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Philippines
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The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, the capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. The Philippines has an area of 300,000 square kilometers, and it is the eighth-most populated country in Asia and the 12th most populated country in the world. As of 2013, approximately 10 million additional Filipinos lived overseas, multiple ethnicities and cultures are found throughout the islands. In prehistoric times, Negritos were some of the archipelagos earliest inhabitants and they were followed by successive waves of Austronesian peoples. Exchanges with Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Islamic nations occurred, then, various competing maritime states were established under the rule of Datus, Rajahs, Sultans or Lakans. The arrival of Ferdinand Magellan in Homonhon, Eastern Samar in 1521 marked the beginning of Hispanic colonization, in 1543, Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of Philip II of Spain. With the arrival of Miguel López de Legazpi from Mexico City, in 1565, the Philippines became part of the Spanish Empire for more than 300 years. This resulted in Roman Catholicism becoming the dominant religion, during this time, Manila became the western hub of the trans-Pacific trade connecting Asia with Acapulco in the Americas using Manila galleons. Aside from the period of Japanese occupation, the United States retained sovereignty over the islands until after World War II, since then, the Philippines has often had a tumultuous experience with democracy, which included the overthrow of a dictatorship by a non-violent revolution. It is a member of the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. It also hosts the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank, the Philippines was named in honor of King Philip II of Spain. Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos, during his expedition in 1542, named the islands of Leyte, eventually the name Las Islas Filipinas would be used to cover all the islands of the archipelago. Before that became commonplace, other such as Islas del Poniente. The official name of the Philippines has changed several times in the course of its history, during the Philippine Revolution, the Malolos Congress proclaimed the establishment of the República Filipina or the Philippine Republic. From the 1898 Treaty of Paris, the name Philippines began to appear, since the end of World War II, the official name of the country has been the Republic of the Philippines. The metatarsal of the Callao Man, reliably dated by uranium-series dating to 67,000 years ago is the oldest human remnant found in the archipelago to date and this distinction previously belonged to the Tabon Man of Palawan, carbon-dated to around 26,500 years ago. Negritos were also among the archipelagos earliest inhabitants, but their first settlement in the Philippines has not been reliably dated, there are several opposing theories regarding the origins of ancient Filipinos
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Western Visayas
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Western Visayas is an administrative region in the Philippines, numerically designated as Region VI. It consists of five provinces, and one highly urbanized city, the province of Palawan was transferred to Region VI on May 23,2005 by Executive Order 429. The Department of the Interior and Local Government announced in June 2005 that the transfer had been completed, however, Palaweños criticized the move, citing a lack of consultation, with most residents in Puerto Princesa City and all municipalities but one preferring to stay with Region IV-B. Consequently, Administrative Order No.129 was issued on August 19,2005 to address this backlash and this Order directed the abeyance of Executive Order 429 pending the approval of an implementation plan for the orderly transfer of Palawan from Region IV-B to Region VI. Hence, Palawan is currently part of Region IV-B. By virtue of Executive Order No, Western Visayas consists of the major island of Panay and the smaller Guimaras, as well as several outlying islands. The region is bordered to the north by the Sibuyan Sea, northeast by the Visayan Sea, east by the Guimaras Strait, south by the Iloilo Strait and the Panay Gulf, and west by the Sulu Sea. Western Visayas consists of 5 provinces,1 highly urbanized city,2 component cities,98 municipalities and 3,389 barangays, the languages native to the inhabitants of Western Visayas are, Aklanon, spoken in Aklan, northern Antique and northwestern Capiz. Capiznon, spoken in Capiz, northeastern Iloilo and eastern Aklan, hiligaynon, spoken in Iloilo, Guimaras, Capiz, Antique and Aklan. Kinaray-a, spoken in Antique, southern Iloilo, Guimaras, western Capiz, kalibo International Airport Iloilo International Airport Godofredo P. Media related to Western Visayas at Wikimedia Commons Philippine Standard Geographic Code
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House of Representatives of the Philippines
