Due to an unfortunate turn of events‚ I have to spend the night on a creepy‚ four-walled structure that can hardly be called a house‚ but will still serve as a good place to call home. A lot of planning has to be done for the upcoming activities of an organization I’m a part of‚ but at the same time the old folks at school just won’t stop giving us kids deadly homework. One in particular is supposed to be a criticism of an article written by one of the old folks. Something about hegemonic tendencies
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The subject and language required to be used here in the Philippines is Filipino which we consider good for the education in our country. From elementary to college‚ Tagalog or Filipino as a language and a subject were introduced. Recently‚ the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) announced that they will be removing obligatory Filipino subjects taught in college. The scrapping of Filipino subjects was then opposed by different members of the society which includes students and
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Introduction Dr. Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal y Alonzo Realonda (June 19‚ 1861 ‚ December 30‚ 1896)‚ variously called the "Pride of the Malay Race‚" "The Great Malayan‚" "The First Filipino‚" "The Messiah of the Revolution‚" "The Universal Hero‚" "The Messiah of the Redemption‚" was an polyglot and is the national hero of the Philippines. To learn a new language‚ Rizal memorized five root words every night before going to bed. At the end of the year‚ he learned 1‚825 new words. He never forgets
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tired of blowing‚ the bamboo tree still stood in all its beauty and grace. The Filipino is like the bamboo tree. He knows that he is not strong enough‚ to withstand the onslaught of superior forces. And so he yields. He bends his head gracefully with many loud protestations. And he has survived. The Spaniards came and dominated him for more than three hundred years. And‚ when the Spaniards left‚ the Filipinos still stood-only much richer in experience and culture. The Americans took place
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regional brothers‚ Cambodia and Thailand‚ who have nearly 100% of their work-abled population employed. Recently‚ the unemployment rating of the country has jumped from 6.9% (April 2012) to 7.5% (April 2013) 2 – there are currently 2.89 million Filipinos who are unemployed. The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)‚ nonetheless‚ has stated that the figure will be brought down in due time because the country‚ under President Benigno “PNoy” Aquino III‚ has been able to bring down the unemployment
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scriptwriter Bonifacio Ilagan teamed up with Ricky Lee to film the Flor Contemplacion Story‚ a movie based on the life of an overseas Filipino worker sentenced to die in Singapore. Her death amplified the costs of labor migration. Recently‚ Lamangan and Ilagan teamed up again to film another gripping portrayal of the continuing poor working conditions of overseas Filipino workers. “Flor’s story was a film on one individual’s life. But now‚ (in this film) you will see the bigger problem. It also focuses
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| Cultural Diplomacy: A Filipino Perspective | | Carino l Dela l Fuentes III AB- International Studies Major in Development StudiesIS 108.1 Philippine Foreign PolicyMr. Bong JovesMarch 2‚ 2013 | I. WHAT IS CULTURAL DIPLOMACY? Considered as a relatively new term in international relations and among governments‚ a commonly cited definition of cultural diplomacy is that of Milton Cummings‚ an American Political Scientist which defines Cultural Diplomacy as "the exchange of
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and dances. Filipinos took education seriously which resulted to the high social status of some Filipinos. The Filipinos learned how to read‚ speak and write English in a short matter of time. The free exchange of goods between the United Stated and the Philippines ended when the U.S. Congress approved the Tydings-Mcduffie Law. Through the Homestead Act‚ the right to own any civil land up to 24 hectares was given to any Filipino. The Protestant religion was accepted by the Filipinos. The social status
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Angelika T. Pastorfide Alex Carl L. Ng 2 – Chemistry Who are we Filipinos? Many of us didn’t know who are we and where we came from. From the quote “Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I’ve ever known”‚ it says that we‚ Filipinos don’t have any original identity‚ our identity‚ like the political‚ social‚ economical‚ and cultural that we have today‚ came up from the colonization of the other country‚ like Spain‚ America‚ and Japan. Before the colonization of Spain
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deserved respect. The Benevolent Assimilation Proclamation established by President McKinley was arguably unjust and impractical. Securing two naval bases to set up a means to develop commerce seems acceptable until it is put up against denying the Filipinos their sovereignty. Arguments from the Anti-Imperialist League were very strong and influential against the takeover of the Philippines by the United States. Anti-Imperialists denounced subjugation and suppression of what should be free people as
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