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ForeignersNetwork.com offers a wealth of information and advice for foreigners traveling to the Philippines for the first time, and for Expats living in the Philippines.  Here, you'll find extremely useful information to help you with the day-to-day struggles you're sure to encounter in the Philippines.

Foreigner Contacts in the Philippines is an invaluable tool for Expats.  Obtaining as much information as you can before you travel to the Philippines will save you time, money and a whole lot of stress. 

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About the Philippines:

The Philippines is an archipelagic nation located in Southeast Asia, with Manila as its capital city. The Philippine archipelago comprises of over 7,100 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, bordering countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Palau and the Republic of China, although it is the only Southeast Asian country to share no land borders with its neighbors. The Philippines is the world's 12th most populous country with a population approaching 87 million people.  Its national economy is the 47th largest in the world with a 2006 gross domestic product of over US$117.562 billion.  There are more than 11 million overseas Filipinos worldwide, about 11% of the total population of the Philippines.

The Philippines was formerly a Spanish then an American colony. The Philippine Revolution was an attempt to gain independence from Spain, and later from the U.S. in the Philippine-American War. The Philippines ultimately gained its independence from the United States on July 4, 1946 after the Pacific War via the Treaty of Manila. The Philippines then became a fledgling democracy until the authoritarian rule of Ferdinand Marcos led to his overthrow in the People Power Revolution of 1986. Political upheavals alternated with peaceful transition of power on the period that followed.

Today, the Philippines has many affinities with the Western world, derived mainly from the cultures of Spain, Latin America, and the United States. Roman Catholicism became the predominant religion, although pre-Hispanic indigenous religious practices and Islam still exist.  The two official languages of the Philippines are Filipino and English.