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The House of Representatives of the Philippines, is the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines. It is often informally called Congress, Members of the House are officially styled as Representative and sometimes informally called Congressmen/Congresswomen and are elected to a three-year term. They can be re-elected, but cannot serve more than three consecutive terms, around eighty percent of congressmen are district representatives, representing a particular geographical area. There are 234 legislative districts in the country, each composed of about 250,000 people, there are also party-list representatives elected through the party-list system who constitute not more than twenty percent of the total number of representatives. The House of Representatives is headed by the Speaker, currently Pantaleon Alvarez of Davao del Norte, the official headquarters of the House of Representatives is at the Batasang Pambansa located in the Batasan Hills in Quezon City in Metro Manila. The building is simply called Batasan and the word has also become a metonym to refer to the House of Representatives. At the beginning of American colonial rule, from March 16,1900, william Howard Taft was chosen to be the first American civilian Governor-General and the first leader of this Philippine Commission, which subsequently became known as the Taft Commission. This bicameral legislature was inaugurated in October 1907, under the leadership of Speaker Sergio Osmeña and Floor Leader Manuel L. Quezon, the Rules of the 59th United States Congress was substantially adopted as the Rules of the Philippine Legislature. It is this body, founded as the Philippine Assembly, that would continue in one form or another, in 1916, the Jones Act, officially the Philippine Autonomy Act, changed the legislative system. The Philippine Commission was abolished and a new fully elected, bicameral Philippine Legislature consisting of a House of Representatives, the legislative system was changed again in 1935. The 1935 Constitution established a unicameral National Assembly, but in 1940, through an amendment to the 1935 Constitution, a bicameral Congress of the Philippines consisting of a House of Representatives and a Senate was adopted. The Liberal bloc of the Nacionalistas permanently split from their ranks and these two will contest all of the elections in what appeared to be a two-party system. This set up continued until President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, the 1987 Constitution restored the presidential system of government together with a bicameral Congress of the Philippines. Corazon Aquino who nominally had no party, supported the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino, with the victory of Fidel V. This also meant the restoration of Lakas-NUCD as the top party in the chamber, the same would happen when Benigno Aquino won in 2010, which returned the Liberals into power. The presiding officer is the Speaker, the members of the House of Representatives who are also its officers are also ex officio members of all of the committees and has a vote. The Speaker is the head of the House of Representatives, the speaker is elected by majority of all the members of the house, including vacant seats. The speaker is elected at the convening of each Congress
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Boracay
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Boracay is a small island in the Philippines located approximately 315 km south of Manila and 2 km off the northwest tip of Panay Island in Western Visayas region of the Philippines. Boracay Island and its beaches have received awards from numerous travel publications, the island comprises the barangays of Manoc-Manoc, Balabag, and Yapak in the municipality of Malay, in Aklan Province. The island is administered by the Philippine Tourism Authority and the government of Aklan. Apart from its sand beaches, Boracay is also famous for being one of the worlds top destinations for relaxation. It is also emerging among the top destinations for tranquility and nightlife, Boracay was awarded as the 2012 best island in the world from the international travel magazine Travel + Leisure. In 2014, the island was at the top of the Best Islands in the World list published by the international magazine Condé Nast Traveler. In 2016, Boracay headed the magazines list of Top 10 destinations to watch, the name Boracay is attributed to different origins. One story says that it is derived from the local word borac which means white cotton with characteristics close to the color, another credits the name to local words bora, meaning bubbles, and bocay, meaning white. Yet another version dating back to the Spanish era says the name is derived from sagay, the word for a shell, and boray, Boracay was originally home to the Ati people. Boracay Island was already a place before the Spaniards came to the Philippines. It was known to the Iberian conquerors as Buracay, at the time of contact with the Europeans, Buracay had a population of one hundred people, who cultivated rice on the island and augmented their income by raising goats. Boracay is part of Aklan, which became an independent province on April 25,1956, others followed the Tirols, and cultivation and development of the island gradually spread. Tourism came to the island beginning sometime in the 1970s, the movie Too Late the Hero was filmed in 1970 on locations in Boracay and Caticlan. In the 1980s, the island became popular as a destination for backpackers. By the 1990s, Boracays beaches were being acclaimed as the best in the world, in 2012, the Philippine Department of Tourism reported that Boracay had been named the worlds second best beach after Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Boracay Island is located off the northwest corner of Panay Island, the island is approximately seven kilometers long, dog-bone shaped with the narrowest spot being less than one kilometer wide, and has a total land area of 10.32 square kilometers. When wind and sea conditions dictate, east-facing Tambisaan Beach serves as an alternative entry, Boracays two primary tourism beaches, White Beach and Bulabog Beach, are located on opposite sides of the islands narrow central area. White Beach faces westward and Bulabog Beach faces eastward, the island also has several other beaches
