What is the Galleon trade in the Philippines?
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Spanish Galleons are big three masted cargo ships that traveled from Spain, to Africa, then to the New World, to Asia (Philippines) and then back to the New World and Spain. Spices in Asia were extremely valuable back in the 16th century. The Spanish settled the islands and traded with the Filippino natives. They often used the natives as slaves and in fact, there is said to be a community of Filippino Americans  who live in Louisiana who are descendents from the first Filippinos brought over from Asia by the Spanish. The name "Philippines" comes from King Phillip of Spain. Also, today you can see a lot of the Spanish influence in the Philippines. Most Filippinos are Catholic and the cuisine is very similar to Spanish and Mexican foods. Good luck with your report. It helps if you do your own research.
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http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/
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Pearl from the Philippines.
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Ask the Phillipine Govt.
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if you are in the philippines, perhaps you can go to the website of department of trade and industry. that might help.  or you could make a few phone calls to them, to ask them where you can get the info.  this is usually available in print out form or in diskette upon request from the correct agency.  just find the right government agency.
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The Philippines, Cuba & Puerto Rico
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I recommend reading the articles:\n\nStarting a Home-Based Exporting Business \nhttp://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol8/exporting.htm\n\nLaying the Foundations of Your Home Based International Trading Business\nhttp://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol21/trading.htm\n\nCheck out the following websites \n\nFederation of International Trade Association http://fita.org/index.html\nCMTAC Trade Information Database http://latrade.cmtac.org/trade_info/index.cfm\nDon'ts of Importing \nhttp://www.gattiassociates.com/CM/Articles/Articles1277.asp\nFlowchart of the export process http://www.export.gov/exportbasics/index.asp\nGoing Global http://www.going-global.com/articles/\n\nYou may also want to check out the following books:\n\n- Import/Export: How to Get Started in International Trade \n- Exporting, Importing, and Beyond : How to 'Go Global' With Your Small Business \n- Selling to the World: Your Fast and Easy Guide to Exporting and Importing \n- Start and Run a Profitable Exporting Business \n- Start Your Own Import/Export Business\n\nI am importing a few products from the Philippines. Shipping cost is high, and a large box of items could set you back P15,000-25,000 pesos (around $300-$500). If you talk of crates, so much more expensive. I suggest your fiance, aside from looking for products, actually start looking for brokers that can help them.\n\nIn my experience, eBay is not the best marketplace for them, especially if you talk of handicraft items. I've never had much luck selling Philippine products on ebay. Buyers are not familiar with the products, there's little demand for it. Shell jewelry boxes from Cebu for example, with matching picture frames are great looking - but I can never sell them on the first listing. Sometimes it takes me 5-10 relists to dispose of the item. I even tried selling papaya soap which is very popular in the Philippines, only to find limited buyers on ebay.\n\nThe only thing that sells fast for me from the Philippines are vintage Philippine postcards (circa early 1900s), freshwater and South Sea pearl jewelries, and antique items (Ifugao, Maranaw, and other ethnic tribes).\n\nThailand is a better place to get products. I have no problem selling pewter liquor holders from Thailand or their jewelries. I also import a lot of benjarong jars, and I can sell them real fast. Even batik paintings sell faster.
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export of manpower and services like call center and support. other than that. the philippines is slumping
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That's gonna be hard because there are 7,107 islands composing  the Philippines. I can name the big three though--Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
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Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao are the three regions. Although Palwan is a major island, Visayas is considered of more importance than Palawan.
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The martial arts of the Philippines include:\n\n    * Many styles of eskrima/arnis/kali, which are sometimes broken into sub-disciplines, though this varies considerably from style to style:\n\n        * Baraw, the use of a knife\n        * Corto, medio, and largo mano, techniques aimed at fighting at short, medium, and long range, respectively\n        * Doble baston, the use of a pair of sticks\n        * Dumog, a grappling style with an emphasis on disabling or control of the opponent by manipulation of the head and neck.\n        * Espada y daga, the use of a sword and knife (often simulated with a stick and a wooden knife)\n        * Gunting, armed and unarmed scissoring techniques aimed at disabling an opponent's arm or hand\n        * Latigo y Daga, Whip and Dagger.\n        * Panantukan or panuntukan, Filipino kickboxing\n\n            * Pananjakman, the low-line kicking component of panantukan\n\n        * Pangamut or mano mano, empty-hand techniques\n\n            * Kino mutai, a sub-section of pangamut that specializes in biting and eye-gouges\n\n        * Sibat, the use of a spear\n        * Sinawali, weaving attacks with two sticks.\n        * Solo baston, the use of a single stick\n\n    * Many styles of silat, primarily in the southern islands.\n    * Yaw-Yan, short for "Sayaw ng Kamatayan" ("Dance of Death"), a system of martial arts similar to Thai kickboxing and Taekwondo but with grappling and submissions, commonly seen in Philippine MMA competitions.
