Philippines

​ **Phillipines by: Kearstyn Aldrich and Ben Hersey**

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POLITICAL Current Leader: President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo  Government: Republic Sufferage Age: 18 Laws: Oil Industry Comission Act Omnibus Election Code Of the Phillipines Foreign Investment Act Of 1991 Commision On The Fillipino Language Act New Central Bank Act

SOCIAL Population: 97,976,603 Life Expectancy: 71.9 years HIV/AIDS Rate: Less than 0.1%

ECONOMIC GDP per capita: 5,777 Poverty rate: 32.9% Natural resources: timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper Major imports: electronic products, mineral fuels, macheinery and transport equitment, iron and steel, teatile fabrics,grains, chemicals Major exports: semiconductors and electronic products, transport equitment, garments, copper products, petroluim products, coconut oil Major industries: electronics assembly, garmets, foot wear, pharmaceuticals major industries

media type="custom" key="5669441" media type="custom" key="5712569" media type="custom" key="5762419" CURRENT EVENTS Military plane crash (CNN) A Philippine air force plane crashed on thursday around 11:30. It crashed into a residential area in Cotabatocity. It crashed into several homes before bursting into flames. The plane was carrying military officials. Killing 8 people. Maj. Gen.Butch Lacson was among the dead. He was commander of a division in the philippine ait force. Also killed, were 2 pilots and 5 crew men. The plane went down shortly after take off. Their destination was Zamboanga city.

I feel they should have stated what went wrong with the plane. Its sad how 8 people died. its amazing how no one was killed inside the houses. I feel before the plane took off they should have checked everything.

27 Missing after boats collide in the philippines the ferry left Manila around 9p.m. on wednesday. The ferry was going to Lubang Island, just south of the capital city. The ferry operated by the san Nicolas Lines collided with a fishing vessel near Limbones Island. The ferry sunk around 2:25 a.m. on Thursday. The vessel was still afloat, and the crew of the fishing boat helped rescue ferry passangers. Of the 73 passengers and crew members 46 were rescued. Rescuers are still searching for the missing people. People on boats have been told to look out for people in stranded waters.

I wonder how the boats ran into each other. How could they not see each other? On the ferry they should have had life jackets or rafts. They should tell the people what to do if anything like this ever happened again.