How prevalent is Spanish culture in the Philippines?

[Cheek busting]

Regarding the cuisine, customs, languages/dialects/accents, etc.

I know there are some Filipinos with Spanish surnames.

And it's obvious in the appearance of some Filipinos they have European/Spanish blood.

Is it something Filipinos are at odds with? Because of the past colonization? Or do they just accept it as part of the history of the country, and retain aspects of it?

What regions are most prevalent with Spanish surnames?

I know that the very Northern parts of the Philippines are the wealthiest, and are sort of the equivalent of USA's "silicon valley" with all the research, and science shyte that goes down.

And in general, the southern part is predominantly ******, and the poorest.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

yup...we even have Taco Bells over there now

[hectari]

Filipinos are chinos with spanish names, i heard they used to be under spanish rule until america took over so they stopped speaking spanish

[B.UTLER]

Don't know how prevalent. We do have Spanish words but we don't speak Spanish. Except for some Spanish words and old churches, we're more American in my opinion.

[BM dnobagaV]

[-Kev-]

I once made a thread in the pinoy lounge saying that I looked up my name on facebook and there was only 1 latino guy and the rest were Pinoy people. It was pretty amusing to see that.

Edit: looked it up now, some more people came up from different backgrounds. My name has gone international. I made it famous.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

I once made a thread in the pinoy lounge saying that I looked up my name on facebook and there was only 1 latino guy and the rest were Pinoy people. It was pretty amusing to see that.

Edit: looked it up now, some more people came up from different backgrounds. My name has gone international. I made it famous.

i dont know any pinoys named Kelvin, Kelvin

[-Kev-]

i dont know any pinoys named Kelvin, Kelvin

It's true, there was even one flaming *******ual pinoy on there I remember

[-MAKAVELLI-]

It's true, there was even one flaming *******ual pinoy on there I remember

so Butler's real name is Kelvin???

[[ DUBBZZ ]]

i dont know any pinoys named Kelvin, Kelvin

I actually do have a friend named Kelvin.

Biggest Filipino dude I know.

Looks like a pinoy Forest Whitaker. Lol!