Copyright 1994, Darryl R. J. Macer. All commercial rights reserved. This publication may be reproduced for limited educational or academic use, however please enquire with Eubios Ethics Institute. It comprises a land area of about 300,000 square km spanning 1854 km from north-south with a coast line of 34,536 km. There are 73 provinces, and 60 cities.
Manila is the capital of the Philippines.
Metropolitan Manila is the seat of administration, culture, art, education, commerce and industry. Filipinos are basically of Malayan descent with some Chinese, Spanish, American and Arab ancestries. Pilipino is the country's official language, but 111 dialects are spoken. English is taught in schools and widely used in business. In fact there have been few surveys of bioethics or biotechnology in Catholic countries, though there have been biotechnology surveys in the Eurobarometer surveys of some European countries in which there is still a strong influence from the Roman Catholic church.