pressence helps to legitimize the regine and preserve its intual cohesion. It remains to be seen if this intual cohesion can be maintained in the event that Castro becomes incapatated or dies. Ricardo Alareor de Quesada is the president of parliament and Juan Almeida Bosque is the vice president of the council of state. In Cuba the government‚ the primary player in the economy‚ has undertaken limited reforms in recent years to stem excess liquidity‚ increase enterprise efficiency‚ and alleviate srious
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“BAYANIHAN” is a term that came to mind when I read about the rallies in Egypt‚ a people protesting the three-decade rule of President Hosni Mubarak and the reaction of the pro- Mubarak groups. The latest update I got at press time is about the clashes between the anti-Mubarak and the pro-Mubarak‚ reported to have resulted in the death of three people and the injury of 600‚ maybe more. In Cairo‚ a pro-Mubarak group rushed into the anti-Mubarak rally on horseback and camels‚ using whips and sticks
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The Europeans between the 1450’s and 1700’s held many negative attitudes towards the poor themselves and the idlers who they believed were a menace to society. Also during this time period the Europeans had many responses like in England where they put them in poorhouses or tried to heal them or in others places where they tried to give them alms. During this time period many Europeans held negative attitudes toward helping the poor due to the idle and lazy who go around begging as if they are
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MANILA — Senate floor debates on the controversial measure imposing higher taxes on cigarette and alcoholic products will begin this week so that projected proceeds will be factored in the proposed P2-trillion national budget for next year. In separate interviews‚ Senators Edgardo Angara and Franklin Drilon said there is a need to pass the sin tax bill as soon as possible to address the P24-billion financial gap on the health sector. The Department of Health has been allocated with P54 billion
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Napoles has been alleged of having engineered a PHP 10 billion scam over the past decade by using the pork barrel funds of 5 senators and 23 Congressmen for ghost projects. She was even tagged as the alleged mother of the PHP 10 billion pork barrel scam. Napoles’ firm was allegedly tapped for government-funded projects that were later found questionable. The “so-called projects” include the PHP 728 million funds for a fertilizer project for poor farmers. It was alleged that the fund was diverted
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A real life hero When people hear the word hero‚ commonly think that is a person from a movie or from a cartoon‚ maybe someone with leggings or something like that. A hero ‘‘has superhuman abilities or characteristics of personality idealized or fantastic that allow him/her to do extraordinary and positives deeds by which the hero becomes famous’’ (Heroe). Personally I didn’t think a hero could exist in real life‚ but when I started to think what a hero is for me; I realized that I was wrong. A
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making common people hard to budget their money for their everyday living. These effects make an economy harder to stabilize and rise up. One of the examples of economic sabotage‚ according to the documentary‚ is the collection of cars of senator Juan Ponce Enrile‚ in Sta. Ana‚ Cagayan. According to some officials‚ most of the cars there are smuggled‚ meaning tax free. This can greatly affect the economy‚ since the cars did not undergo inspection‚ and the cars are tax free‚ meaning no money was
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responsible for the “poor begging creatures” and “poor children” in the town‚ and they respond by renting out a barn at the city’s cost to house and care for the poor. (Doc 2) This shows how the towns felt that it was their duty to care for their poor. Also‚ Juan Luis Vives‚ a humanist‚ felt that the poor‚ in their deprived situations of begging‚ stealing‚ and wandering‚ are driven to that by necessity of self care. He feels that there is a duty to help the poor‚ however many people do not act on that duty
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1. Location Lummi Indians were the first settlers on San Juan Island‚ with encampments along the north end of the island. North-end beaches were especially busy during the annual salmon migration‚ when hundreds of tribal members would gather along the shoreline to fish‚ cook‚ and exchange news. The reservation is a five mile long peninsula which forms Lummi Bay on the west‚ Bellingham Bay on the east‚ with a smaller peninsula of Sandy Point‚ Portage Island and the associated tidelands. 2. Treaty:
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INTRODUCTION: The 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution made a very significant mark in the Philippine history. It was a four-day series of a peaceful rally against the Presidency of Ferdinand Marcos. This rally brought down Marcos from Malacanang and was then by replaced by Corazon Aquino. The revolution lasted for four days‚ from February 22 to 25‚ 1986. The peaceful revolt was named after Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA)‚ the place where many Filipinos gathered to have their peaceful protest. EDSA
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