current events
name the recent natural disaster that hit the philippines
Typhoon
Name the main 3 groups of islands that’s make up the Philippines
Luzon, Visayas, and mindanao
Name this song
bebot
How many rays that are in the philippine sun?
8
what’s our mascots name?
Rocky
Where is former president Rodrigo Duterte?
Imprisoned at the hague for crimes against humanity
What percent of filipinos live in the cities?
15%, with the rest living in the country side
tinikling
who declared martial law in the philippines in 1972?
Ferdinand Marcos Sr
Anakbayan, FSA, Tulay
Why did current president Marcos Jr come to new york?
To speak at the UN conference for womens history month
what’s the philippines largest export?
overseas filipino workers
Is darker or lighter skin popularized? and why?
Lighter skin is often pushed through products and media due to US influence and colonialism in the philippines
When did the philippine declaration of independence was declared?
june 12, 1898
Do student workers have a union?
No
Why was sara duterte’s term cut short?
She was impeached due to pocketing funds from the department of education
is the philippines a colony of the US?
Technically no. But through military, political and economy agreements the philippines is a semi-colony of the US
what the largest indigenous group in the philippines?
the lumad people , with majority of them living in mindanao
what was the philippines named after?
prince philip ii
where can you find the only philippine studies department in america
CCSF!
How much military rehearsals will take place in this philippines this year
over 450, including the balikataan exercises. There will be more military rehearsals than days of the year
is the philippines capitalist?
no, the philippines is semi-feudal. Rooted in spanish colonization and maintained through US imperialism the philippines remains semi- feudal
Why are there so much filipinos overseas?
because of the LEP, low wages, and lack of jobs
What is the transitional government that runs the philippines in 1935?
the philippine commonwealth
How much money does associated students have in reserves?
500,000,00