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Government
Long-form name: Republic of the Philippines.
Type: republic.
Capital: Manila.
Administrative divisions: 73 provinces and 61 chartered
cities*; Abra, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Aklan,
Albay, Angeles*, Antique, Aurora, Bacolod*, Bago*, Baguio*,
Bais*, Basilan, Basilan City*, Bataan, Batanes, Batangas,
Batangas City*, Benguet, Bohol, Bukidnon, Bulacan, Butuan*,
Cabanatuan*, Cadiz*, Cagayan, Cagayan de Oro*, Calbayog*,
Caloocan*, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Camiguin, Canlaon*,
Capiz, Catanduanes, Cavite, Cavite City*, Cebu, Cebu City*,
Cotabato*, Dagupan*, Danao*, Dapitan*, Davao City* Davao,
Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, Dipolog*, Dumaguete*, Eastern
Samar, General Santos*, Gingoog*, Ifugao, Iligan*, Ilocos
Norte, Ilocos Sur, Iloilo, Iloilo City*, Iriga*, Isabela,
Kalinga-Apayao, La Carlota*, Laguna, Lanao del Norte, Lanao
del Sur, Laoag*, Lapu-Lapu*, La Union, Legaspi*, Leyte,
Lipa*, Lucena*, Maguindanao, Mandaue*, Manila*, Marawi*,
Marinduque, Masbate, Mindoro Occidental, Mindoro Oriental,
Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Mountain, Naga*, Negros
Occidental, Negros Oriental, North Cotabato, Northern Samar,
Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Olongapo*, Ormoc*, Oroquieta*,
Ozamis*, Pagadian*, Palawan, Palayan*, Pampanga, Pangasinan,
Pasay*, Puerto Princesa*, Quezon, Quezon City*, Quirino,
Rizal, Romblon, Roxas*, Samar, San Carlos* (in Negros Occidental),
San Carlos* (in Pangasinan), San Jose*, San Pablo*, Silay*,
Siquijor, Sorsogon, South Cotabato, Southern Leyte, Sultan
Kudarat, Sulu, Surigao*, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur,
Tacloban*, Tagaytay*, Tagbilaran*, Tangub*, Tarlac, Tawitawi,
Toledo*, Trece Martires*, Zambales, Zamboanga*, Zamboanga del Norte,
Zamboanga del Sur.
Independence: 4 July 1946 (from US).
Constitution: 2 February 1987, effective 11 February 1987.
Legal system: based on Spanish and Anglo-American law; accepts
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations.
National holiday: Independence Day (from Spain), 12 June (1898).
Executive branch: president, vice president, Cabinet.
Legislative branch: bicameral Congress consists of an upper
house or Senate and a lower house or House of Representatives.
Judicial branch: Supreme Court.
Leaders: Chief of State and Head of Government--President
Corazon C. AQUINO (since 25 February 1986); Vice President
Salvador H. LAUREL (since 25 February 1986).
Political parties and leaders: PDP-Laban, Aquilino Pimentel;
Struggle of Philippine Democrats (LDP), Neptali Gonzales;
Nationalista Party, Salvador Laurel, Juan Ponce Enrile;
Liberal Party, Jovito Salonga.
Suffrage: universal at age 15.
Elections:
President--last held 7 February 1986 (next election to be held
May 1992); results--Corazon C. Aquino elected after the fall of
the Marcos regime;
Senate--last held 11 May 1987 (next to be held May 1993);
results--Pro-Aquino LDP 63%, Liberals LDP and PDP-Laban
(Pimentel wing) 25%, Opposition Nationalista Party 4%,
independents 8%; seats--(24 total) Pro-Aquino LDP 15,
Liberals LDP-Laban (Pimentel wing) 6, Opposition 1,
independents 2;
House of Representatives--last held on 11 May 1987 (next to be
held May 1992); results--Pro-Aquino LDP 73%, Liberals LDP and
PDP-Laban (Pimentel wing) 10%, Opposition Nationalista
Party 17%; seats--(250 total, 180 elected) number of seats
by party NA.
Communists: the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)
controls about 18,000-23,000 full-time insurgents and is not
recognized as a legal party; a second Communist party, the
pro-Soviet Philippine Communist Party (PKP), has quasi-legal status.
Member of: ADB, ASEAN, ASPAC, CCC, Colombo Plan, ESCAP,
FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IHO,
ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IPU, IRC, ISO, ITU, UN,
UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO.
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Emmanuel PELAEZ; Chancery
at 1617 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20036; telephone
(202) 483-1414; there are Philippine Consulates General
in Agana (Guam), Chicago, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles,
New York, San Francisco, and Seattle; US--Ambassador Nicholas
PLATT; Embassy at 1201 Roxas Boulevard, Manila (mailing
address is APO San Francisco 96528); telephone [63] (2)
521-7116; there is a US Consulate in Cebu.
Flag: two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with
a white equilateral triangle based on the hoist side; in
the center of the triangle is a yellow sun with eight primary
rays (each containing three individual rays) and in each
corner of the triangle is a small yellow five-pointed star.