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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Philippines Environment Are We Lucky in the Philippines? Planet Earth is made up of different things - air‚ water‚ plants‚ animals‚ soil‚ rocks‚ minerals‚ crude oil‚ and other fossil fuels. These things are called natural resources because they are not made by people; rather they are gathered from nature. Sunlight and wind are also natural resources. We use all these things to survive or satisfy our needs. The Philippines is considered rich in natural resources. We have fertile‚ arable lands
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PHILIPPINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2011-2016 MDGs in the National Development Plan Cleofe S. Pastrana National Economic and Development Authority Republic of the Philippines Sub-Regional Workshop for LDCs in Achieving MDGs Incheon‚ Republic of Korea 14 16 September 2011 Outline of presentation § Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2011-2016 § Inclusion of the MDGs in Various PDP Chapters § Challenges in Achieving the MDGs Republic of the Philippines 14-16 September 2011 2 Social
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Issues of the Philippines The reign of President Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines has changed the whole country from underdeveloped country to developed country. Through his 20 years as the most powerful man in the Philippines‚ he has imposed discipline and order among the Filipino citizens and thus results to a good economic state and the Philippines felt the progress and ranked as the most developed country in the South East Asia. But as President Marcos was pulled down by the power of the 2%
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PHILIPPINES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE Unemployment Rate in Philippines increased to 7.50 percent in the first quarter of 2013 from 7.10 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012. Unemployment Rate in Philippines is reported by the The National Statistics Office (NSO). Philippines Unemployment Rate averaged 9.09 Percent from 1994 until 2013‚ reaching an all time high of 13.90 Percent in March of 2002 and a record low of 6.30 Percent in September of 2007. In Philippines‚ the unemployment rate measures the number
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Poverty in the Philippines I wrote this piece as a way to share the negative aspects of poverty with the public‚ and hopefully turn them against it. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. By the time one has finished reading that sentence‚ a child would have died from poverty-related causes‚ That’s a life every 3.5 seconds –on average. Poverty affects everyone; globally‚ regionally‚ and locally. To be living in poverty is a horrible state to be in‚ for the individual will
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A.P Globalization is hard to explain if you don’t have a basic idea of economics. The Philippines In the Philippines 71.9% of the people are living below the poverty line‚ and ironically‚ most of them are from the countryside who produce food for the whole population. 7 million of the population are jobless‚ while 3.5 million are homeless. There has been an increasing impact of globalization on the Filipino women‚ in particular. There has been a reduction of permanent workers in favor of temporary
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An Essay About Obesity How Metabolic Rate Changes With Caloric Intake The processing of food is a choreographed dance between the hormones and peptides of appetite and satiation; brain and digestive organs‚ and the neural communication pathways that conduct the messages between the two. Essentially‚ there are two phases of metabolic activity: Hunger (defined as “the internal impulse for food seeking”) and satiation (defined as “the feeling of fullness or satiation”) (Breedlove‚ Watson & Rosenzweig
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is winter and it starts the day before Christmas‚ also known as Christmas Eve. The settings of the book include Scrooge’s Counting House‚ Scrooge’s Home‚ Bob Cratchit’s home‚ assorted places throughout Scrooges childhood like the schoolhouse and the Fizziwig’s place where Scrooge was an apprentice‚ this is where a Christmas party took place and he met the one love of his life. Then it skips to Scrooge’s love of his life when she is married and they speaks about Scrooge and how he is now in a world
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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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