Philippine Islands

In 1935, President Roosevelt proclaimed the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth.

1935年的这一天, 罗斯福总统宣布菲律宾群岛独立成为联邦共和国.

Q: Its reported that Philippine President Arroyo recently signed the Baselines Act involving Huangyan Island and Nansha Islands. Could you comment?

问：据报道，菲律宾总统阿罗约近日签署涉及黄岩岛和南沙群岛的领海基线法案，中方对此有何评论？

The Philippine government's accusations come following the announcement of the construction of a school in Sansha, a Chinese city incorporated in the Xisha Islands.

在菲律宾政府发出以上指责之前，中国宣布在纳入西沙群岛的三沙市开建学校。

The family who owned it decided to ship the pearl to Palawan in the Philippine Islands and hide it inside a giant clam.

家庭谁拥有决定船舶的珍珠在菲律宾巴拉望群岛和隐藏在一个巨蚌它。

On 12 August 1933, ex-Senator Isabelo de los Reyes of the United States-governed Philippines wrote a letter to Governor-General Frank Murphy in an attempt to claim that some Nansha islands formed part of the Philippine Archipelago on the ground of geographical proximity.

1933年8月12日，美属菲律宾前参议员陆雷彝致信美国驻菲律宾总督墨菲，试图以地理邻近为由主张一些南沙岛屿构成菲律宾群岛一部分。

The death toll in the typhoon-ravaged Philippine islands stands at more than 900, but authorities fear it could climb to 10000 or more. Bodies lay uncollected and uncounted in the streets and survivors plead for food, water, and medicine.

台风肆虐菲律宾群岛后，当地死亡人数已达900余人，政府担忧死亡人数将激增到10000人甚至更多。菲律宾如今横尸遍野，幸存者乞求食物，水源和药品。

In October, Vietnamese troops fired upon a Philippine force plane on reconnaissance in the Spratly Islands.

十月, 南沙越军向一驾侦察中的菲律宾空军飞机开火.