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The Disadvantages of the Philippines

The Philippines has over 7,000 islands and is quite scattered. The Spanish had very little power to colonize the Philippines militarily. In some ways, Mindanao has never fully colonized. Our nation spread across many islands, including also Indonesia, inherently added disadvantage for economic development.

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