Learn About the Philippines and All Things Filipino
If there’s anything that the Mindanao tsunami and earthquake could teach us, it would be the universal truth that terrible things always happen when we least expect it.
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His discovery saved millions, yet he was never paid a single cent. Thus sums up the sad story of Abelardo Aguilar, the Filipino physician who helped discover erythromycin and made his employer filthy rich yet was never duly compensated nor recognized for his efforts.
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Although the Mt. Pinatubo eruption on June 15, 1991 would go down in history as the second largest, its worldwide impact is one for the books. Here are stunning space photographs of the volcano before and after its historic explosion.
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One of the largest raptors in the world, the Philippine eagle—which happens to be our very own national bird—is also one of most critically endangered avians, with an estimated 400 pairs of them left in the wild. So aside from helping in the conservation efforts of this majestic animal, it is also imperative we should get to know about its interesting history here in the Philippines.
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Long before Chino Roque was officially named the first Filipino to fly into space, two Philippine animals almost achieved the
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