During the Pre-hispanic era‚ trading of goods was conducted through barter. Later on‚ its inconvenience led to the use of mediums of exchange such as gold‚ piloncitos‚ gold barter rings. These are believed to be the earliest coins of the ancient Filipinos. In 1521-1897‚ the period where the Spanish regime ruled for 300 years‚ Philippine money was a multiplicity of currencies that included Mexican pesos‚ Alfonsino pesos and copper coins of other currencies. The cobs or macuquinas of colonial mints
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of his senatorial candidates in May 2013 elections proving that he has regained the trust of the Filipino people in the presidency. He also made thankful remarks for the police officers with their great acts and also other department secretaries and extended his praises to the exemplary public servants. He ended his speech by saying he was proud to be a Filipino and it is wonderful to be a Filipino in these times. In my own view towards the delivery of his speech‚ I was a little bit dismay since
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A. The Writing system and early forms of literature. 1. Filipino ancestors used their own system in writing literature. 2. Every Filipino was given the privilege to read and write. B. How the ancient script became extinct. 1. Spanish colonization stopped the development of the ancient Filipino culture. 2. The irrepressible influences brought by the conquerors
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The Day The Dancers Came Benvenido N. Santos Benvenido N. Santos ’classic 1955 short story The Day the Dancers Came depicts the life of two Filipino immigrants in the Chicago. The plot centers on the short story’s two main protagonists‚ Filemon Acayan‚ a fifty year-old‚ naturalized Filipino citizen and Antonio Bataller‚ a former Pullman porter who is suffering from a rare skin disease. It was early November‚ yet the streets of West Sheridan Road were covered with
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In Onofre Corpuz’s esssay on "Is there a Philippine Public Administration"‚ he negatively stated that there is a Philippine public administration by repeatedly stating‚ "It’s all very Filipino". He even stated that "...the existing public administration is faithfully Filipino.". I must agree with his statement because indeed‚ a Philippine public administration exists‚ I believe in terms of structure. I would like to quote Alex Brillantes‚ Jr. and Maricel Fernandez on their statement. "Yes we have
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seeing all the various works of Juan Luna and how abundant this museum is with his works. It’s nice how they also displayed the sculpture of the artist himself because of all the work he’s done. The 4th gallery is made up of works of 19th century Filipino sculptors notably Isabelo Tampinco y Lacandola and his successors. This was one of my favourite galleries because these sculptures are like what I see only on the television or internet‚ I was glad that I had the chance to see something like this
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economic activities were already taking place in the islands. The Pre-Hispanic settlers of the archipelago were economically self-sufficient. In agriculture‚ it is believe that the Banaue Rice Terraces may have been built which proves the early Filipinos’ skills in agriculture. Agriculture was the main source of livelihood in the pre-colonial Philippines there was an abundance of sugar cane‚ coconut‚ rice‚ cotton‚ hemp‚ and many species of fruits and vegetables. Fishing‚ due to the country’s long
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due to mental laziness. Instead of reading and learning more about Rizal‚ Filipinos put him on an altar much like the way they do with saints for example the Sto. Niño‚ worship him without reading or understanding what Rizal wrote and make him into an anting-anting. Constantino should not be criticizing the American sponsorship of Rizal because‚ at least in my opinion‚ they happened to be correct in their choice of a Filipino to place on that National Hero pedestal‚ while placing other heroes on other
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our identification as Filipino citizens. For continues productivity and preservation of our culture and our Filipino race‚ we must love and give importance to our national language which is Filipino. We must use it and show love and respect to it. This is a representation of being a nationalist in which we are. Our forefathers shed their bloods‚ defend and fight our country; to prevent our own culture and race to be face out and conquered by those invaders. Filipino language‚ our official
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TABLE 1.2 Distribution of Overseas Filipino Workers by Age Group‚ Sex and Area: 2013 Area Both Sexes Male Female Philippines Number (In thousands) 2‚295 1‚154 1‚141 Total 15 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 and over 100.0 7.8 23.6 24.3 16.0 11.8 16.4 100.0 7.0 19.7 22.4 15.7 13.1 22.0 100.0 8.6 27.6 26.2 16.4 10.4 10.8 293 168 125 Total 15 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 and over 100.0 5.5 16.2 20.9 18.6 14.7 24.1 100.0 4.2 11.9 19.5 17.9 15.4 31.1 100.0 7.3 21.9
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