The Atlantic Monthly: November‚ 1987 A DAMAGED CULTURE A New Philippines? By James Fallows IN THE UNITED STATES THE COMING OF THE AQUINO government seemed to make the Philippines into a success story. The evil Marcos was out‚ the saintly Cory was in‚ the worldwide march of democracy went on. All that was left was to argue about why we stuck with our tawdry pet dictator for so long‚ and to support Corazon Aquino as she danced around coup attempts and worked her way out of the problems
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Controversy has already erupted over the financing of the 2008 presidential campaign with experts projecting costs to exceed $1 billion (Sciffman). Candidate Hillary Clinton raised $8.5 million during only three events‚ surpassing the old record set in 2004 by John Edwards‚ who collected $7.4 million in three months (McAuliff). Vast amounts of money is being spent and raised on campaigns‚ and efforts to curb fundraising and spending have had only limited effects. Serious questions are being asked
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information access for farmers‚ broader citizen engagement and link to traffic data for taxi drivers‚ according to a new World Bank report. The country also witnessed one of the first uses of text messaging as a medium for social change during the EDSA II revolt in 2001 that led to the ouster of then President Joseph Estrada‚ the study cited. According to the report “Information and Communications for Development: Maximizing Mobile‚” which was released on Monday‚ there were 101 mobile cellular subscriptions
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I-BS CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Hist 1 (04:00-05:30 pm) Reaction Paper on the Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr. “My feeling is all we have to die some time. Now it’s my fate to die by an assassin’s bullet. So be it but I cannot be petrified by inaction or fear of assassination and therefore stay in a corner.” last words of Ninoy‚ Benigno S. Aquino Jr.‚ few minutes before he was killed by a shot on a head. Ninoy’s life in politics started very early. He was the youngest mayor at 22‚ the country’s
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Existing literatures trying to explain how Filipinos absorb information they get from online sources seem to be crude. More specifically‚ there have been no studies done to explore how information provided by different internet sources prompts Filipinos to exchange knowledge among peers and eventually result into social mobilization. The advancement of technology has brought us not only the easiness of communication and being connected‚ but also made us closer and to anything happening around us
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dated August 29‚ 2002 which denied petitioner’s Motion for Reconsideration. The factual background of the case is as follows: On January 31‚ 1983‚ Capitol Development Corporation (respondent) leased its commercial building and lot located at 1194 EDSA‚ Quezon City to R.C. Nicolas Merchandising‚ Inc.‚ (R.C. Nicolas) for a 10-year period or until January 31‚ 1993 with the option for the latter to make additional improvements in the property to suit its business and to sublease portions thereof to
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History Historical records show that the Philippine Customs Service started many centuries back long before the Philippines was discovered by the eastern and western expeditionaries. The Philippines had already a flourishing trade with countries of Southeast Asia‚ but since money at that time was not yet the medium of exchange‚ people then resorted to the barter system of commodities. The rulers of the barangays were known as the “datus” or “rajahs” collected tributes from the people before they
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1. EAST WEST BANK Company Profile East West Bank is a subsidiary of the Filinvest Development Corporation (FDC)‚ the publicly listed holding company of the Filinvest Group that evolved from a consumer business founded by Andrew L. Gotianun‚ Sr. in 1955. FDC is one of the country’s premier conglomerates‚ with business interests in real estate development‚ banking‚ hospitality & tourism‚ power-generation and the sugar business. Through the years‚ East West Bank has successfully capitalized
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Philippine Music Kulintang Kulintang refers to a racked gong chime instrument played in the southern islands of the Philippines‚ along with its varied accompanying ensembles. Percussive bossed gong ensembles without a melodical gong rack‚ known as Agung‚ are played throughout most of the islands by indigenous groups (such as the Mangyan‚ Lumad‚ Batak‚ Tagbanwa and Aeta) as well as historically by low-land groups such as the Bisaya‚ Bicol and Tagalog‚ yet the kulintang ensembles themselves are only
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I. Company Profile: History 2009 marked Cherry Mobile’s commitment to become the top value-for-money mobile phone in the country. In its first year‚ Cherry Mobile CEO Maynard Ngu envisioned Cherry Mobile to become the brand that has “Everything for everyone‚” providing handsets that cater to different age groups and match different lifestyles. It was a dream that became a reality. So big it captivated the market and rocked its competitors - the telecommunications bigwigs. In 2010‚ barely two years
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