drop in FDI. Though the remittances from overseas Filipinos to the country grew in the first ten months of 2011‚ however the compensation that overseas Filipinos received actually fell‚ in peso terms‚ due to an appreciating peso. In 2011 the Aquino administration sought a FTA (Free Trade Agreement) with the EU and join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The administration further allowed the US to even more directly influence Philippine economic policy making in its self-interest‚ by entering
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allowance through searching for tin cans‚ bottles‚ plastics or anything that can be sold at Junkshop. Through this‚ she is able to go to school. She is also a kind person for she never fights back to those people who tease her. • Jiboy Ruiz Like Liza Asnan‚ he also sells tin cans‚ plastics‚ and bottles for himself and for his family. He is also part of a poor family that triggers him to be a “batang kalakal”. He is a good buy even though he get wounded by doing this
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language education in President Noynoy’s 1ST SONA (reposted from DILA Forum‚ by Sir Manny) The good news from Rep. Magtanggol Gunigundo is that he was able to talk to President Noynoy Aquino and President Aquino said he would mention in his SONA his 10 point agenda which includes MLE. President Noynoy Aquino recognizes the importance of mother tongue-based multilingual education in the formative years of children and harmonizes it with recommendations of UNESCO. Point 8 in his 10-point Education
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Filipino and I have come to the conclusion that he is worth dying for because he is the nation’s greatest untapped resource.” *Ninoy delivered before the Asia Society on August 4‚ 1980 in New York City. It’s been years and yet Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. is still remembered from the shirts and posters that we see everywhere. This is only a sign that he became a part of every Filipino’s identity. However it is not only his so called heroism and legacy that has been left and looked upon‚ the famous
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President Benigno Simeon “PNoy” Aquino III delivered his fourth annual State of the Nation Address in Batasang Pambansa Complex‚ Quezon City on July 22‚ 2013 with the theme‚ “Sa Gitna ng Daang Matuwid.” The midterm SONA marked his third year in presidency and opened the 16th Congress in a joint session of both houses. The annual address started at exactly 4:03 PM and ended at 5:46 PM. It was the longest SONA he had given so far‚ earning 88 rounds of applause from Senators‚ Congressmen‚ government
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1. Intoduction Spratly Islands is made up of over a 100 islands‚ shoals and reefs. The land area is less than 5 square kilometers right at the center of West Philippine Sea. So why do regional players such China‚ Taiwan‚ Vietnam‚ Malaysia‚ Brunei and the Philippines squabbling over it? And what is the interest of the United States of America in the issue? The simple answer is the potential for oil and natural gasoline in the area. The more complex geopolitical answer is power projection.
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“SONA 2013 REACTION PAPER” President Benigno Simeon “PNoy” Aquino III delivered his fourth annual State of the Nation Address in Batasang Pambansa Complex‚ Quezon City on July 22‚ 2013 with the theme‚ “Sa Gitna ng Daang Matuwid.” President Aquino’s speech was very comprehensive‚ covering a lot of areas which include the accomplishments of his administration in political and economic aspects‚ praises for public servants and government departments who made outstanding services for the
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APPLYING THE PLURALIST THEORY OF THE STATE TO THE PEOPLE POWER PHENOMENON IN THE PHILIPPINES A research paper submitted by Leah Marie O. Tumlos MA in Political Science to Dr. Julio Teehankee Professor‚ Political Science Department De La Salle University - Manila In partial fulfilment of the requirements for Theories of the State (POL760M) on August 25‚ 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Background and Context of the
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WASHINGTON DC‚ USA – President Barack Obama spoke to Philippine President Benigno Aquino III Tuesday‚ November 12 (Washington time) to express sorrow for the destruction left by Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda in the Philippines) and to coordinate US help. Obama expressed America’s "deep condolences for the lives lost and the damage caused" by the storm that is feared to have killed more than 10‚000 people‚ his spokesman Jay Carney said. The US president had ordered his administration to mount
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Even if the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) just recently broke free from the world’s worst airports list‚ it still fares horribly as one of the country’s flight terminals. In fact‚ NAIA has caused more harm than good for innocent passengers. The unfortunate series
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