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River delta
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A river delta is a landform that forms from deposition of sediment carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or standing water. This occurs where a river enters an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, River deltas are ecologically important as they provide coastline defense, are home to many species, and can impact drinking water supply. The tidal currents also cannot be too strong, as sediment would wash out into the body faster than the river deposits it. Of course, the river must carry enough sediment to layer into deltas over time, the rivers velocity decreases rapidly, causing it to deposit the majority, if not all, of its load. This alluvium builds up to form the river delta, when the flow enters the standing water, it is no longer confined to its channel and expands in width. This flow expansion results in a decrease in the flow velocity, as a result, sediment drops out of the flow and deposits. Over time, this single channel builds a deltaic lobe, pushing its mouth into the standing water, as the deltaic lobe advances, the gradient of the river channel becomes lower because the river channel is longer but has the same change in elevation. As the slope of the channel decreases, it becomes unstable for two reasons. First, gravity makes the flow in the most direct course down slope. If the river breaches its natural levees, it out onto a new course with a shorter route to the ocean. Second, as its slope gets lower, the amount of stress on the bed decreases, which results in deposition of sediment within the channel. This makes it easier for the river to breach its levees, often when the channel does this, some of its flow remains in the abandoned channel. When these channel-switching events occur, a mature delta develops a distributary network, another way these distributary networks form is from deposition of mouth bars. When this mid-channel bar is deposited at the mouth of a river and this results in additional deposition on the upstream end of the mouth-bar, which splits the river into two distributary channels. A good example of the result of this process is the Wax Lake Delta, in both of these cases, depositional processes force redistribution of deposition from areas of high deposition to areas of low deposition. This results in the smoothing of the shape of the delta as the channels move across its surface. Because the sediment is laid down in fashion, the shape of these deltas approximates a fan. The more often the flow changes course, the shape develops as closer to an ideal fan, the Mississippi and Ural River deltas, with their birds-feet, are examples of rivers that do not avulse often enough to form a symmetrical fan shape
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Kalibo
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Kalibo, officially the Municipality of Kalibo, is a municipality and the provincial capital of the province of Aklan in the Western Visayas of the Philippines. The population was 80,605 at the 2015 census, in the 2016 electoral roll, it had 46,096 registered voters. Kalibo is located in the north-west of Panay and it is the main transportation hub for the resort island of Boracay. The municipality is known for the Ati-Atihan festival and for the semi-urban and multi-awarded mangrove forest, the term Kalibo comes from the Aklanon word sangkâ líbo, reputedly the number of native Ati who attended the first Catholic Mass celebrated there. Kalibo was originally spelled as Calivo, the town of Kalibo was originally called Akean by the inhabitants, similar to the name of the river nearby. The word akean itself connotes the warbling of running waters, from the word akae. Akae-akae means to bubble or to boil or to make the sound of bubbling or boiling in the Aklanon language, the Spaniards interchanged the names Aklan and Calivo to refer to the town. Aside from these two, other such as Calibo, Daclan, Adan, and Calibog have been used. When Miguel Lopez de Legazpi arrived In 1569, he found the town had 2,000 so he recruited 500 to help conquer the rest of the Philippines. On November 3,1571, it became an encomienda and on April 22,1581 the town became a parish under the Augustinians, during the Spanish era, Kalibo was part of Capiz. On March 23,1897 the Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan were executed by the Spanish colonial government for their role in the Philippine Revolution, the town was affected by World War II. On November 8,1956, the province of Aklan was officially inaugurated, during the early 21st century, Aklan congressman Florencio Miraflores filed a bill seeking to convert Kalibo into a city but this has yet to succeed. Kalibo is located at 11°42′N 122°22′E, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 50.75 square kilometres constituting 2. 79% of the 1,821. 42-square-kilometre- total area of Aklan. Kalibo is politically subdivided into 16 barangays, all classified as urban, mobo was formerly known as Tinigao Bongoe. In the 2015 census, Kalibo had a population of 80,605, the population density was 1,600 inhabitants per square kilometre. In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 46,096 registered voters, Aklanon is the main language of Kalibo. Hiligaynon is spoken as a language of the municipality. Kalibos main industry is based on rice, coconuts and the Piña
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Antique (province)
