Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 October 2024. Economy of the Philippines Metro Manila, the economic center of the Philippines Currency Philippine peso (sign: ₱; code: PHP) Fiscal year Calendar year Trade organizations ADB, AIIB, AFTA, APEC, ASEAN, EAS, G-24, RCEP, WTO and others Country group Developing/Emerging Lower-middle ...
The economic history of the Philippines is shaped by its colonial past, evolving governance, and integration into the global economy. Prior to Spanish colonization in the 16th century, the islands had a flourishing economy centered around agriculture, fisheries, and trade with neighboring countries like China, Japan, and Southeast Asia.
The Philippine economic nosedive of 1983 traces its roots to debt-driven growth, mostly during Marcos' second term and during the earliest years of martial law. [1] By 1982, the Philippines’ debt was at $24.4 billion, [ 1 ] but it had not seen much in terms of returns because of corruption and the poor management of the crony-monopolized ...
The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 is known as the American colonial period, and began with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, when the Philippines was still a colony of the Spanish East Indies, and concluded when the United States formally recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on ...
Cesar Enrique Aguinaldo Virata KGCR (born December 12, 1930) [2] is a Filipino former statesman and businessman who was the fourth Prime Minister of the Philippines from 1981 to 1986. He is currently the corporate vice chairman of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation. [3] He is the eponym of the Cesar Virata School of Business, the business ...
The Philippine economy is the world's 34th largest, with an estimated 2023 nominal gross domestic product of US$435.7 billion. [14] As a newly industrialized country, [374] [375] the Philippine economy has been transitioning from an agricultural base to one with more emphasis on services and manufacturing.
Portions of the Bible were first translated by Spanish friars into the Philippine languages in the catechisms and prayer materials they produced. The Doctrina Cristiana (1593) was the first book published in the Tagalog baybayin script. Protestants published Ang Biblia (American Standard Version) in 1905 in Tagalog, based on the Spanish version ...
Christianity portal. v. t. e. The Philippines is ranked as the 5th largest Christian -majority country on Earth in 2010, [note 1] with about 93% of the population being adherents. [1] As of 2019, it was the third largest Catholic country in the world and was one of two predominantly Catholic nations in Asia. [2]