hazardous work increased by 25 percent from 2.4 million in 2001 to 3 million 2011. Hazardous child labor was higher among boys‚ with 66.8 percent as compared to girls with 33.2 percent. Central Luzon (10.6 percent)‚ Bicol (10.2 percent)‚ Western Visayas (8.5 percent)‚ Northern Mindanao (8.2 percent) and Central Visayas (7.3 percent) were the regions with the highest incidence of hazardous child labor. NSO gave its findings today during the Philippine Celebration of World Day Against Child Labor in
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"Expedition" -saavedra (1527-28) namatay sa sariling kawal -Alvaro de saadvedra Able to reach mindanao but they were not able to land .all was DUBBED AS DISASTROVs EXPEDITIOn by the king of spain -Villalobos Expedition -Ruy Lopez Villalobos .mission: to find the spice island .on november 1‚ 1524 he left Mexico .to resolve this problem‚ he directed bernados dela torre to tanday (samar) island to look for food. .the chieftain of tanday (Makandala) .in gratitude to Makandala‚ Villalobos
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Central bank today is the most important feature of the financial systems of the majority of countries. The main function of a modern central bank is the monitoring and regulation of interest rates in the economy. The central bank does this by changing the interest rates that it charges on money that it lends to the banking system through its "discount windows". Interest rates are supposed to influence the level of economic activity in the economy.(Vaknin‚2009) However‚ during a financial crisis
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Pandanggo sa Ilaw Luzon Folk Dance (Candle Dance) Pandanggo sa Ilaw - This popular dance of grace and balance comes from Lubang Island‚ Mindoro in the Visayas region. The term pandanggo comes from the Spanish word fandango‚ which is a dance characterized by lively steps and clapping that varies in rhythm in 3/4 time. This particular pandanggo involves the presence of three tinggoy or oil lamps‚ balanced on the head and the back of each hand. . It is said to have originated from Mindoro‚ the seventh-largest
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The origin of the Philippines The Philippines is a country of Southeast Asia‚ with its 7‚107 islands strewn over the Western Pacific Ocean‚ approximately 13 N of the equator and 122 E of Greenwich. Its collective land area is about 300‚000 sq. km‚ about the size of the state of Arizona. This island archipelago is one of the most megadiverse countries in the world‚ housing over 5% of the entire world’s flora in an area not even 1% of the world’s total. An estimated 10‚000 to 11‚000 species of
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“The Role of the European Central Bank in the Financial Crash and the Crisis of the Euro-Zone” Report based on a WEED Expert Meeting Franziska Richter Peter Wahl 1 Imprint: Richter Franziska‚ Wahl‚ Peter: The Role of the European Central Bank in the Financial Crash and the Crisis of the Euro-Zone. Report based on a WEED Expert Meeting Published by: WEED - World Economics‚ Environment & Development Assoc. Eldenaer Straße 60 D-10247 Berlin 2011 All rights reserved This publication has
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Introduction Anti-inflationary policies are the policies taken by the government to announce inflation target lowering it to zero‚ in the beginning of the year‚ which at that time is considered optimal. The government wants to keep the inflation level low in an economy. It is the continuous rise in the general price level of goods and services over a period of time in an economy. As we know inflation can cause serious social consequences‚ if it’s not perfectly anticipated‚ money as a measure of
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Tajik State University of Commerce Faculty of World Economy and International Economic Relation PhD student Department of World Economy Abdulmajid Bobokhonov Main Macroeconomic Indicators of the Central Asia in 2008-2012 KAZAKHSTAN Territorial area - 2‚724‚900 km2 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Population (million) GDP( millions of US$) GDP per Capita of US$ GDP annual growth as % Industry in % of GDP Agriculture in % of GDP Service in % of GDP Export (millions of US$) Import (millions of US$)
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Ernest Paolo L. Reyes GREATWKS The Aswang Phenomenon Is there a Filipino vampire? Justify! I honestly believe that there is no Filipino Vampires. Why? Because there isn’t a concrete proof or a very credible that such things exist. For me‚ it is just part of the myths and superstitions the early Filipinos believed in. Although many witnesses have claimed that they have seen an Aswang or whatever creature‚ it is still no that credible and believable unless they caught it and put in on a cage. An if
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Influence of the foreign actors on the values of Central Asian countries Introduction Central Asia is neighbor to few countries‚ which play a strategic role in the world. It is a special region in the sense that it has “European traditions” and it is – unlike many other territories in today’s world – not antagonistic toward the West and it values. In fact‚ they welcome western ideologies and try to follow them. A considerable part of the population in Central Asia regards the European way of social and
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