The Philippines in brief. - Philippines. Office of the President. The President's Center for Special Studies (Malacanang Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar Office, 1980)
"The declaration of martial law in the Philippines in 1972 has unprecedentedly put the country in the international limelight, prompting people from all over the world to raise basic questions about the Philippines -- its geography, history, people and culture. It has thus become necessary that Filipinos travelling abroad be equipped with sufficient knowledge about their country. Such knowledge must necessarily encompass information about the past, but more significantly, about the present, around which revolve the various issues and events that have occasionally put the country in a controversial light. Highlights of such information are the various achievements of the government, especially its development projects. It is these information that this handbook aims to provide."--Foreword.
Keywords: Public investments -- Philippines; Philippine -- Guidebooks; Philippines -- Description and travel; Philippines -- Politics and government -- 1973-1986.