JOSE W. DIOKNO (1922-1987) Renowned Street Parliamentarian Nationalist‚ and Legal Luminary Jose W. Diokno‚ or "Ka Pepe‚" as he was popularly known‚ was born on February 26‚ 1922 to Ramon Diokno‚ a former associate justice of the Supreme Court‚ and Eleanor Wright‚ an American who became a Filipino citizen. He graduated from elementary school with distinction‚ and finished his secondary education at De La Salle College as valedictorian in 1937. In 1940‚ he earned his bachelor’s degree in commerce
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soccer games or to take my music classes. However‚ I always saw in each of my concerts clapping and showing me how proud he was of me. I remember during my childhood she woke at 5 am to go to college. She studied social work at the Universidad Mayor de Cundinamarca in Bogotá‚ Colombia. For mom every day was an endless journey. I never saw herself worried. I think he was incredibly busy to stop and reflect on what was happening in his life. But given their best as mother and student. His work was so
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Definition of Measurement Measurement is the process or the result of determining the ratio of a physical quantity‚ such as a length‚ time‚ temperature etc.‚ to a unit of measurement‚ such as the meter‚ second or degree Celsius. The science of measurement is called metrology. The English word measurement originates from the Latin mēnsūra and the verb metiri through the Middle French mesure. Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measurement Measurement Quantities *Basic Fundamental Quantity
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The Presidio of San Elizario In 1598‚ the Spanish nobleman‚ Don Juan De Oñate from Zacatecas‚ Mexico was leading a group of Spanish colonists from Mexico to settle the newly discovered province of New Mexico. The group traveled for weeks across the desert until it reached the banks of the Rio Grande River near the San Elizario area. Soon afterward‚ Oñate proclaimed possession of this area in the name of his King‚ Phillip II. The small town of San Elizario is named after the French
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1. Surname-“Rizal” Jose Rizal and his family got the surname ’Rizal’ from his Chinese ancestor Domingo Lameo. Rizal means "Ricial or grains"‚ and they started using it 1731. His true surname is Mercado‚ but to keep his family safe he used the surname Rizal. His brother insisted that he adopt the name Rizal in order to avoid the obvious stigma that the Alonzo y Mercado name had recieved from Paciano’s association with Father Burgos‚ and the family’s prominence in the native community. Read more:
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presented to: Dr. Antonio R. Yango College of Computer Studies University of Perpetual Help Laguna In partial fulfillment Of the requirement for the course Communication Arts 2 By: Joyce J. Bura January 2012 INTRODUCTION: It was Jose Rizal’s Mother who told him about the story of the moth. One night‚ her mother noticed that Rizal was not paying any more attention to what she is saying. As she was staring at Rizal‚ then he was staring at the moth flying around the lamp. Then she
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Jose Arcadio Buendia in One hundred Years of Solitude: Ashwin Anil Utturkar Word Count: 1343 Jose Arcadio Buendia is an unusual character with bizarre and crazy methods of understanding the natural world. It is through Garcia Marquez’s free reign to imagination that results in this remarkably inventive fictional character who exhibits extremely exaggerated personality traits. Jose Arcadio is an introspective‚ inquisitive man of massive strength and energy who spends more time on his scientific
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OSE RIZAL Jose Protacio Mercado Alonzo y Realonda Rizal (June 19‚ 1861 – Dec 30‚ 1896) Is most venerated and acclaimed patriot in the Philippines recognized for his unselfish contribution in the historical and social transformation in the country‚ he is one of the National heroes of the Philippines together with Andres Bonifacio. He also writes El Filibusterismo and Noli me Tangere. Rizal as a child was a lover of a Literature arts and wrote a poem named “Ang aking mga kabata” . Rizal was born
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In full‚ JOSÉ PROTACIO RIZAL MERCADO Y ALONSO REALONDA (born 19 June 1861‚ Calamba‚ Philippines- died 30 December 1896‚ Manila‚ Philippines)‚ patriot‚ physician and man of letters whose life and literary works were an inspiration to the Philippine nationalist movement. Rizal was the son of a prosperous landowner and sugar planter of Chinese-Filipino descent on the island of Luzon. His mother‚ Teodora Alonso‚ one of the most highly educated women in the Philippines at that time‚ exerted a powerful
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F. Sionil José or in full Francisco Sionil José (born December 3‚ 1924) is one of the most widely-read Filipino writers in the English language. His novels and short stories depict the social underpinnings of class struggles and colonialism in Filipino society. José’s works - written in English - have been translated into 22 languages‚ including Korean‚ Indonesian‚ Russian‚ Latvian‚ Ukrainian and Dutch. José was born in Rosales‚ Pangasinan‚ the setting of many of his stories. He spent his childhood
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