Hello, got any good info on the Philippines? 
 Hello! Yeah! The Philippines is an island country in Southeast Asia in Pacific Ocean. It has 7,641 islands. 
 Wow, that is a crazy amount of islands!! I have a friend who was raised there and my nieces are half Filipino. Could you give me some info on their history? 
 Sure! The first Austronesian reached the Philippines at around 2200 BC, settling the Batanes islands and northern Luzon. 
 Cool, do you have anymore info on their history? 
 Yeah! In 1898, the Spanish-American War began in Cuba and reached the Philippines. 
 Oh wow, was the education system affected by the war? 
 Probably not really, but the literacy rate there as of 2008 is 95.6%, with 95.1% males and 96.1% for females. 
 Cool, any other info on the education there? 
 Sure! Spending on education accounted for 16.11% in the national budget proposed for 2015. 
 Hm, that doesn't seem like too big of a percentage! Thanks for all your help today! 
 Yeah, I agree! You're welcome! Take care and goodbye for now!
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