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    Philippines

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    1 Pre-Spanish Era 2 The natives of La Trinidad were generally Ibaloys who trace their ancestry to the Kalanguya Tribe (forest people) of Tinek‚ Ifugao who‚ due to the need to survive in a less hostile environment in different waves and paths of migration‚ followed mountain ranges or the course of rivers and then finding a suitable environment‚ usually along the river or an open clearing‚ settled in Kabayan‚ Itogon‚ Tuba‚ Atok‚ Kafagway (Baguio) and La Trinidad. Finding earlier settlers in those

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    (1) In March 1897 Emilio Aguinaldo was elected President of a revolutionary government at the Tejeros Convention.[14] The new government was meant to replace the Katipunan as a government‚ though the latter was not formally abolished until 1899. Aguinaldo was again elected President at Biak-na-Bato in November‚ leading the Biak-na-Bato Republic. Exiled in Hong Kong after the Pact of Biak-na-Bato‚ with the advent of the Spanish-American War he returned to the Philippines to renew revolutionary activities

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    COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND HUMANTIES SCORE:______________ PART 1 ESSAY (10 POINTS EACH) 1. Discuss the history and development of telecommunication in the US and in the Philippines. *In the US The first telecommunication recorded was in Africa‚ the Americas and some parts of Asia where smoke signals were used to communicate. Alexander the Great also used this type of communication in a war in 320 BC. Then in 1792‚ the first fixed semaphore systems or visual

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    Japanese Occupation

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    pressure of superior numbers‚ the defending forces withdrew to the Bataan Peninsula and to the island of Corregidor at the entrance to Manila Bay. Manila‚ declared an open city to prevent its destruction‚ was occupied by the Japanese on January 2‚ 1942. The Philippine defense continued until the final surrender of United States-Philippine forces on the Bataan Peninsula in April 1942 and on Corregidor in May. Most of the 80‚000 prisoners of war captured by the Japanese at Bataan were forced to undertake

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    TERRITORIAL CLAIMS BY THE PHILIPPINES 1. Sabah / North Borneo A majority of Filipinos everywhere are wondering what this Sabah claim is all about. The Philippine history books‚ Malaysian’s probably too‚ have not mentioned about the Philippines’ stake on the northern part of the island of Borneo. On the other hand‚ the Malaysians maybe furious that there are a lot of attention now being focused to that part of the Malaysian federation to which they believe was theirs since

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    Manuel Quezon

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    Manuel Luis Quezón y Molina (August 19‚ 1878 – August 1‚ 1944) served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippinesfrom 1935 to 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the Philippines (as opposed to other historical states)‚ and is considered by most Filipinos to have been the second president of the Philippines‚ after Emilio Aguinaldo (1897–1901). Quezón was the first Senate president elected to the presidency‚ the first president elected through a national election and the

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    Impact of the Tourism Industry to the Environment: A Philippine Situation A Term Paper Presented to Mr. Lawrence Icasiano English Language Area De La Salle Lipa In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for COMSKI2 Second Semester‚ School Year 2013-2014 By Donna L. Abellon Mary Joyce P. Plata Background of the study Introduction The tourism industry can pose a threat to the environment‚ if changes made to it are not sustainable and are irreversible. This paper is

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    Manila City Tour

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    world‚ which is a volcano within a lake within a larger volcano. Before returning on board we will pass by Rizal Park‚ Fort Santiago‚ Manila Cathedral‚ San Augustin Church and Casa Manila. Corregidor island tour and Panoramic Manila The Philippines’ own version of the Rock‚ the island fortress of Corregidor is found at the mouth of Manila Bay‚ a 75-minute ferry ride from Manila. Upon arrival‚ you will be taken on a historic journey

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    A Review of the Literature Earnestean Williams COUNS 504 Dr. Thomas‚ Jimletta Vareene May 14‚ 2010 Abstract The paper discusses Philippine and Filipino brief history of the life and times of the Filipino people in the Philippines. The values of Filipino culture have changed through emigration and immigration‚ as well as religiosity and spirituality‚ and because of coexisting and sometimes conflicting values . Details are given outlining the global Filipino diaspora in the 21st-century

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    “A Literary Criticism of the novel The Fire Walkers by Erwin E. Castillo” “We are shaped by every language and culture‚ drawn from every end of this Earth…” – President Barack Obama on his inaugural speech. Relation with other nations is one of the most important things for the United States of America today. As history have shown‚ the need for the connection with other countries had been existing since the late exploration period‚ where United States had just achieved their independence from

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