The Philippines is the worlds 3rd most English speaking country.
California was founded by a Filipino called Antonio Miranda Rodriguez.
An antibiotic known as Erythromycin, was discovered by a Filipino doctor called Abelardo Aguilar.
In 1974 a Filipino called Eugenio Torre was the grandmaster winner of a chess
competition held in Nice, France.
The flourescent lamp was invented by a Filipino scientist Agapito Flores, from
Cebu.
A one chip video camera was first made by Marc Loinaz a Filipino inventor.
A Filipino band called Rocky Fellers from Manilla were succesful in America
during the sixties.
A Filipina singer called Josephine Roberto (also known as Banig) once beat
Christina Aguilera in a star search competition.
There is a supermodel from Philippines, her name is Anna Bayle.
University of San Carlos in Cebu City, is older than Harvard University and is
the oldest University in Asia. University of Santo Tom, in Manila is Asia's
second oldest.
Philippines Herald war journalist Carlos P. Romulo, was the first Filipino to
recieve a Pulitzer prize, he was also the first Asian man to become UN
president.
Jose Rizal could read and write when he was just two years of age! When he grew up he could speak twenty languages!
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