@Philippines:Communications
Telephone system: 872,900 telephones; good international radio and
submarine cable services; domestic and interisland service adequate
local: NA
intercity: 11 domestic satellite links
international: submarine cables extended to Hong Kong, Guam,
Singapore, Taiwan, and Japan; 3 INTELSAT (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Pacific
Ocean) earth stations
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 267 (including 6 US), FM 55, shortwave 0
radios: NA
Television:
broadcast stations: 33 (including 4 US)
televisions: NA
@Philippines:Defense Forces
Branches: Army, Navy (includes Coast Guard and Marine Corps), Air
Force
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 18,238,568; males fit for
military service 12,876,771; males reach military age (20) annually
752,622 (1995 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $731 million, 1.4% of
GNP (1992)
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