Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was succeeded as this country's President in 2010 by Benigno Aquino, who has dealt with continued violence in Mindanao while ruling from its largest island, Luzon.
A shockingly non-fictional political debate in this country centers on who is allowed wang-wang privilege, an issue stemming from a 1970s ordinance on official sirens. A state-owned gardening hoe became a symbol of national embarrassment here after a police raid turned up a school bus rigged with a .50 caliber machine gun and flame thrower. That tool was used to bury 58 mutilated bodies in the wake of a 2007 election between the TEAM Unity and Genuine Opposition factions by the now-incarcerated Ampatuan family. This country's ruling Liberal party is challenged by a coalition of KAMPI and (*) Lakas, an Islamic-Christian party, and is led by the son of a politician whose assassination on an airport tarmac ignited the People Power Revolution. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was succeeded as this country's President in 2010 by Benigno Aquino, who has dealt with continued violence in Mindanao while ruling from its largest island, Luzon. For 10 points, name this Pacific archipelago with capital at Manila.
A shockingly non-fictional political debate in this country centers on who is allowed wang-wang privilege, an issue stemming from a 1970s ordinance on official sirens.
The Republic of the Philippines