Ayta people in the Philippines belong to a group of communities that includes one with the highest level of Denisovan ancestry in the world.

According to the 2020 census, only about 400,000 Filipinos can speak Spanish well. This is a steep decline from 1998.

The pre-Hispanic Filipinos called the Pintados were the tattooed people of the Central Philippine Islands. They once dominated the region.

Maria Ylagan Orosa (1893-1945) was a pioneer in food technology, nutrition, and preservation.

33 years before the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth Rock, the first documented native Filipinos arrived in Morro Bay, California.

In Asia, the Philippines was among the first to have access to modern, free public education. Second only to Japan.