User blog comment:CoolJhepoy/I was researching about the English language.../@comment-4885320-20170509044937/@comment-4885320-20170509090723

I'll make it short; the Americans.

What apparently led though to the dominance of English can be traced to the deliberate intention of the government of the United States and its functionaries in the Philippines to disconnect the Philippines from Spain, Spanish culture and the Spanish language, preventing its spread in an ultimately successful bid to "Americanize" the country and its people.

So, um, yeah. tnx guys