Captaincy General of the Philippines administrative units: Spanish rule in the Philippines ceased in 1898 after the war with the United States, which annexed most territories, although the administrative jurisdictions remained intact. Most of the remaining territories in the Pacific Ocean were sold to Germany during the German-Spanish Treaty of 1899. Captaincy General of the Philippines The Captaincy General of the Philippines ( ; ) was an administrative district of the Spanish Empire in Southeast Asia governed by a Governor-General. The Captaincy General encompassed the Spanish East Indies, which included among others the Philippine Islands and the Caroline Islands. It was founded in 1565 with
University of the Philippines Visayas students in order to better prepare them for access to tertiary education in the University of the Philippines. Some units have remained on the Iloilo City Campus: Part of the Miagao Campus has been reserved to accommodate government regional offices and the Miagao town government offices and centers with which UPV interfaces. At present, a Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) Branch is accommodated in the UPV Miagao Campus Library-Museum Building. The College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS) of the University of the Philippines Visayas gives fisheries education. The college has instituted degree programs that address the need for