For a long time‚ I’ve had a bottomless fascination with Marco Polo and his adventures. From the beginning of the competition‚ I immediately knew my topic would be based on Marco Polo. When I was little‚ I heard stories from my father‚ who loved to travel but never had the chance. He would enthusiastically describe the places Marco Polo had gone and the sights he had seen. I was deeply moved by his enthrallment with Marco Polo‚ which gave me the aspiration to choose this topic. This would be a great
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the streets of Manila and other provinces. Filipinos could no longer sat idly while the dictator and his cohorts plunged the country in the mire‚ thus‚ the unfolding of the 1986 historic peaceful people power revolution that toppled the 20 -year Marcos rule. Freedom was regained and democracy restored to Filipinos‚ fuelled by one man’s ultimate sacrifice. Today‚ our country needs several "Ninoys" not one who will literally die but one who will unselfishly sacrifice for others even in smallest
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President Benigno Aquino III on Monday delivered his longest State of the Nation Address (SONA) so far‚ but has been applauded less frequently than last year. Facing the joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives‚ Aquino delivered a 102-minute‚ slightly longer than last year’s 91-minute SONA. More than three years after accepting an urgent challenge to lead a crisis-ridden nation‚ President Benigno Aquino III said Monday he has done everything possible to solve many of the country’s
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Jueteng has been very famous here in the Philippines and is widely patronized by Filipinos although it is illegal. According to some‚ it is something that shouldn’t exist but there’s more into it. As Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and other lawmakers proposed jueteng legalization‚ lots of contradicting and supporting ideas in this regard were brought up. What if it will be legalized? Will it be a friend or a foe? Despite all the scandals and criticisms that it is encountering‚ jueteng will
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President Term Platform Issues Manuel Roxas May 28‚ 1946 – April 15‚ 1948 2nd President of the Senate of the Philippines (1945-1946) Senator (1945-1946) Secretary of Finance (Aug. 21. 1941 – Dec. 29‚ 1941) 2nd Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives (1992-1933) Member: Philippine House of Representatives (Capiz/Roxas City) (1921-1938) Governor of Capiz (1919-1921) Bell Trade Act – 800M$ rehabilitation money from US Philippine Rehabilitation Act Treaty of General Relations
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Perspectives and Historical Development The ideas and interests central to macromarketing have been with us for Millennia. History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides‚ 1972 [431~424 B.C.])‚ the Magna Carta (Danziger and Gillingham‚ 2004)‚ and The Travels (Marco Polo‚ 1958 [circa late 13th Century]) provide just three examples of works in which trade‚ markets‚ marketing and concerns for societal welfare were themes. Macromarketers regularly delve into such literature‚ because they find it intrinsically interesting
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MKV TUA MATRIX OF THE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTS | HISTORY | | PRESIDENT | POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY | POLITICAL EXPERIENCE | ACHIEVEMENTS | STRENGHTS‚ WEAKNESSES‚ THREATS | EVALUATION | EMILIO AGUINALDOYears of Administration:March 22‚1897- April 1‚ 1901 | Dedicated to the expulsion of the Spanish and independence of the Philippines through armed force. | He was elected cabeza de barangay of Binakayan‚ QuezonHe also engaged in inter-island shipping‚ travelling as far south as the Sulu ArchipelagoThe
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president that encountered financial difficulties. In 1983 the country descended into a political and economic crisis in the aftermath of the assassination of Marcos’s chief rival‚ former Senator Benigno Aquino‚ and circumstances had not improved when Marcos fled the country in February 1986. Economic growth revived in 1986 under the new president‚ Corazon C. Aquino‚ reaching 6.7 percent in 1988. But in 1988 the economy once again began to encounter difficulties. The trade deficit and the government
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15th and current president of our nation (since June 2010). Both of them envisioned and took actions to provide a better tomorrow to every Filipino. Cory’s motivation in handling governance was to bring back economic health and confidence after Marcos’ abusive acts under his reign that brought misery to our country. She also envisioned and made achievements that; First‚ agrarian and land reform as the centerpiece of her administration’s social legislative agenda. Second‚ she reinstated the writ
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Key: 1-2 2-4 3-5 4-1 5-3 ----------------------- Task 1. Find and match the biography details to the explorers. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 3. He was a Portuguese explorer‚ one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India.He is one of the most famous and celebrated explorers from the Discovery Ages‚ being the first European to reach India through sea. This discovery was very
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