Las Islas Filipinas was the name of the Philippine Islands during the Spanish times. The name was after King Philip of Spain. It became a commonwealth of the United States of America after the Spanish-American War. After gaining its independence from the U.S., it became known officially as The Republic of the Philippines. It is referred to as Philippines, for simplicity.

Las Islas Filipinas or the Philippines is a southeast asian country near Malaysia that is composed of more than seven thousand island. The islands are grouped into three: Luzon Islands, the northern part; Visayas Islands, the central portion; and Mindanao Islands, located on the south.

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• Typhoon Lupit Heads for Philippines; Warnings Issued (Update2) - Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Typhoon Lupit edged closer to the Philippines, bringing the threat of more rain and floods to the most populous island of Luzon, where more than 860 people have died in two cyclones in the past month. While Lupit’s eye isn’t expected to make landfall for three days, its outer bands have already reached northern Luzon. The longer it hovers near land, the more rain it may dump on areas already under water from earlier storms.
• Philippines Brace for New Typhoon as Disaster Recovery Continues - Emergency responders in the Philippines are gearing up for the third in a series of fierce typhoons which have battered the country in recent weeks. AmeriCares is preparing more aid for the Philippines as Typhoon Lupit, a category 4 storm with gusts up to 130 miles per hour, is expected to make landfall in the coming days. The death toll from earlier Typhoons Ketsana and Parma has climbed to over 850 people. More lives are in jeopardy due to a flood-related disease outbreak which has already claimed nearly 100 lives.
• WHO to fight deadly outbreak in sodden Philippines - MANILA, Philippines—The World Health Organization will send an emergency team to help the Philippines fight a bacterial disease outbreak that has killed at least 148 people and sickened nearly 2,000 in and around the flood-hit capital, officials said Thursday. Outbreaks of leptospirosis, spread by water contaminated with the urine of rats, dogs and other animals, have compounded the problems faced by the Philippines after back-to-back storms since late last month killed more than 900 people and devastated northern regions.