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 and active member of the United Nations since its inception on October 24, 1945 and is a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ).

* 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 ).

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.

The Philippines is a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, East Asia Summit, and the Latin Union.

Declaring itself as independent of any major power block of nations, the Philippines is a member of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Most of the member congregations of the UUA are in the United States and Canada, but the UUA has also admitted congregations from Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Pakistan ( although UUA policy appears at present to be against admitting any new congregations from outside North America, rather having them form their own national bodies and having these bodies join the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists ).

The ICUU has " full member " groups in the United States, Australia & New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, South Africa, Sri Lanka.

* Automobile Association Philippines, a member of the Fédération Internationale de l ' Automobile

He came back to Menudo to complete a tour in Brazil, their 1987 Summer in the Streets tour after Robby Rosa quit the group to introduce new member Ruben Gomez and for their last tour in the Philippines when Ralphy Rodriguez was pulled out of the group by his parents late that year.

* Francis Burton Harrison ( 1873 – 1957 ), member of the United States House of Representatives and Governor-General of the Philippines under Woodrow Wilson.

Each province is a member of the League of Provinces of the Philippines, an organization which aims to address issues affecting provincial and metropolitan government administrations.

Politicians that have graduated from Penn Law include Joseph Sill Clark ( Mayor of Philadelphia, and U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania ), Charles Robert Miller ( Governor of Delaware ), Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. ( former Chairman CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and U. S. Ambassador to Sweden ), Raul Roco ( former presidential candidate and Secretary of Education in the Philippines ), Oscar Goodman ( Mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada ), Harry Arista Mackey ( Mayor of Philadelphia ), Martin J. Silverstein ( U. S. Ambassador to Uruguay ) and Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky ( member of the U. S. House of Representatives and women's rights activist ).

In March 1912, after assignments in the Philippines and Alaska Territory that saw him tour battlefields of the Russo-Japanese War and conclude that war with Japan was inevitable one day, Mitchell was one of 21 officers selected to serve on the General Staff — at the time, its youngest member at age 32.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ( born April 5, 1947 ) is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga.

* Kerby Raymundo ( Orion )-PBA multi-awarded player, power forward, member of the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants and the Philippines national basketball team.

A member of the Liberal Party, Aquino's husband Ninoy rose to become the youngest governor in the country and eventually became the youngest senator ever elected in the Senate of the Philippines in 1967.

* Benigno Aquino, Sr. ( 1894 – 1947 ), cabinet member, senator, and Speaker of the National Assembly of the Philippines

However, since 1998, Bayan Muna, the political party of the organization, has been the leading party-list member in the House of Representatives of the Philippines.

Barangay Council, the legislature of the smallest political unit in the Philippines composing of 7 regular members excluding the presiding officer that is the Punong Barangay a. k. a. Barangay Chairman / Captain and its one ex-officio member.