The history of the Philippines is believed to have begun with the arrival of the first humans using rafts or primitive boats‚ at least 67‚000 years ago as the 2007 discovery of Callao Man showed.[1] The first recorded visit from the West is the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan‚ who sighted the island of Samar Island on March 16‚ 1521 and landed on Homonhon Island (now part of Guiuan‚ Eastern Samar province) the next day. Homonhon Island is southeast of Samar Island.[2] Before Magellan arrived‚ Negrito
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The Philippine Tarsier IJsselstein‚ Friday‚ 18 May 2001 (updated: Saturday‚ 24 April 2004) The Philippine tarsier‚ (Tarsius syrichta) is very peculiar small animal. In fact it is one of the smallest known primates‚ no larger than a adult men’s hand. Mostly active at night‚ it lives on a diet of insects. Folk traditions sometimes has it that tarsiers eat charcoal‚ but actually they retrieve the insects from (sometimes burned) wood. It can be found in the islands of Samar‚ Leyte‚ Bohol‚ and Mindanao
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Comparative Analysis Article 1 I see that Article 1 talks about the Philippines right over their sovereignty. This includes the law enforcements that the country shall use as a medium of defense against other countries who are claiming that they own some of the Philippine territorial lands. Some issues or topics I seem to connect with this article is the Chinese officials claiming the Spratleys island which is popularly very rich in mineral resources such as oil. Not only China but also Malaysia
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arrested for collaborating with the Japanese during World War II‚ except for those who had committed violent crimes. He accepted the offer of the Americans regarding the two laws enacted namely the Bell Trade Act and the War Damage act‚ which continued the existing free trade between the Philippines and the United States. These laws provided financial aid worth millions of pesos to begin the rehabilitation of our country. Elpidio Quirino (1948-1953) His six years as president were marked by notable
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I. INTRODUCTION Philippine democracy and politics has long been a troubled environment. With the recent developments regarding the Napoles case‚ it has only reaffirmed the fact that there are a lot of failures within this system. Aside from this latest scandal‚ democracy in the nation has been plagued long before the Pork Barrel story. Issues regarding nepotism‚ lack of transparency‚ participation of the masses‚ and so on have been present for the longest time. Being a Management student‚ I am
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invention has‚ through invasions upon his privacy‚ subjected him to mental pain and distress”.[1] — Samuel D. Warren[2] and Louis D. Brandeis[3]‚ Harvard Law Review‚ 1890 WITH THE RISE of the Business Process Outsourcing (the “BPO”) in India‚ there has been an equally rising need for Data Protection Laws. In other words‚ a need for protection of databases through a separate legislation was first felt when a few cases of data theft‚ in the outsourcing industry came to light[4]. Data from all over
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bedding plane‚ foliation surface‚ or joint surface. On February 17‚ 2006 the Philippines was hit by landslides. In Southern Leyte mudslides destroyed the mountain village (Barangay) Guinsaugon. During schooltime between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.‚ an elementary school was completely buried under the mud layer of up to 10 meters thickness. All the 246 children and the 7 teachers were buried in a few seconds. It is reported that only one child and one adult woman have been rescued.The total loss of lives in Guinsaugon
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COUNTRY ANALYSIS UNIT FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO JANUARY 2010 Microfinance in the Philippines uring the last few years‚ the volume of microfinance activity has grown considerably in the Philippines and an increasing number of financial institutions have engaged in retail microfinance operations. While this sector has been traditionally dominated by rural banks‚ non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and finance cooperatives‚ in 2009 a number of commercial banks sought entrance
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Martial law‚ "Philippine style"‚ has mainly been criticized as the end of democracy in the Philippines. This attack has come primarily from the constitutionalists‚ civil libertarians and legalists. This conclusion is based mainly in the fusion in one-man of all powers of government‚ resulting in the destruction of the legal institutions and their underlying principles consistent with a democratic state. Essential to their criterion of
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Contents: 1. Interpretation and Analysis of the topic 1.a) Trade Secret :Definition 1.b) Intellectual Property Rights: An overview 2. Approach towards the study 1.a) Examining current laws in India 1.b) Analysis of international laws 1.c) TRIPS 1.d) Reference case studies for further analysis 3. Literature to be reviewed 4. Web References and Bibliography 1. Interpretation and Analysis of the topic 1.a) Trade Secret: Definition A trade secret is a process
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