1.   Seventeen U.S. Army divisions fought in the Philippine archipelago.

2.   Institute Director Raymundo Punongbayan said the tremor was caused by movements within the North Luzon Trough, one of the main generators of earthquakes in the Philippine archipelago.

3.   It has the most extensive network among telecommunications companies, spanning the entire Philippine archipelago.

4.   More than half a century after the war, many Filipinos are still searching for treasure supposedly hidden by Japanese forces across the Philippine archipelago.

5.   One of the largest and most powerful raptors in the world, this spectacular carnivore stands almost a metre tall and is found only in the Philippine archipelago.

6.   Adaza said, referring to the depressed southern third of the Philippine archipelago.

7.   It is common in the Philippine archipelago for passengers to board inter-island ferries at the last minute and not to be listed in the manifest.

8.   Non-Moslem political leaders in area covered by the council, which covers nearly a quarter the Philippine archipelago, announced Tuesday that they would launch protest actions next weekend.

9.   The communist insurgency used to engulf most of the Philippine archipelago but in recent years has been limited to isolated pockets and islands.