In the Philippines, ASL is widely understood by the Deaf community, though it is not the ancestor of Philippine Sign Language as sometimes thought.

Countries where ASL or a derivative of ASL is the national or a widespread language include Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana ( with BSL ), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, the Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d ' Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya ( minority use ), Liberia, Madagascar ( minority use ), Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines ( L2 use ), Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo, and Zimbabwe ( with ZSL ).

* 1967 – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

In Indonesia and Malaysia, leaf amaranth is called bayam, while the Tagalogs in the Philippines call the plant kilitis or " kulitis ".

In the Philippines, the Albertus Magnus Building at the University of Santo Tomas that houses the Conservatory of Music, College of Tourism and Hospitality Management, College of Education, and UST Education High School is named in his honor.

* 1949 – Former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, 61, is assassinated while en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband ; her daughter and 10 others are also killed.

* 1901 – Silliman University is founded in the Philippines.

* 1946 – Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.

For instance member nations of the Commonwealth where English is not spoken natively, such as India, often closely follow British English forms, while many American English usages are followed in other countries which have been historically influenced by the United States, such as the Philippines.

Abu Sayyaf (;, ASG, ) also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya is one of several military Islamist separatist groups based in and around the southern Philippines, in Bangsamoro ( Jolo and Basilan ), where for almost 30 years various Muslim groups have been engaged in an insurgency for an independent province in the country.

* 1946 – Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.

* 1521 – Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu.

* 1565 – Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.

Abacá ( ; from Spanish " abacá " for Musa textilis ), Musa textilis, is a species of banana native to the Philippines, grown as a commercial crop in the Philippines, Ecuador, and Costa Rica.

Today, abaca is produced commercially in only three countries: Philippines, Ecuador, and Costa Rica.

To the east is Sulawesi, and to the northeast, the Philippines.

Before the formation of Malaysian Federation, the Philippines claimed that the Malaysian state of Sabah in north Borneo is within their territorial rights based on historical facts of the Sultanate of Sulu's leasing agreement with the North Borneo Company, is presently an unresolved claim against Malaysia.

It is currently scheduled to be printed in late 2011 after their " printer in the Philippines beset by a series of typhoons " delaying the printing.

As the Philippines is connected to the worldwide Anglican Communion through the Episcopal Church in the Philippines, the main edition of the Book of Common Prayer in use throughout the Islands is the same as that of the United States.

A cornerstone of Indonesia's contemporary foreign policy is its participation in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ), of which it was a founding member in 1967 with Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.

The Philippines is a founding member of the United Nations ; it has been an elected member of the Security Council

* The University Act-Act No. 1870 providing for the founding and organization of the University of the Philippines

* October 14, 1943-The founding declaration of the Second Republic of the Philippines from the collaboration of the Empire of Japan.

Between its founding and April 1984, the tribunal pronounced two advisory opinions on Western Sahara and Eritrea and held eight sessions ( Argentina, Philippines, El Salvador, Afghanistan I and II, East Timor, Zaire and Guatemala ).

The Karate Brotherhood of the Philippines became an original signatory member while Meliton Geronimo and Emmanuel del Espiritu Santo Querubin were designated lifetime founding signers of the WUKO charter.

San Beda College also became one of the founding schools of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines.

He is one of the founding Missionaries in the Northern Philippines.

After five months, an eponymous debut album went Gold in the Philippines and the single " Cool Ka Lang ," written and composed by the band's lead singer and founding member Lei Bautista, reached no.

He founded the first labor union in Eastern Visayas, Gremio Obrero de Stevedores ; he is a founding member of the Liberal Party ; he was instrumental in the passage of the Social Security System and pushed for the establishment of public high schools in every province in the Philippines.

* Prof. Felipe B. Miranda-professor of political science, University of the Philippines, founding fellow of the Social Weather Stations

The founding of Chinese mestizo regiments in the Philippines was part of New Spain's military modernization during the reformist Bourbon era.

It is a founding member of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines ( UAAP ) and is a pioneer of the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities ( PACU ).

National University is a founding member of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines ( UAAP ) since 1938.

