The History of Philippine Media The Republic of the Philippines was under Spanish rule begining March 16‚ 1521‚ when Ferdinand Magellan landed on the island of Cebu and claimed it for Spain. In 1565 the first permanent Spanish settlement was founded‚ and later the islands received their name from Philip II of Spain. In effect‚ Spanish rule ended in 1898 when the U.S. Navy ’s Commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet anchored in Manila Bay. In December 1898 the United States and Spain signed
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America vs Philippines The freedom for the Philippines came from the blood shed on the battlefield between the Spanish and American armies. It all started in the year of 1898. The United States was fed up with the horrible treatment the Philippines and Cuba was getting from the Spanish. Later on‚ in 1899‚ the U.S. defeated the Spanish and won over the two territories. It was decided to let Cuba become its own country and annex the Philippines. The U.S. should not have annexed the Philippines because
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The Economic History of the Philippines 1000 B.C. – Post World War II ECON 365 Marcus G. Lundy III December 6‚ 2012 Section (I) Evolution over time of the borders of the modern country over time The Philippine archipelago is comprised of 7‚107 islands (about 500 mi (805 km) off the southeast coast of Asia‚ of which only about 2‚000 are inhabited. They are clustered into three major island groups; Luzon‚ Visayas‚ and Mindanao. The overall land area is comparable to that of Arizona. Only
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SPANISH PERIOD During the Spanish colonization in the Philippines‚ the government was composed of two branches‚ the executive and the judicial. There was no legislative branch on that time since the laws of the islands were coming from Spain. The only laws created in the Philippines are those who were ordered by the Governor General. The government on that time was lead by the Governor General. He was considered as the representative of Spain and the King himself. He is the highest officer in
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The Philippines is located in the southeastern portion of Asia. Her neighbor on the north is the Republic of China (Taiwan or Formosa)‚ while on the west is Communist Vietnam. Further west is Thailand. Immediately to the south of the Philippines is Indonesia and to the southwest are Malaysia and Singapore. The Philippines is separated from her nearby Asian neighbors by several bodies of water. They are the Pacific Ocean on the east‚ the South China Sea on the north and west‚ and the Celebes Sea
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PHILIPPINE SOCIETY AND REVOLUTION Amado Guerrero Originally Published in Mimeograph by the Revolutionary School of Mao Tsetung Thought 1970 TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 1 CHAPTER ONE .......................................................................................................... 2 A REVIEW OF PHILIPPINE HISTORY .......................................................................
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Commission (Philippines) Dr. Salvador H. Laurel‚ Chairman (November 18‚ 1928 – January 27‚ 2004)‚ also known as Doy Laurel‚ was Vice President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992 under Corazon Aquino. Before that‚ he briefly served as Aquino’s first (and only) Prime Minister from February 25 to March 25 of 1986. He was a foremost leader of the United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO)‚ the political party that toppled the Marcos dictatorship and restored democracy to the Philippines during
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Literature Literature expresses the feelings of the people to the society to the government Literature – as a faithful reproduction of man’s manifold experiences blended into one harmonious expression. Literature can be said to be the story of man’s loves griefs‚ thoughts‚ dreams and aspirations coached in beautiful language. Literature - deals with ideas thoughts & emotions of man or printed matter written within a book‚ magazine‚ pamphlet. Reasons for study literature? 1. We study literature
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“Outlining” * An outline is a framework or guideline for a writer to follow. The purpose is for organization and systematizes way of working. * An outline presents a picture of the main ideas and the subsidiary ideas of any subject. Informal Outline * “Working Outline” is a private affair-fluid‚ subject to constant revision‚ made without attention to form and destined for the wastebasket. Formal Outline * A formal outline is organized into headings under which several levels of
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METHODS OF DEVELOPING PARAGRAPHS Description: A paragraph developed by detail‚ the topic sentence is supported by factual material‚ either sense impressions or conceptual facts. Almost all writing has some detail in it. The descriptive mode takes the whole (relationship‚ place‚ process‚ etc.)‚ breaks or divides it into parts or events‚ and treats each separately. The basic objective of descriptive writing is the depiction of the appearance of people‚ places‚ and things. The writer helps recreate
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