There are 81 provinces in the Philippines, not just 8. The 8 rays that surrounds the sun stands for the provinces that fought against the Spaniards namely Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Laguna and Batangas during the Spanish Colonization in the Philippines.
Political officers in the Philippines can make more money after election. They spend lots money before election and if they win. They reimbursement all the their expenses. Thats why Philippines is the most outstanding country because of corruption. If you think Columbia is corrupt, No ! We are the number 1.
A jeepney can contain over 20 person including the hanging passengers and the passengers at the roof of the jeepney.
3 stars of the Philippine flag represent the islands of Luzon, Panay and Mindanao.
The sun rays in the Philippine flag stands for the 8 provinces that faught for the freedom of the country... And the 3 stars represent luzon, Mindanao, and Panay not visayas.
There’s also the Batad Rice Terraces where one scene of a movie was shot. Also, the rice terraces in View Point, and Kinnaki, Banawe, Ifugao,
The Malls, we have in Manila big and very modern Malls. But the only thing that I object is the Volcanoes which says that there are more than towns. There are way more towns than the Volcanoes in the Philippines.
The "Filipino spirit", the resilience of the Filipinos were known, the adaptation to what we have and experiencing, and amongst all, the happy and smiling faces of the Pinoys.
Philippines are beautiful continent.I have many friends from there and I saw their photos.You gave us some interesting facts.