* A Member both of the two leading ATM Networks in the Philippines ; Equitable Bank's Megalink of which it is a founding member and PCIBank's BancNet of which it is the BancNet Operator along with Metrobank and RCBC.

* 2006 ATM Industry Association ( ATMIA ) signs up MegaLink as founding member in the Philippines counting the Philippines as its 50th member country.

The founding of Silliman University by Presbyterian missionaries and the Philippine Normal School ( PNS ) in 1901 and the University of the Philippines ( U. P.

However, the beginnings of anything resembling a professional market for writing in English would not be realized until the 1920s with the founding of other newspapers and magazines like the Philippines Herald in 1920, the Philippine Education Magazine in 1924 ( renamed Philippine Magazine in 1928 ), and later the Manila Tribune, the Graphic, Woman ’ s Outlook, and Woman ’ s Home Journal.

It was signed in Bangkok on August 8, 1967 by the five ASEAN founding members-Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand as a display of solidarity against Communist expansion in Vietnam and communist insurgency within their own borders ( nowadays the ASEAN is also home to communist Southeast Asian states after they joined the organization ).

Proclamation No. 396 enjoined the " active participation of all government agencies, including government-owned and controlled corporations, private sector, schools, civil society groups and the citizenry in tree planting activity and declaring June 25, 2003 as Philippines Arbor Day.

The Philippines is part of a western Pacific arc system that is characterized by active volcanoes.

The Philippines sit astride typhoon belt and are usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year ; landslides ; active volcanoes ; destructive earthquakes ; tsunamis.

The Philippines is also a member of the East Asia Summit ( EAS ), an active player in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC ), the Latin Union and a member of the Group of 24.

In recent years, the Philippines has been distancing itself from the West due to its active role in the Non-aligned Movement and the G-77.

* February 19 – First recorded eruption of Mayon Volcano, the Philippines ' most active volcano.

In 1578, the Spanish took Sulu and in April attacked and captured Brunei itself, after demanding that the sultan cease proselytizing in the Philippines and, in turn, allow Christian missionaries to be active in his kingdom.

It maintains active guerrilla fronts throughout the Philippines until today and is still considered by the military as the main threat to national security.

The Rebolusyonaryong Hukbo ng Bayan ( People's Revolutionary Army, RHB ) is the armed wing of the MLPP and according to military intelligence sources, the most active and fastest growing insurgent force in the Philippines recently next to the CPP.

In 2004, the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers ( CSUCS ) reported that in Asia thousands of children are involved in fighting forces in active conflict and ceasefire situations in Afghanistan, Burma, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Nepal and Sri Lanka, although government refusal of access to conflict zones has made it impossible to document the numbers involved.

On 26 July 1941, Gen. Douglas MacArthur was recalled to active duty from retirement and the United States Army Forces in the Far East ( USAFFE ) was created by the War Department to reorganize the defenses of the Philippines against a Japanese invasion.

Kanlaon Volcano in the northern part of the island is one of the most active volcanoes in the Philippines, and overlooks Bacolod.

Mayon Volcano, also known as Mount Mayon, is an active volcano in the province of Albay, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.

Mayon is the most active volcano in the Philippines having erupted over 48 times in the past 400 years.

* July 18, 2006: The number and size of incandescent rockfalls from the active lava dome, as well as sulfur oxide emissions, increased, according to the Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology ( Phivolcs ), which warned that pyroclastic flows or an explosive eruption could occur any time.

** Potentially active volcanos in the Philippines

Category: Potentially active volcanoes of the Philippines

It is a large communist movement ", referring to active Communist guerrillas operating in the Philippines at the time.

Assassinated in 2007 for being a government critic and an active campaigner against Human Rights violations in the Philippines.

While in the Philippines, Bell is active on 40-10 Meters, as well as 144. 600 MHz simplex in Manila.

Currently about 15, 000 active members are in the United States and Canada and additional members have active chapters in Italy, Romania, Peru, the Philippines, Australia, Aruba, Bolivia, Serbia, Japan, and Brazil.

* Today, Bethels and Grand Bethels are active in Australia, Brazil, Canada, the Philippines and the United States.

To keep the residents entertained at home, Clark had a very active broadcast center called FEN, or Far East Network Philippines, a division of American Forces Network.