Aside from using the coordinate system, that uses degrees of longitude and latitude we can also locate the Philippines by identifying the landmasses and bodies of water that surrounds it.
The Philippines is one of the countries that can be found in the continent of Asia.
And the capital city of the Philippines is Manila.
This explains why Philippines has a lot of volcanoes and mountains, moreover this is the reason why we experience frequent volcanic eruptions and earthquakes
And since Philippines is surrounded by the bodies of water it experiences severe storms and typhoons.
Remember typhoons usually develop above the oceans in the tropic