nce of Philippine Democrats (LDP), Neptali GONZALES and Jose (Peping)
COJUANGCO; Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), Fidel Valdes RAMOS; Liberal
Party, Jovito SALONGA; New Society Movement (KBL), Amelda MARCOS
Suffrage:
universal at age 15
Elections:
President:
last held 11 May 1992 (next election to be held NA May 1998);results - Fidel
Valdes RAMOS won 23.6% of votes, a narrow plurality

:Philippines Government

Senate:
last held 11 May 1992 (next election to be held NA May 1998); results - LDP
66%, NPC 20%, Lakas-NUCD 8%, Liberal 6%; seats - (24 total) LDP 24, NPC 5,
Lakas-NUCD 2, Liberal 1
Elections:
House of Representatives:
last held 11 May 1992 (next election to be held NA May 1998); results - LDP
43.5%; Lakas-NUCD 25%, NPC 23.5%, Liberal 5%, KBL 3%;seats - (200 total) LDP
87, Lakas-NUCD 51, NPC 47, Liberal 10, KBL 5
Communists:
the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) controls about 15,500-16,500
full-time insurgents and is not recognized as a legal party; a second
Communist party, Philippine Communist Party (PKP), has quasi-legal status
Member of:
APEC, AsDB, ASEAN, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-24, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,
ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC,
IOM, ISO, ITU, LORCS, NAM (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL,
WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO
Diplomatic representation:
Ambassador Emmanuel PELAEZ; Chancery at 1617 Massachusetts Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20036; telephone (202) 483-1414; there are Philippine
Consulates General in Agana (Guam), Chicago, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles,
New York, San Francisco, and Seattle
US:
Ambassador Frank G. WISNER II; Embassy at 1201 Roxas Boulevard, Manila
(mailing address is APO AP 96440); telephone [63] (2) 521-7116; FAX [63] (2)
522-4361; there is a US Consulate in Cebu
Flag:
two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a white equilateral
triangle based on the hoist side; in the center of the triangle is a yellow
sun with eight primary rays (each containing three individual rays) and in
each corner of the triangle is a small yellow five-pointed star

:Philippines Economy

Overview:
Following the recession of 1984-85, the Philippine economy grew on the
average of 5.0% per year during 1986-89. It slowed again during the period
1990-91. The agricultural sector together w