The Spanish Empire ruled the Philippines for 300 years, not 30
years. The United States and Britain then occupied the Philippines
until World War II. The United States occupation began in 1898 when
Spain handed the Philippines over to the United States. The British
occupation in 1920, and that was more like an occupation of Manila
and I don't exactly know when that ended. Britain occupying the
Philippines is not something the average Filipino knows these days,
but it did happen; the Philippines was part of the British
Empire.