Search results
v. t. e. The president of the Philippines ( Filipino: Pangulo ng Pilipinas, sometimes referred to as Presidente ng Pilipinas) is the head of state, head of government and chief executive of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines .
When the Americans arrived, English became the most important language in the 20th century. From 1970s to the 21st century, the languages of the Tagalogs are Tagalog, English, and a mix of the two, known in Tagalog pop culture as Taglish. Some Spanish words are still used by the Tagalog, though sentence construction in Spanish is no longer used.
The word "jeepney" is a portmanteau of post- World War II "jeep" and pre-war "jitney", both words common slang in the popular vernacular of the era. [6] [7] [3] [8] An estimated 600,000 drivers nationwide depend on driving jeepneys for their livelihood. [9] In Metro Manila, an estimated 9 million commuters take the jeepney each day.
The culture of the Philippines is characterized by cultural and ethnic diversity. Although the multiple ethnic groups of the Philippine archipelago have only recently established a shared Filipino national identity, their cultures were all shaped by the geography and history of the region, and by centuries of interaction with neighboring cultures, and colonial powers.
The Supreme Court (Filipino: Kataas-taasang Hukuman; colloquially referred to as the Korte Suprema (also used in formal writing), is the highest court in the Philippines.The Supreme Court was established by the Second Philippine Commission on June 11, 1901 through the enactment of its Act No. 136, an Act which abolished the Real Audiencia de Manila, the predecessor of the Supreme Court.
Isa ang Tagalog sa185 mga wika sa Pilipinas na tinukoy sa Ethnologue. [5] Sa pagka-opisyal, binibigyan kahulugan ang Filipino ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) bilang "ang katutubong diyalektong sinasalita at sinusulat, sa Kalakhang Maynila, ang Pambansang Rehiyong Kapital, at sa mga ibang sentrong urbano ng kapuluan ." [6] Noong 2000, higit ...
The modern Filipino alphabet is made up of 28 letters, which includes the entire 26-letter set of the ISO basic Latin alphabet, the Spanish Ñ, and the Ng. The Ng digraph came from the Pilipino Abakada alphabet of the Fourth Republic. Today, the modern Filipino alphabet may also be used to write all autochthonous languages of the Philippines ...
