Metropolitan Manila,commonly shortened to Metro Manila and formally the National Capital Region,is the capital region and largest metropolitan area of the Philippines. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay,the region lies between the Central Luzon and Calabarzon regions. Encompassing an area of 619.57 km2 (239.22 sq mi) and with a population of 13,484,462 as of 2020,it is composed of sixteen highly urbanized cities:the capital city,Manila,Caloocan,Las Piñas,Makati,Malabon,Mandaluyong,Marikina,Muntinlupa,Navotas,Parañaque,Pasay,Pasig,Quezon City,San Juan,Taguig,and Valenzuela,along with one independent municipality,Pateros. As the second most populous and the most densely populated region in the Philippines,it ranks as the 9th most populous metropolitan area in Asia and the 6th most populous urban area in the world.
"Lupang Hinirang",originally titled in Spanish as "Marcha Nacional Filipina",and commonly and informally known by its incipit "Bayang Magiliw",is the national anthem of the Philippines. Its music was composed in 1898 by Julián Felipe,and the lyrics were adopted from the Spanish poem "Filipinas",written by JoséPalma in 1899.
The University of Santo Tomas,officially the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas,Manila or colloquially as USTè,is a private,Catholic research university in Manila,Philippines. Founded on April 28,1611,by Spanish friar Miguel de Benavides,third Archbishop of Manila,it has the oldest extant university charter in Asia and is one of the world's largest Catholic universities in terms of enrollment found on one campus. It is the main campus of the University of Santo Tomas System that is run by the Order of Preachers.
Libingan ng mga Bayani is a national cemetery within Fort Andres Bonifacio in Taguig City,Philippines.
The University of the Philippines Manila is a public,coeducational,research university located in Ermita,Manila,Philippines. It is known for being the country's center of excellence in the health sciences,including health professional education,training,and research. It is the oldest of eight constituent universities of the University of the Philippines System,and predates the founding of UP by three years. It was originally established on December 1,1905,as the Philippine Medical School and later renamed as the UP College of Medicine and Surgery on June 10,1907. In 1983 it was renamed as University of the Philippines Manila.
Nicanor Jesús "Nick/Nicky" Pineda Perlas III is a Filipino activist and awardee of the Right Livelihood Award in 2003,which is often referred as an alternative Nobel Prize.
Esperanza Alcantara Icasas-Cabral is a Filipina cardiologist and clinical pharmacologist. She served as Secretary of the Department of Health in the Philippines,taking office in January 2010 to replace Dr. Francisco Duque III after his appointment as chairperson of the Civil Service Commission. Before her appointment as Secretary of Health she was previously the Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development,replacing Corazon Soliman. Dr. Cabral is married to Bienvenido Villegas Cabral,an ophthalmologist.
Science and technology in the Philippines describes scientific and technological progress made by the Philippines and analyses related policy issues. The main agency responsible for managing science and technology (S&T) is the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). There are also sectoral councils for Forestry,Agriculture and Aquaculture,the Metal Industry,Nuclear Research,Food and Nutrition,Health,Meteorology,Volcanology and Seismology.
Ambeth R. Ocampo is a Filipino public historian,academic,cultural administrator,journalist,author,and independent curator. He is best known for his definitive writings about Philippines' national hero JoséRizal and on topics in Philippine history and Philippine art through Looking Back,his bi-weekly editorial page column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
The University of the Philippines Manila College of Medicine (CM) is the medical school of the University of the Philippines Manila,the oldest constituent university of the University of the Philippines System. Its establishment in 1905 antedates the foundation of the UP System and makes it one of the oldest medical schools in the country. The Philippine General Hospital,the national university hospital,serves as its teaching hospital.
The University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (USTFMS) is the medical school of the University of Santo Tomas,the oldest and largest Catholic university in Manila,Philippines.
The University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Pharmacy is the pharmaceutical school of the University of Santo Tomas,the oldest and the largest Catholic university in Manila,Philippines.
Fe Villanueva del Mundo,,was a Filipina pediatrician. She founded the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines and is known for shaping the modern child healthcare system in the Philippines. Her pioneering work in pediatrics in the Philippines while in active medical practice spanned eight decades. She gained international recognition,including the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 1977. In 1980,she was conferred the rank and title of National Scientist of the Philippines,and in 2010,she was conferred the Order of Lakandula. She was the first female president of the Philippine Pediatric Society and the first woman to be named National Scientist of the Philippines in 1980. She was also the founder and the first president of the Philippine Pediatric Society,the first Asian to be elected president of the Philippine Medical Association in its 65-years existence,and the first Asian to be voted president of the Medical Woman's International Association.
Paulo C. Campos was a Filipino physician and educator noted for his promotion of wider community health care and his achievements in the field of nuclear medicine for which he was dubbed as "The Father of Nuclear Medicine in the Philippines". The first president of the National Academy of Science and Technology,he was conferred the rank and title of National Scientist of the Philippines in 1980.
Michael Lim Tan is a Filipino medical anthropologist,veterinarian,and writer who is currently a professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman College of Social Sciences and Philosophy. Tan served as the chancellor of UP Diliman from 2014 to 2020.
Clarissa Ocampo is a Filipino-American mezzo-soprano. She is best known for her album Cradle Songs and sings professionally in the United States and Asia.
JoséProtasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was a Filipino nationalist,writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered a national hero of the Philippines. An ophthalmologist by profession,Rizal became a writer and a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement,which advocated political reforms for the colony under Spain.
Pablo Ocampo y de León was a Filipino lawyer,nationalist,a member of the Malolos Congress,inaugural holder of the office of Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands to the United States Congress alongside Benito Legarda and a member of the 2nd Philippine Legislature. He gave his service to his country and helped to bring about the peaceful transition of the Philippines from being a colony of Spain for more than 300 years to what will later become the American Commonwealth of the Philippines.
Lourdes "Chit" Panganiban Estella-Simbulan was a Filipino journalist and professor,known for her critical writings on government repression,abuse,corruption and human rights violations.
Gelia Tagumpay Castillo was a Filipino sociologist. She specialized in rural sociology and was a pioneer of the concept of participatory development. She was a university professor at the University of the Philippines Los Baños. Her 1977 book Beyond Manila examined rural development in the Philippines. She was named a National Scientist of the Philippines in 1999.
