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There are some Filipinos who posses Amerindian ancestry

There are small minority of Filipinos who posses Native American (Amerindian) ancestry, most notably Filipinos of Mexican descent. I'm still researching on this issue. Indigenous Mexicans are present in the Philippines, since the colonial times. There was an integration between the Filipino population. Though the exact number of the population is unknown at the moment. Also, the number of Náhuatl loan words in most indigenous Filipino languages are of Aztec origin. Mexicans of Filipino descent (mixed Mexican, korein and Filipino ancesty) are present in large numbers in Acapulco and Colima. This issue will expand very soon. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.106.131.111 (talk) 11:58, 29 April 2007 (UTC).

Nah, I think Filipinos of Amerindian ancestry are too insignificant to be here, anyway. --Howard the Duck 12:49, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Well that is your opinion. But the truth is, there is a small minority of Filipinos who posses Amerindian ancestry. Like them or hate them, Significant or not, they are present in the country. Some people are just to ignorant to understand. Just letting you know, Filipinos who posses Amerindian ancestry "do not look" Oriental or Pacific islanders. These people have Amerindian features such as high cheekbones, defined jaws, aquiline nose structures and possesing brown skin. (similar to how a Indigenous Peruvian would look like).

You hit the nail right on the head, they're insignificant since their population is low. How many Filipino-Amerindians are residing in the Philippines? If they're just over a million (roughly more than 1%), they can't be notable in this article. Even ethnic groups with populations smaller than 3,000,000 shouldn't be here unless they're historically significant. --Howard the Duck 15:41, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Well that's your opinion once again. Who said ethnic groups of about 3 million are not allowed to be mentioned. That's alot of garbage. This is an Encylopedia believe or not. All kinds of informations do count. It's a place for learning.

The most "notable" Filipino who possess Amerindian (Cherokee) ancestry is Lou Diamond Phillips. I also have a feeling that Kalani Queypo the Native American Hollywood actor from the United States, might have some Filipino origin. Kalani Queypo

Well so far so good, I've found some estimated statistics. This are only estimates o.k. [1]

If we'll allow ethnic groups of about or less than 3 million people on this article, this would have been a lot longer; we'd have to include indigenous groups which are far more important than recent emigrants. --Howard the Duck 05:49, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

3 million or not, there is no outwardly identifiable community of Filipinos of Amerindian descent. Thus the fact remains that they are insignificant. --Chris S. 06:32, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

There are some who posses the ancestry. Amerindians or even blacks have been in the Philippines since the Spanish colonial period (1521-1898) brought as slaves, labourers or sailors in Manila-Acapulco Galleon trade. Although not large in population, there are some people who descended from these ancestries. It's hard to spot the difference since some Amerindian genetics have blended into the Filipino genes. Only the average Filipino person tend to posses the amerindian ancestry, without the person knowing it. Insignificant or what ever, this people are part of the Philippine History. And also this is an Encyclopedia, a place for learning informations. All informations do count.

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You are welcome to create an article, but the Philippines article has to be general, if we'll delve into specific ethnic groups, like those which are insignificant - groups with low populations - we'd violate WP:SIZE (the article actually violates that now). We're not saying you can't add it in an encyclopedia; we're saying you can't add that in this article, or else we'd add information about the Ivatan, Ibaloi, Badjao, Ibanag, Igorot, Tasaday, Itneg, Isneg, Tboli, Jews, Koreans, some Filipina interviewer I saw on CNN, an American Idol contestant, etc., etc. --Howard the Duck 13:00, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

There are towns in Pampanga that are of Nahuatl origin such as Mexico and Sasmuan. It was written in the Pampanga wiki once that Nahuatl speaking people from Mexico settled in the towns of Macabebe and Masantol to get away from the Spaniards and that they have descendants living there. Jcdizon 12:56, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Correct names of cities in the Philippines?

I have some wonders about how to spell the names of cities in the Philippines in their correct form. Let's take a city like Mandaluyong in Metro Manila as an example. As I understand it, the official way to write the name is City of Mandaluyong. However, it's found as Mandaluyong City here on wiki. Shouldn't it be either City of Mandaluyong or just Mandaluyong? The official names of cities in the Philippines have either City of... before the name, or City after the name (as for Quezon City). A thought I have is that cities with City of... shall only have their main name (which gives Mandaluyong) and cities with City after the name shall have the full official name written (for instance Quezon City). A speculation of mine, of course, but it makes some sense I think. Can someone bring some light over this? I am not interested in what "people on the street" call their city, just what the correct official forms are. --Pjred 14:16, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

They're all correct, although wiki uses <cityname> City since it is the most common name. The legal name of majority of the cities is "City of <cityname>". --Howard the Duck 14:22, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Nothing about being the "PEARL OF THE ORIENT"?

I can't believe there is nothing about us being called the pearl of the orient. We even have/had these on our license plates, just because it isn't a 'fad' anymore to call us that doesn't mean we have given up that title. The Philippines will always remain the true, the original, and the only Pearl of the Orient :) 124.104.33.140 01:58, 1 June 2007 (UTC)AARON

You have to support that with facts.