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Flag of Philippines

Historical Documents

• Philippine Declaration of Independence
• Constitution of La Liga Filipina
• Acta de Tejeros (1897)
• Naic Military Agreement
• Foundational Document of the Katipunan

Constitutional documents

• Provisional Constitution of the Philippines (1897)
• Philippine Declaration of Independence (1898)
• Constitution of the Philippines (1899)
• Constitution of the Philippines (1935)
• Constitution of the Philippines (1943)
• Constitution of the Philippines (1973)
• Provisional Constitution of the Philippines (1986)
• Constitution of the Philippines (1987)

International relations

• Speech in the United States Senate, 17 April 1900, by George Frisbie Hoar regarding the sovereignty of the Philippines
• China Philippines Communique Establishing Diplomatic Relations (1975)

Treaties and agreements

• Treaty of Manila (1946)
• Exchange of notes constituting an agreement relating to the implementation of the Manila Accord of 31 July 1963
• Manila Accord (31 July 1963)
• Manila Declaration (3 August 1963)
• Joint Statement by the Philippines, the Federation of Malaya and Indonesia (5 August 1963)
• Bangkok Declaration (1967)

Politics and government

• Portal:President of the Philippines
• Proclamation of the independence of the Philippines (1943)
• Proclamation 2695, Document declaring the official Declaration of Independence of the Philippines from the United States on July 4, 1946
• Executive Order 310, April 20, 2004 by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Prescribing the Design and Use of the Coat-of-Arms, Seal, and Flag of the President and Vice President of the Philippines, and For Other Purposes
• Proclamation No. 1017, February 24, 2006 by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, commanding the armed forces to maintain law and order throughout the Philippines and to prevent any act of insurrection or rebellion.
• Philippine Commission, Act 1696

Legislation

Republic Acts

• Republic Act No. 0001, 1947, Appropriation of funds pending a General Appropriations Act for the 1947 fiscal year
• Republic Act No. 386, Civil Code of the Philippines
• Republic Act No. 4166, August 4, 1964, Change in the date of Philippine Independence
• Republic Act No. 8293, June 6, 1997, Intellectual Property Code
• Republic Act No. 8749, July 27, 1999, Philippines Clean Air Act of 1999
• Republic Act No. 9000, January 19, 2001, Narra Special Holiday
• Republic Act No. 9001, January 19, 2001, Puerto Princesa Special Holiday
• Republic Act No. 9002, January 21, 2001, Click Communications Franchise Act
• Republic Act No. 9003, January 26, 2001, Ecological Solid Waste Management Act
• Republic Act No. 9004, January 27, 2001, Separate engineering district in the province of Iloilo
• Republic Act No. 9005, February 2, 2001, Tanauan City Charter
• Republic Act No. 9006, February 12, 2001, Fair Elections Act
• Republic Act No. 9007, February 21, 2001, Appropriate funds for 2001 elections
• Republic Act No. 9008, February 21, 2001, Ligao City Charter
• Republic Act No. 9009, February 24, 2001, Amendment to the Local Government Code to increase income requirement for conversion into a Component City
• Republic Act No. 9010, February 27, 2001, Amendment to defer Value Added Tax on certain services
• Republic Act No. 9011, February 27, 2001, Separate engineering district in the province of Benguet
• Republic Act No. 9014, February 28, 2001, Escalante City Charter
• Republic Act No. 9165, Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002
• Republic Act No. 9188, February 10, 2003, Strengthening the Professionalism in the Armed Forces
• Republic Act No. 9189, February 13, 2003, Overseas Absentee Voting Act
• Republic Act No. 9190, February 21, 2003, Cebu International School
• Republic Act No. 9191, February 21, 2003, Muntinlupa City Charter Day
• Republic Act No. 9211, June 3, 2003, Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003
• Republic Act No. 10024 Philippine Respiratory Therapy Act
• Republic Act No. 10354, December 21, 2012, An Act Providing for a National Policy on Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health
• Republic Act No. 10643, July 15, 2014, Graphic Health Warning Act of 2014

Presidential Decrees

• Presidential Decree No. 1369, May 1, 1978, Creation of a National Maritime Polytechnic

Novels

• Noli Me Tangere (aka The Social Cancer), 1887 by José P. Rizal, translated by Charles Derbyshire, about the abuses that Philippine natives were suffering at the hands of the Spanish friars.

Pamphlets

• La Frailocracia Filipina, 1889 by Marcelo H. del Pilar, translated by Leonor Agrava, written in response to a Spanish pamphlet with arguments about filibusterism, the Spanish friars, and the aspirations of the Filipinos.

Encyclopedias

• "Philippine Islands," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
  • "Luzon," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
  • "Manila," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
  • "Manila (fibre)," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
  • "Negritos," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
• “Philippine Islands” by H. A. Webster  in Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed., 1885).
  • “Manila” in Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed., 1883).
  • “Manila Hemp” in Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed., 1883).
• "Philippine Islands," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
  • "Calinga," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
  • "Dumangas," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
  • "Dumangate," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
  • "Dumaguete," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
  • "Ibilao," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
  • "Manila," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
  • "San Fernando (Cebú)," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
  • "San Fernando (La Unión)," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
  • "San Fernando (Pampanga)," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
  • "San Isidro," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
  • "San Joaquin (town)," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
  • "San José de Buena Vista," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
  • "Santa Cruz de Napo," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
  • "Santa María," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
  • "Talisay," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
• "Philippine Islands," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
  • "Luzon," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
  • "Manila," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
• "Philippine Islands," by Newton Dennison Mereness and Hiram Bingham in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
  • "Bulacán," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
  • "Cadiz (Philippine Islands)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
  • "Manila," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
  • "Manila Hemp," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
  • "Miagao," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
  • "Negritos," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
  • "Santa Cruz (Philippine Islands)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Philippine Islands," by Philip Michael Finegan in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
  • "Diocese of Cebú," by Thomas Augustine Hendrick in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
  • "Archdiocese of Manila," by Philip Michael Finegan in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
  • "Manila Observatory," by Philip Michael Finegan in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
  • "José Mercado Rizal," by Philip Michael Finegan in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
  • "Domingo de Salazar," by Philip Michael Finegan in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
  • "Alonzo Sánchez," by Philip Michael Finegan in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
  • "Diocese of Zamboanga," by Philip Michael Finegan in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
• "Philippine Islands, The," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
  • "Manila," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• "Philippine Islands," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)
  • "Manila," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)
  • "Manila Bay," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)
  • "Manila, University of," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)
• "Philippine Islands," by James Alexander Robertson in Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed., 1922)
• "Philippines," in The World Factbook, (ed.) by CIA (1982)
• "Philippines," in The World Factbook, (ed.) by CIA (1990)
• "Philippines," in CIA World Fact Book, (ed.) by CIA (2004)

Music

• National Anthem: Lupang Hinirang by José Palma, translated by Felipe Padilla De Leon
• The Philippine Hymn by José Palma, translated by Camilo Osias and Mary A. Lane

Speeches

• Portal:Speeches by Philippine Presidents
  • Portal:Inaugural Speeches by Philippine Presidents
  • Portal:State of the Nation Speeches by Philippine Presidents

Filipino authors

• Marcelo Hilario del Pilar (1850–1896) editor of La Solidaridad from 1889 to 1895 and the founder of Diariong Tagalog.
• José P. Rizal (1861–1896) polymath, nationalist and the most prominent advocate for reforms in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era.