Welcome to the History of the Philippines Pearl of the Orient Seas You are visitor number You can see the last 20 users e-mail: Virginia.Mitchell@ualberta.ca History of the Philippines. On the eve of his execution by the Spanish colonialists in 1896, Jose Rizal, the famous filipino nationalist, called his homeland the Pearl of the Orient Seas . The Philippines is situated at a crossroads of the ...

A list of authentic Filipino names ...