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in the Philippines???
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The agricultural industry of the Philippines is one of the fastest growing economies in South East Asia. The market consists mostly of services, as productivity in agriculture and industry is growing as well.\n\nHistorically, the Philippines was primarily an agricultural region producing copra, maize, hemp, rice, sugar, and tobacco. Mining was also notable as the mountains contain substantial amounts of chrome, copper, gold, iron, lead, manganese, and silver. Fishing has been another important occupation, centered in Manila Bay and the Sulu Archipelago. Although fishing has been important, its future is bleak due to expensive funds and equipments.\n\nImportant sectors of the Philippine economy include agriculture and industry, particularly food processing, textiles and garments, and electronics and automobile parts. Most industries are concentrated in the urban areas around metropolitan Manila. Mining also has great potential in the Philippines, which possesses significant reserves of chromite, nickel, and copper. Recent natural gas finds off the islands of Palawan add to the country's substantial geothermal, hydro, and coal energy reserves. In conclusion, the Philippines is abundant in mineral resources and natural gas.\n\n\nBackground\nSince the end of the World War II, the Philippine economy has had a mixed history of growth and development. Over the years, the Philippines has gone from being one of the richest countries in Asia (following Japan) to being one of the poorest. Growth immediately after the war was rapid, but slowed over time. A severe recession in 1984-85 saw the economy shrink by more than 10%, and perceptions of political instability during the Aquino administration further dampened economic activity. During his administration, President Ramos introduced a broad range of economic reforms and initiatives designed to spur business growth and foreign investment. As a result, the Philippines saw a period of rapid sustained growth, but the Asian financial crisis triggered in 1997 slowed economic development in the Philippines once again. In 1998, the Philippine economy deteriorated as a result of spill-over from the Asian financial crisis and poor weather conditions. Growth fell to about -0.5% in 1998 from 5% in 1997, but recovered to 2.9% by 1999. President Estrada tried to resist protectionist measures; and efforts to continue the reforms begun by the Ramos administration made significant progress. A major bank failure in April 2000 and the impeachment and subsequent departure of President Estrada in the beginning of 2001 led to lower growth. The current administration under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is pushing towards faster and more rapid economic growth. In 2004, the Philippine economy grew by 6.1%, a pleasant surprise, beating most analysts and even the government's estimates. However, the advent of high oil prices might dampen growth estimates for 2005. As of 2006 the economy of the Philippines had a phenomenal growth since the month of November 2005 effecting for lowering of petroleum products and increase of job and industrial opportunities for people and having the currency of the Philippines one of the most oustanding in growth in the world.\n\n\nEconomy year 2005\nThe Philippines was less severely affected by the Asian financial crisis of 1998 than its neighbors, aided in part by annual remittances of $7-8 billion from overseas workers and no sustained runup in asset prices or foreign borrowing prior to the crisis. From a 0.6% decline in 1998, GDP expanded by 2.4% in 1999, and 4.4% in 2000, but slowed to 3.2% in 2001 in the context of a global economic slowdown, an export slump, and political and security concerns. GDP growth accelerated to 4.3% in 2002, 4.7% in 2003, and about 6% in 2004, reflecting the continued resilience of the service sector, and improved exports and agricultural output. Nonetheless, it will take a higher, sustained growth path to make appreciable progress in pove
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The Philippines is a diverse country so there are many cultures. \n\nThe used to be ruled by Spain so there is a lot of Spanish culture there. \n\nThe food is good there! I can't remember the names but there is this one soup with meat and other stuff in it. I love it. \n\nLots of fish and pork too...
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The islands have been known to be part of the Philippines Islands... and nobody cared. Now however, there is the possibility there maybe oil over there. Bringing China and Vietnam into the picture. In fact a few Filipinos actually lived there subsisting mostly by fishing. \n\nHistory has shown again and again that regardless of International Law, possession and power decides ownership. Witness Brunei, a possession of the Sultanate of Sulu and by extension the Philippines. This terrritory was rented in perpetuity by Great Britain for something like $30,000 Malaysian a year. The Philippines tried unsuccessfully to assert ownership thru the International Court. \n\nIf the pattern continues, then China will most likely prevail, unless the Philippines could creatively checkmate it.
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Lots of influence from the Spaniards... They always collect taxes higher than expected... Get the land of farmers... So.. After 333 years of colonialism what do you expect from the Filipinos? Be totally better than them? NAH!!! Your wrong... \nDo you think that the Philippines shold be first or what? It's good that the Philippines is only second not first. It's not in the religion. It's already in the tradition. It's hard to eradicate that...\nMind you... Not every politicians are corrupt... :) Wow good thing... I still think that Pres. Arroyo does not corrupt because there are no issues about that...
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try http://www.prc.gov.ph/