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  2. Water supply and sanitation in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    In Metro Manila alone, about 75 local companies provide tank-desludging services. The first Philippine constructed wetland, serving about 700 households, was completed in 2006 in a peri-urban area of Bayawan, which has been used to resettle families that lived along the coast in informal settlements and had no access to safe water supply and ...

  3. Economy of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines is the world's third largest producer of coconuts, and the world's largest exporter of coconut products. Coconut production is generally concentrated in medium-sized farms. The Philippines is also the world's third largest producer of pineapples, producing 2,862,000 metric tons (2,817,000 long tons; 3,155,000 short tons) in 2021.

  4. Social Security System (Philippines) - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .sss .gov .ph. The Social Security System ( SSS; Filipino: Paseguruhan ng Kapanatagang Panlipunan) is a state-run, social insurance program in the Philippines to workers in the private, professional and informal sectors. SSS is established by virtue of Republic Act No. 1161, better known as the Social Security Act of 1954.

  5. Government of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The government of the Philippines (Filipino: Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas) has three interdependent branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.The Philippines is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic constitutional republic in which the president functions as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform ...

  6. COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 . As of June 1, 2024, there have been 4,140,383 [1] reported cases, and 66,864 [1] reported deaths, the fifth highest in Southeast Asia , behind Vietnam , Indonesia , Malaysia , and ...

  7. Internet in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippine router, a Cisco 7000 router was attached via the services of PLDT and Sprint communications to SprintLink's router at Stockton Ca. The gateway to the world for the Philippines will be via NASA Ames Research Center. For now, a 64K serial link is the information highway to the rest of the Internet world." March 29, 1994, 10:18 a.m ...

  8. Viva Communications - Wikipedia

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    Vivamax (stylized in lowercase) is a Philippine subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned and operated by Viva Communications, that was launched on January 29, 2021. The service mainly distributes television series and films produced by Viva. This streaming platform has a sex themes.

  9. Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines is an emerging market and a newly industrialized country, whose economy is transitioning from being agricultural to service- and manufacturing-centered. It is a founding member of the United Nations , the World Trade Organization , ASEAN , the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and the East Asia Summit ; it is a member of ...