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Antique or is a province of the Philippines located in the region of Western Visayas. The province capital is San Jose, the most populous town in Antique, the province is situated in the western section of Panay Island and borders Aklan, Capiz and Iloilo to the east, while facing the Sulu Sea to the west. Antique was one of the three sakup of Panay before Spanish colonizers arrived on the islands, the province was known at that time as Hantík, the local name for the large black ants found on the island. The Spanish chroniclers, influenced by the French, recorded the name as Hantique. The locals then pronounced the name into its present name Antique Historians believe that the earliest people who settled on the island of Panay were tribal Negritos or Atis. Oral history, relayed as the Maragtas, states that ten datus or minor tribal chieftains from Malay escaped persecution from a city called Odtohan from Borneo due to a tyrant ruler called Makatunaw. The ten datus, led by Datu Puti, sailed northward with their families and communities, nevertheless, the Maragtas narrative is to be considered as part of the local history of the people. Upon arrival, the Malay datus met the Ati chieftain Datu Marikudo, Datu Marikudo responded to the datus generosity by giving the Malayans the lowlands and moving to the mountains with his Ati tribe as the mountains are sacred to them. The legacy of this landing is commemorated annually in Antique during the Binirayan festival, the island of Panay was then divided into three sakups, Hantik, Aklan and Irong-Irong. Aklan became the present-day Aklan and Capiz, Irong-Irong became Iloilo, Hantik was named for the large black ants found on the island called hantik-hantik. The sakup of Hantik was given to Datu Sumakwel, one of the ten datus, the three sakups were later governed as a political unit called the Confederation of Madyaas, also under Datu Sumakwel. Datu Sumakwel founded the town of Malandog, considered to be the first Malay settlement in the country, Malandog is now a barangay in the present-day municipality of Hamtic, which was named after the historic sakup. During the Spanish colonial period, the province was vulnerable to attacks by Moro raiders. Under the direction of the Spanish friars, a series of watchtowers, like the Old Watchtower in Libertad, in 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army landed in Antique and occupied the province during the Second World War. The liberation was achieved with the support of recognized local guerrillas. Antique is one of the five provinces comprising Western Visayas or Region VI, the province, with a total land area of 2,729.17 square kilometres, is an elongated stretch of land occupying the entire western side of the island. It is bounded by the central mountains of Panay, bordering on the provinces of Aklan in the northeast, Capiz on the east, Iloilo in the southeast. Its western-most and northernmost point is Semirara Island at 12°07′10″N 121°21′10″E, anini-y is the provinces most southerly point at 10°24′24″N 121°57′38″E
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Aklan
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Aklan is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. The province is situated in the northwest portion of Panay Island, bordering Antique to the southwest, Aklan faces the Sibuyan Sea and Romblon province to the north. Aklan is believed to have settled in the 12th century by settlers from Borneo. Aklan then became a part of the Kedatuan of Madja-as, towards the end of the 14th century, Datu Dinagandan moved the capital from what is now Batan. In 1433, Datu Kalantiaws grandson and successor, Datu Kalantiaw III, was said by Jose Marcos to have formulated a set of laws known today as the Code of Kalantiaw. Well respected scholarly long-term Philippine resident historian William Henry Scott, proved these laws to be a total fabrication, in 1437, the short-lived dynasty of Datu Kalantiaw ended when Datu Kalantiaw III was killed in battle with the tribes of Datu Manduyog, the legitimate successor of Datu Dinagandan. When Datu Manduyog became the new chieftain, he moved the capital to Bakan, Datu Kabanyag was the chieftain at that period and had his capital in Libacao. In 1942, the Japanese invaded Aklan during World War II and in 1945, combined Filipino, Aklan became an independent province through Republic Act No.1414 signed by Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay on April 25,1956, separating Aklan from Capiz. The province was inaugurated on November 8,1956, josé Raz Menez was appointed the first governor of Aklan by President Magsaysay and he served until December 30,1959. In 1960, Godofredo P. Ramos became the first elected governor but upon resigning to run for Congress he was succeeded by the vice governor, legaspi succeeded Patricio and he held office for two consecutive terms from 1964 to 1971. Aklan occupies the third of the island of Panay and is bordered by the provinces of Iloilo from the south, Capiz from the east. It also faces the Sibuyan Sea from the north, the province covers a total area of 1,821.42 square kilometres, and includes the island of Boracay which is located at its northwestern tip. Mount Nausang, is the highest point in the province, standing at 5,096 ft. above sea level, Aklan River, is the longest river in the province with 71 km long. The province features high geographic diversity, ranging from sandy beaches, mangroves. Situated within the province is the river Akean, which appears unique due to its boiling or frothing appearance, a single congressional district encompasses all towns. The population of Aklan in the 2015 census was 574,823 people, the main inhabitants of the province are the Aklanon, who are part of the Visayan ethnic group. Other inhabitants include the Negrito, locally known as the Ati and the Sulod, other Visayans also present are the Hiligaynon, Karay-a, and Capiznon. Based on the 2000 census survey, Aklanon comprised 96. 56% of the provincial population of 450,353
