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Philippine Statistics Authority: People of single legal status, including those with previous marriages annulled or was rendered void ab initio. [2] Driving license: Land Transportation Office: Land vehicle drivers [3] Marriage certificate: Philippine Statistics Authority: Married Filipino citizens [1] National identity card Philippine ...
The Philippine Statistics Authority ( Filipino: Pangasiwaan ng Estadistika ng Pilipinas; PSA) is the central statistical authority of the Philippine government that collects, compiles, analyzes, and publishes statistical information on economic, social, demographic, political affairs, and general affairs of the people of the Philippines, as ...
The Philippines has 110 enthnolinguistic groups comprising the Philippines' indigenous peoples; as of 2010, these groups numbered at around 14–17 million persons. [ 2] Austronesians make up the overwhelming majority, while full or partial Negritos scattered throughout the archipelago. The highland Austronesians and Negrito have co-existed ...
Manila, its capital, and Quezon City (the country's most populous city) are in Metro Manila. About 13.48 million people (12 percent of the Philippines' population) live in Metro Manila, [ 368] the country's most populous metropolitan area [ 369] and the world's fifth most populous. [ 370]
The Philippines is inhabited by more than 182 ethnolinguistic groups, [ 1]: 5 many of which are classified as "Indigenous Peoples" under the country's Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997. Traditionally-Muslim peoples from the southernmost island group of Mindanao are usually categorized together as Moro peoples, whether they are classified ...
Signed. October 29, 1997. Keywords. indigenous rights. Status: In force. The Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997 ( IPRA ), officially designated as Republic Act No. 8371, is a Philippine law that recognizes and promotes the rights of indigenous cultural communities and Indigenous peoples in the Philippines .
Dating back on December 12, 1901, this humble place was visited by a number of enterprising men who came from neighboring towns of Pangasinan and Ilocos Provinces. These people were looking for a location that could be a good place for settlements. On January 2 of the following year, these people finally settled in this place with their families.
Due to population growth especially in the suburbs of Manila, the number of barangays now seem disproportionate. More than half of barangays in Metro Manila are found in the City of Manila (2015 pop. : 1,780,148) with 897 barangays. Caloocan ( pop. : 1,583,978) has 188 barangays and Pasay ( pop. : 416,522) has 210 barangays.