center of the Philippines. The four provinces include Cebu‚ Bohol‚ Negros Oriental and Siquijor‚ and the cities of Cebu City‚ Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue. Cebu City is the economic center for Region VII and for the whole Visayas‚ Each with its own character and treasure-trove of natural and man-made attractions. * Total Land Area: 15‚ 875 km² * Total Population: 6‚ 398‚ 628 * Making it the 5th most populous of the country’s 17 regions. Cebu * Is the largest island in the Visayas region
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AIMS of SPANISH COLONIZATION 1. The PRIMARY AIM is to spread Christianity‚ the propagation of Roman Catholicism. 2. The second goal is to gain economic wealth- to generate income to support their government (imposed several forms of taxes and monopolized agricultural products. 3. Another aim is to acquire territories- Spain emerged as a mighty empire. 4. Lastly‚ Acquisition of Spices- which was expensive during those periods and used in preserving their foods. FERDINAND MAGELLAN: Little Known Facts
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Chapter 1 Introduction I. Rationale The Philippines were colonized by the Spaniards for more than three centuries. It started 1565 when Miguel Lopez de Legaspi arrived in Cebu. They brought their culture and integrate it in the Philippines. After several years‚ the country gained its freedom yet Filipinos’ culture and tradition remained colonized. This can be seen in religious activities that Spanish taught to Filipinos. Religion is the greatest contribution of Spaniards. Almost 80% of the
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However‚ inspite of these things‚ turnover and absenteeism are still very rampant in this industry. Employees would seldom last long in a certain BPO company for some reasons. Absenteeism has also been inevitable. Both turnover rate and absenteeism affects the profitability and the overall performance of a BPO company. Most likely‚ absenteeism will cause struggle to the Human Resource Department in looking for another employee who can temporarily fill-in the duty hours of the absentee. With such
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TOP TOURIST SPOT IN THE PHILIPPINES BORACAY – Malay ‚ Aklan Philippines Tourism came to the island beginning in about the 1970s. The name Boracay is attributed to different origins. One story says that it is derived from the local word "borac" which means white cotton with characteristics close to the color and texture of Boracay’s white sugary and powdery sand. Another credits the name to local words "bora‚" meaning bubbles‚ and "bocay‚" meaning white. Yet another version dating back to the Spanish
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1. Introduction | | Every town/municipality’s name in the province of Cebu is connoted with its roots or history. The name Daanbantayan was derived from two words: the word "Daan" (which means "old" in the Cebuano language‚ and the word "Bantayan" which refers to a place that served as a "look-out-station" for Moro raiders before the Spaniards obtained control of the Philippines. Since then‚ Daanbantayan has been growing into a progressive municipality until it becomes a first class one. It
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accepted easily. I began to read and research on books on how the early foreigners streamed into the Pacific‚ in order to understand how these foreigners had affected our Pacific way of living. After about a week of research I prevailed against this outstanding topic which was how the early Pacific missionaries had impacted our oceanic nations. I established a sense that I enjoyed the act of tracing our Pacific Island culture and the way these early foreigners had affected it as I knew what benefits I would
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to Limasawa and celebrated a mass. He was able to make friends with the local chieftain Rajah Kulambo and Rajah Siago. He informally conquer the Philippine Island and named it archipelago of San Lazaro. On April 8‚ 1521. He landed in the island of Cebu where he meet and make friend with the local chieftain Rajah Humabon. Magellan with his priest held a mass in the Island. He convinced the natives to be baptized in the name of Christianity. Magellan was able to baptized about 800 natives as well as
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: | | | |PART ONE | | | | | |CHAPTER 1: DEFINING THE PROBLEM
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A PROPOSED STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF MECHANICAL PRETREATMENT ON Ulva reticulata FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIOETHANOL Presented to: The Chemical Engineering Department College of Engineering and Architecture Cebu Institute of Technology – University Cebu City‚ Philippines In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course Chemical Engineering Research 1 Macapaz‚ Donald G. Lluz‚ Ian Rome C. Alqueza‚ Mary Anne A. Mangila‚ Jennifer Y. Miparanum‚ Cherry Pearl A. October 2011 A PROPOSED
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