Philippine Unity, Sovereignty, And National Identity

Comment from a reader on "Turning The Tide On Philippine Corruption":

The first reader correctly notes that the term "PI" is bankrupt. He is in error, however, in suggesting the descriptor was in effect prior to 07-04-09

The Commonwealth of the Philippines was the political designation of the Philippines from 1935 to 1946 when the country was a commonwealth with the United States. Before 1935, the Philippines was an insular area with non-commonwealth status, and before that, it had been a U.S. territory.

The creation of the Commonwealth was envisioned under the Philippine Independence Act, popularly known as the Tydings-McDuffie Act as a ten-year transitional government in preparation for full Philippine independence and sovereignty, which was promised through the Philippine Autonomy Act or Jones Law. The Commonwealth was officially inaugurated in November 15, 1935.

It marked the end of the colonial eras as well as the transition of the nomenclature of the Philippines from the plural "Las Islas Filipinas" and "Philippine Islands" of the Spanish and American colonial periods, to the singular, "Philippines", which is a sign of unity, sovereignty, and national identity