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Barangay
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A barangay, formerly referred to as barrio, is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward. In colloquial usage, the term refers to an inner city neighbourhood. The word barangay originated from balangay, a kind of boat used by a group of Austronesian peoples when they migrated to the Philippines, as of June 2015, there were 42,029 barangays throughout the Philippines. When the first Spaniards arrived in the Philippines in the 16th century, the name barangay originated from balangay, a Malay word meaning sailboat. The first barangays started as small communities of around 50 to 100 families. By the time of contact with Spaniards, many barangays have developed into large communities, some of these barangays had large populations. In Panay, some barangays had 20,000 inhabitants, in Leyte,15,000 inhabitants, in Cebu,3,500 residents, in Vitis,7,000 inhabitants, there were smaller barangays with less number of people. But these were generally inland communities, or if they were coastal and these smaller barangays had around thirty to one hundred houses only, and the population varies from one hundred to five hundred persons. According to Legazpi, he found communities with twenty to thirty people only, traditionally, the original “barangays” were coastal settlements of the migration of these Malayo-Polynesian people from other places in Southeast Asia. Most of the ancient barangays were coastal or riverine in nature and this is because most of the people were relying on fishing for supply of protein and for their livelihood. They also travelled mostly by water up and down rivers, trails always followed river systems, which were also a major source of water for bathing, washing, and drinking. The coastal barangays were more accessible to trade with foreigners and these were ideal places for economic activity to develop. Business with traders from other countries also meant contact with cultures and civilizations, such as those of Japan, Han Chinese, Indian people. These coastal communities acquired more cosmopolitan cultures, with developed social structures, during the Spanish rule, through a resettlement policy called the Reducción, smaller scattered barangays were consolidated to form compact towns. Each barangay was headed by the cabeza de barangay, who formed part of the Principalía - the elite ruling class of the municipalities of the Spanish Philippines and this position was inherited from the first datus, and came to be known as such during the Spanish regime. The Spanish Monarch ruled each barangay through the Cabeza, who collected taxes from the residents for the Spanish Crown. When the Americans arrived, slight changes in the structure of government was effected. Later, Rural Councils with four councilors were created to assist, now renamed Barrio Lieutenant, it was later renamed Barrio Council, the Spanish term barrio was used for much of the 20th century until 1974, when President Ferdinand Marcos ordered their renaming to barangays
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Malay, Aklan
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Malay, officially the Municipality of Malay, is a municipality in the province of Aklan in the Western Visayas of the Philippines. The population was 52,973 at the 2015 census, in the 2016 electoral roll, it had 33,813 registered voters. The resort island of Boracay is part of the municipality, the municipality of Malay was created in the province of Capiz on June 15,1949, from the barrio of Malay and surrounding barrios which were then part of Buruanga. On April 25,1956, Malay became a municipality of the newly created province of Aklan and it was hit severely by typhoon Seniang on 9–10 December 2006, with much destruction and damage of homes and infrastructure. 066, series of 2010 created an ad hoc Committee and Technical Working Group to conduct study and evaluation for the proposed cityhood of the Municipality of Malay. Malay is located at 11°54′N 121°55′E, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 66.01 square kilometres constituting 3. 62% of the 1,821. 42-square-kilometre- total area of Aklan. Malay is politically subdivided into 17 barangays, three of which are situated within Boracay Island, while the rest are in mainland Malay, in the 2015 census, Malay had a population of 52,973. The population density was 800 inhabitants per square kilometre, in the 2016 electoral roll, it had 33,813 registered voters. The tourism industry of Boracay became the catalyst of its economic growth brought many investors to come. As of 2016, there are ten banks in the municipality of Malay operated by six commercial banking corporations, Malay has one airport, officially named Godofredo P. Ramos Airport but more popularly known as Caticlan Airport. Only small aircraft are allowed to land on the 810 m runway, most airlines have also restricted weight allowance since the airplanes are small. Nearby Kalibo International Airport with its 2,300 m runway is able to accommodate larger aircraft, as of November 2016, it can now accommodate larger aircraft like an Airbus A320 or a Boeing 737. The Caticlan Jetty Port, one of the ports along the Strong Republic Nautical Highway, serves as a gateway to Boracay island and Roxas, Malay is being served by three hospitals, of which 1 is private, and 2 are owned by the government. Don Circiaco Tirol Memorial Hospital Malay Municipal Hospital Aklan Baptist Hospital
