Duterte Suggests Renaming His Country
President Rodrigo Duterte’s suggestion that the Philippines should change its name to something less colonial strikes chords in many, foreigners as well as Filipinos. However, his choice of alternative – Maharlika – is, at least for now, unlikely to give it much impetus.
The original Spanish naming, Islas Filipinas, was created in honour of the heir to t…
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