Schistosomiasis is a snail-borne neglected tropical disease affecting 78 countries and territories in Africa, Asia, South America and the Middle East.Three species are highly pathogenic to man namely Schistosoma japonicum, S. mansoni and S. haematobium. In the Philippines, the endemic species is S. japonicum to which 2.5 million Filipinos are directly exposed. This paper describes schistosomiasis in the Philippines, the status of the disease, the efforts in controlling it, the numerous problems in the implementation of the control program and good practices developed in endemic areas that have contributed to even limited success and possible prospects in control of the disease. It traces the history of the control program from the time that the disease was discovered in 1906 and cites various administrative orders that provided for the implementation of the different components of the program. Much of the information contained in this paper were collated from the program implementation review of the control program in 2012, consultative meetings conducted in 2013 with health officials involved in the program, reports delivered in the 15th meeting of the RNAS+ in July 2015, personal communications with program implementers in endemic areas visited in researches of the principal author, and her research team. The principal author was involved in all these activities and wrote the final reports.