appeared from August 30, 2005, up to September 4, 2005.

GMA Network is a television network in the Philippines. It provides news and entertainment programs through its 44 fully-owned transmitter stations nationwide and two affiliate stations. Its headquarters is in Quezon City, Metro Manila. It can also be heard on the airwaves through 26 radio stations throughout the country, including dzBB-AM and dwLS-FM in Manila; and dySS-AM and dyRT-FM in Cebu.

In 2002, GMA changed its slogan to "Kapuso Mo, Anumang Kulay ng Buhay" (One in Heart, Regardless of the Colors of Life), which is conversant with GMA's service thrust through its shows.

Mount Pinatubo

Appeared from August 3, 2005, up to August 30, 2005.

Aeta, who had fled to the mountains from the lowlands when the Spanish conquered the Philippines in 1565
.

The volcano's most recent eruption in June 1991 came after 500 years of dormancy, and produced one of the largest and most violent eruptions of the 20th century. Successful predictions of the onset of the climactic eruption led to the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from the surrounding areas, saving many lives, but the surrounding areas were severely damaged by pyroclastic flows, ash deposits, and later, lahars caused by rainwater remobilising earlier volcanic deposits. Thousands of houses were destroyed.

The effects of the eruption were felt worldwide. It injected large amounts of aerosols into the stratosphere—more than any eruption since that of Krakatoa in 1883. The aerosols formed a global layer of sulfuric acid haze over the following months. Global temperatures dropped by about 0.5 °C (0.9 °F), and ozone destruction increased substantially.

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