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Country Profile: The Philippines  (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country%5Fprofiles/1262783.stm)
Run by the British Broadcasting Corporation, this web page provides basic information about the Philippines including its population, exports, religion, leaders, and media.

Filipino-Americans.com  (http://www.filipino-americans.com/index.html)
A website for the Filipino American community.

Google Directory - Philippines  (http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/Asia/Philippines/)
The Google Search Engine's directory of websites related to Philippines. The site divides information by category, with the largest being business and economy, provinces, and society and culture. The number of sites in each category is listed as well.

Gov.ph: The Official Government Portal of the Republic of the Philippines  (http://www.gov.ph/)
The Official website of the Government of the Philippines.

Hector Santos  (http://www.hectorsan@bibingka.com/pages.htm)
This site links to five other Philippine webpages devoted entirely to Philippine general resources, culture and history.

National Statistics Office  (http://www.census.gov.ph/)
The National Statistics Office is the major statistical agency responsible in collecting, compiling, classifying, producing, publishing, and disseminating general-purpose statistics in the Philippines. The website offers statistics by industry, as well as information on health, labor and employment, population, trade and more.

National University of Singapore - Philippines Information  (http://sunsite.nus.edu.sg/SEAlinks/philippines-info.html)
A Philippine general information site that has links to other sites on Filipino art and culture and a tutorial on the Tagalog language.

Philippine National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)  (http://www.nscb.gov.ph/)
The Philippine National Statistical Coordination Board is the Philippine government's policymaking and coordinating body on statistical matters. This website offers economic, social, environmental, governmental and multi-sectoral statistics, in addition to other statistical resources.

Philippines Tanikalang Ginto  (http://www.filipinolinks.com/)
This may be the most comprehensive website on the Philippines that has links to other Philippine-oriented sites.

Philippines, a country study  (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/phtoc.html)
Presents the online version of "Philippines: A Country Study," provided by the U.S. Library of Congress. Discusses the Philippines' geography, society, economy, transportation, communications, government and politics, and national security. Details the history of the Philippines and the country's population, ethnic groups, social values, religious life, education, international economic relations, politics, foreign affairs, and military powers.

Tradeport.org - Philippines  (http://www.tradeport.org/countries/philippines/01grw.html)
General information on Philippines including finance and economics.

U.S. State Department Background Notes  (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/)
U.S. State Department Background Notes are factual publications that include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty.

The World Factbook -- Philippines  (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rp.html)
Updated regularly, this site is an excellent source of information on the Philippines in various subject areas such as government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.

Yahoo! Directory on Philippines  (http://asia.dir.yahoo.com/regional/countries/Philippines/)
The Yahoo Search Engine's directory of websites related to Philippines. The site divides information by category, including information by region, arts, business, computers, education, government, health, science and more. The number of websites in the directory is listed next to each category.

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  September 19, 2005
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