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The ___MASK45___ , officially the Republic of the ___MASK45___ , is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean . It consists of about 7 , 641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south : Luzon , Visayas , and Mindanao . The capital city of the ___MASK45___ is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City , both part of Metro Manila . Bounded by the South China Sea on the west , the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest , the ___MASK45___ shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north , Vietnam to the west , Palau to the east and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south . Richard Vincent Segreto Macaraeg ( September 27 , 1952  September 6 , 1998 ) was a Filipino - ___MASK89___ recording artist , singer - songwriter , actor , teacher , journalist and historian , who became popular in the ___MASK45___ . Jaime Ramon `` Jim '' Paredes ( born 31 August 1951 ) is a Filipino musician , producer , educator , ___MASK15___ , photographer , television personality , workshop facilitator , and activist best known for being one - third of the APO Hiking Society , along with Danny Javier and Boboy Garovillo . Apolinario Mabini y Maranan ( July 23 , 1864  May 13 , 1903 ) was a Filipino revolutionary leader , educator , ___MASK40___ , and statesman who served first as a legal and constitutional adviser to the Revolutionary Government , and then as the first Prime Minister of the ___MASK45___ upon the establishment of the First Philippine Republic . Mount Apo is a large solfataric , potentially active stratovolcano in the island of Mindanao , ___MASK45___ . With an elevation of above sea level , it is the highest mountain in the Philippine Archipelago and is located between Davao City and Davao del Sur province in Region XI and Cotabato province in Region XII . The peak overlooks Davao City to the northeast , Digos City to the southeast , and Kidapawan City to the west . The Apolinario Mabini Hiking Society , later popularly known as APO Hiking Society , or simply APO , was a Filipino musical group . The group had its fledgling beginnings in 1969 at the Ateneo de Manila high school , with 15 members : John Paul Micayabas , Lito de Joya , Sonny Santiago , Gus Cosio , Renato Garcia , Chito Kintanar , Kenny Barton , Bruce Brown , Butch Dans , Kinjo Sawada , Ric Segreto , Goff Macaraeg , Doden Besa , Jim Paredes , and Boboy Garovillo . The group ' s name was created from the acronym AMHS representing their school with a witty twist having an irreverent reference to the paralyzed Philippine revolutionary intellectual and hero , Apolinario Mabini , and later shortened to " Apo ", an Ilocano term for a wise man or a Tagalog term of grandchildren , and later re - branded to " APO " ( all caps ). Contrary to popular belief , the " Apo " name was not a reference to the ___MASK45___ ' s highest peak , the potentially - active stratovolcano Mount Apo .