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Class IN Main/Index sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons category, news, travel guide. This page links to documents of historical importance related to the nation of Philippines.

Flag of Philippines

General

• Philippines as it appears in the 2004 CIA World Fact Book

Constitutional documents

• Constitution of La Liga Filipina (1892)
• Provisional Constitution of the Philippines (1897)
• Philippine Declaration of Independence (1898)
• Constitution of the Philippines (1899)
• Constitution of the Philippines (1935)
• Constitution of the Philippines (1943)
• Constitution of the Philippines (1973)
• Provisional Constitution of the Philippines (1986)
• Constitution of the Philippines (1987)

International relations

• Speech in the United States Senate, 17 April 1900, by George Frisbie Hoar regarding the sovereignty of the Philippines
• China Philippines Communique Establishing Diplomatic Relations (1975)

Treaties and agreements

• Treaty of Manila (1946)
• Exchange of notes constituting an agreement relating to the implementation of the Manila Accord of 31 July 1963
• Manila Accord (31 July 1963)
• Manila Declaration (3 August 1963)
• Joint Statement by the Philippines, the Federation of Malaya and Indonesia (5 August 1963)
• Bangkok Declaration (1967)

Politics and government

• Portal:President of the Philippines
• Proclamation 2695, Document declaring the official Declaration of Independence of the Philippines from the United States on July 4, 1946
• Executive Order 310, April 20, 2004 by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Prescribing the Design and Use of the Coat-of-Arms, Seal, and Flag of the President and Vice President of the Philippines, and For Other Purposes
• Proclamation No. 1017, February 24, 2006 by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, commanding the armed forces to maintain law and order throughout the Philippines and to prevent any act of insurrection or rebellion.

Legislation

• Republic Act No. 0001, 1947, Appropriation of funds pending a General Appropriations Act for the 1947 fiscal year
• Republic Act No. 4166, August 4, 1964, Change in the date of Philippine Independence
• Republic Act No. 8293, June 6, 1997, Intellectual Property Code
• Republic Act No. 9000, January 19, 2001, Narra Special Holiday
• Republic Act No. 9001, January 19, 2001, Puerto Princesa Special Holiday
• Republic Act No. 9002, January 21, 2001, Click Communications Franchise Act
• Republic Act No. 9003, January 26, 2001, Ecological Solid Waste Management Act
• Republic Act No. 9004, January 27, 2001, Separate engineering district in the province of Iloilo
• Republic Act No. 9005, February 2, 2001, Tanauan City Charter
• Republic Act No. 9006, February 12, 2001, Fair Elections Act
• Republic Act No. 9007, February 21, 2001, Appropriate funds for 2001 elections
• Republic Act No. 9008, February 21, 2001, Ligao City Charter
• Republic Act No. 9009, February 24, 2001, Amendment to the Local Government Code to increase income requirement for conversion into a Component City
• Republic Act No. 9010, February 27, 2001, Amendment to defer Value Added Tax on certain services
• Republic Act No. 9011, February 27, 2001, Separate engineering district in the province of Benguet
• Republic Act No. 9014, February 28, 2001, Escalante City Charter
• Republic Act No. 9188, February 10, 2003, Strengthening the Professionalism in the Armed Forces
• Republic Act No. 9189, February 13, 2003, Overseas Absentee Voting Act
• Republic Act No. 9190, February 21, 2003, Cebu International School
• Republic Act No. 9191, February 21, 2003, Muntinlupa City Charter Day
• Republic Act No. 10354, December 21, 2012, An Act Providing for a National Policy on Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health

Novels

• Noli Me Tangere (aka The Social Cancer), 1887 by José P. Rizal, translated by Charles Derbyshire, about the abuses that Philippine natives were suffering at the hands of the Spanish friars.

Pamphlets

• La Frailocracia Filipina, 1889 by Marcelo H. del Pilar, translated by Leonor Agrava, written in response to a Spanish pamphlet with arguments about filibusterism, the Spanish friars, and the aspirations of the Filipinos.

Music

• National Anthem: Lupang Hinirang by José Palma, translated by Felipe Padilla De Leon
• The Philippine Hymn by José Palma, translated by Camilo Osias and Mary A. Lane

Speeches

• Portal:Speeches by Philippine Presidents
  • Portal:Inaugural Speeches by Philippine Presidents
  • Portal:State of the Nation Speeches by Philippine Presidents

Filipino authors

• Marcelo Hilario del Pilar (1850–1896) editor of La Solidaridad from 1889 to 1895 and the founder of Diariong Tagalog.
• José P. Rizal (1861–1896) polymath, nationalist and the most prominent advocate for reforms in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era.