THE PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENT introduction The Philippines is an archipelago comprising some 7‚100 islands with a total land area of almost 300‚000 square kilometres. Indonesia‚ Malaysia and Brunei border the Philippines to the south‚ China—and Taiwan—to the north‚ Vietnam to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east. Three main island groups divide the country: Luzon in the north‚ the Visayas in the centre‚ and Mindanao in the south. Luzon and Mindanao together make up 65 per cent of the Philippines’
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Mining in the Philippines Concerns and conflicts Report of a Fact-Finding Trip to the Philippines July-August 2006 Acknowledgments The Fact Finding Mission wishes to thank all those who took time to meet with us. The right to enjoy human rights and development is universal. We wish to encourage any and all communities and local authorities adversely affected by mining impacts to continue to explore and pursue all avenues available within the law at local‚ national and international levels
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PHILIPPINE HISTORY CHAPTER 6 - THE BIRTH OF A NATION * WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROCLAMATION OF THE PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE IN 1898? The significance of the proclamation of the Philippine independence is that the Philippines is finally free from the 333 years rule of the Spaniards. As we all know‚ the Spaniards colonized the country for the longest time. The Filipino people definitely wanted to be freed for the Spaniards and eventually their sense of nationalism has finally awakened
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One of the world’s biggest problems in today’s society is teenage sex. United States has the highest pregnancy‚ abortion and child birth among teenagers. The biggest reason for this is because children grow up with the media promoting sex. Movies‚ music and magazines send the message that sex is okay and often expected. Teenagers don’t fully understand the consequences that can arise from there decisions. The national campaign to prevent teen pregnancy has done a lot of studies and found about twenty
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I. Introduction to the tax systemThe laws governing taxation in the Philippines are contained within the National Internal Revenue Code. This code underwent substantial revision with passage of the Tax Reform Act of 1997. This law took effect on January 1‚ 1998.Taxation is administered through the Bureau of Internal Revenue which comes under the Department of Finance. The chief executive of the Bureau of Internal Revenue is the Commissioner who has exclusive and original
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faces. Though the hydroelectric has a lot of advantages‚ for its low cost and low pollution‚ still it has some disadvantages. In some Asian countries‚ like Philippines and China‚ people can see the hydroelectric production clearly by year. There are some hydroelectric stations which are typical in these countries. Like the Bela in Philippines and the Three Gorges Dam in China. What’s more‚ we can also know something about the development of hydroelectric in these
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May 2012 Pregnant Teenagers in School? Yes! Having a baby when you are young will change your life. Besides referring to teenagers’ pregnancies‚ many people think that is a terrible idea while teens are attending school. It has been such a controversial topic. The tradition of some families to build values‚ mostly focusing on teenagers’ behavior and preventing their daughters from getting pregnant at a young age. Being a pregnant teenager is a hard start to life‚ and therefore‚ everything
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Sex without love has become the norm for too many teenagers in this century. Sharon Olds illustrates this fact in a very beautiful way in her ironic poem "Sex without Love." Olds was born in San Francisco‚ but she lived most of her life in New York. She received numerous awards for her writing. This particular poem describes sex without love in a rather questioning way‚ wondering how those indulging in this sex without marriage can do it. Olds criticizes sex without love while evoking it in terms
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The Effects of Prolonged Internet Usage on the Academic Results of Preteens and Teenagers Date: 19th December 2011 Supervisor: Ms. Kumudini Sarathchandra Student Details: Dharshan Jayalath 2010102 Shehara Gamage 2010017 Lahiru Gunasekara 2010094 Table of Contents 1. Background 3 2. Problem Domain 5 3. Research Question 7 4. Conceptual Model 9 5. Hypothesis 10 6. Operationalisation of the Conceptual Model 11 7. Methodology 12 8. Works Cited
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RIGIN OF THE PHILIPPINES It is believed that before the end of the Ice Age‚ about 70‚000‚000 years ago‚ our country was connected to the mainland of Asia by long strips of land. These strips of land served as land bridges. It was said that people in the mainland could travel by land to the Philippines without crossing the sea. After the Ice Age‚ high tide occurred. Large blocks of ice melted. It was during this high tide that the land bridges submerged in water. The Philippines was then separated
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