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Visayan spotted deer
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It is one of three endemic deer species in the Philippines, although it was not recognized as a separate species until 1983. An estimated 2,500 mature individuals survived worldwide as of 1996, according to the IUCN, the diet of the deer, which consists of a variety of different types of grasses, leaves, and buds within the forest, is the primary indicator of its habitat. Since 1991 the range of the species has decreased and is now almost co-extensive with that of the Visayan warty pig. In April 2009 a team of British and Filipino scientists discovered evidence of two groups of deer in the North Negros Natural Park. These signs are believed to be the first scientific evidence of the activity for over 25 years. It is estimated that an estimated 300 animals survive on the island of Negros, Conservation efforts are currently underway with the intention of preserving the remaining population of the species but are poorly funded and supported. The deer is small and short-legged yet it is the largest endemic species of deer among the Visayas, adults range from 125 to 130 cm long from the head to the base of the tail,70 to 80 cm in shoulder height and 25 to 80 kg in weight. This species is distinguished from other species of deer in the Philippines by the distinctive A pattern of beige spots which dot its deep brown back. Other distinctive features include cream underparts and white fur on the chin, the animals head and neck are brown, but lighter than the body, and the eyes are ringed with paler fur. Males are larger than females and have short, thick, bumpy antlers, the species range once covered the shoreline up to at least 2,000 m above sea level. Its habitat is in dense cogon grassland, and primary and secondary forest, most of its habitat consists of areas where its diet of young shoots of cogon grass and young low-growing leaves and buds are plentiful. Besides areas that are dense in vegetation, it could thrive in places it could graze. They may also visit burnt-out forest clearings for the floral ash, due to the now restricted range of the deer, it is impossible to ascertain the preferred habitat of the species. The deer breed from November to December, although mating could begin earlier, males have a roaring call to attract females. Reports mostly mention a single calf with a pair, although conclusive evidence on the number of young is not available because of the rarity of sightings. Calves are born after a period of around 240 days. Weaning takes place at six months and the calves are mature from 12 months and this species is fully protected under Philippine law. Hunting and forest clearances as a result of logging activities and agricultural conversion are thought to be the causes of a drop in the numbers of the deer
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Visayan warty pig
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The Visayan warty pig is a critically endangered species in the pig genus. Due to the numbers of remaining Visayan warty pigs in the wild. Cebu warty pig Negros warty pig, there are two separate remaining populations of S. c. negrinus – on the islands of Negros and Panay, respectively. Both populations have been physically and genetically isolated since the last ice age, the current conservation program for S. c. negrinus includes successful breeding programs at the Rotterdam Zoo for pigs of Negros origin, and at the San Diego Zoo for pigs of Panay origin. Although it is believed that S. cebifrons can now only be found in Negros and Panay, the Visayan warty pig is endemic to six islands in the Philippines. It is now extinct on four of the islands and it is endangered because Filipino natives captured them and use them for resources, such as food and using its skin for fur. The Visayan warty pig receives its name from the three pairs of fleshy warts present on the visage of the boar, biologists speculate that the reason for the warts is to assist as a natural defense against the tusks of rival pigs during a fight. The boars also grow stiff spiky hair, Visayan warty pigs tend to live in groups of four to six. The diet of the pig consists of roots, tubers. They may also eat cultivated crops, since approximately 95% of their natural habitat has been cleared by local farmers who cut down the forest to plant crops, the propensity of the pigs to eat cultivated crops has risen dramatically. Visayan warty pig piglets are often seen during the dry season between the months of January and March in their habitat of the western Visayan Islands. The mean number of piglets is three to four per litter, in addition to a few other conservation programs in the Philippines, the Crocolandia Foundation and the Negros Forests and Ecological Foundation, Inc. both have this species in captivity. Moreover, several zoos in the United States also maintain this species, the San Diego Zoo was the first zoo outside the Philippines to keep and breed Visayan warty pigs. Elsewhere in North America, zoos in Seattle, Los Angeles, Portland, Phoenix, Tucson, Miami, Tampa, Saint Louis, Brevard Zoo, Gainesville, the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium have acquired the species and plan on display for the public in June,2015. Wild Pigs of the Philippines The Oregon Zoo UltimateUngulate Visayan Warty Pig Conservation Programme
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