Annotations to Morga’s 1609 Philippine History by José Rizal; translated by Austin Craig As a child José Rizal heard from his uncle‚ José Alberto‚ about a ancient history of the Philippines written by a Spaniard named Antonio de Morga. The knowledge of this book came from the English Governor of Hong Kong‚ Sir John Browning‚ who had once paid his uncle a visit. While in London‚ Rizal immediately acquainted himself with the British Museum where he found one of the few remaining copies
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25‚000 B.C. Ancient Negroid people immigrate to the Philippines over a land bridge then still connecting the archipelago with the Asian mainland. They are food gatherers and hunters‚ and the forefathers of today’sNegritos. These people use bows and arrows and stone made implements. They live in caves. 5‚000 B.C. to 3‚000 B.C. The "New Stone Age". Sea faring Malays from what is today Indonesia come to the archipelago. These new settlers bring with them polished stone tools‚ boat building‚ bark and
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Full House (2009 TV series) From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Full House Format Romantic comedy Created by Soo Yeon Won Developed by Denoy Navarro-Punio Directed by Mark A. Reyes Starring Richard Gutierrez Heart Evangelista Isabel Oli Patrick Garcia Theme music composer Arnold Buena Janno Gibbs Opening theme "Fallin" by Janno Gibbs Ending theme "I Haven’t Stop Loving You" by Janno Gibbs Country of origin Philippines South Korea Originallanguage(s) Filipino‚ Tagalog
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HUMBLE BEGINNINGS It was the night of 29th March 1979‚ and so my mother told me‚ when her second child came out to this world while my father was so excited waiting outside the delivery room of AFP Medical Center. Dad told me that from that delivery room‚ he never lost sight of his first son and followed the nurses until the baby was brought to the Nursery‚ eagerly monitoring every activity up to the time the tag was attached naming me as ‘baby boy Brotonel’. I am CPT BRYAN BISCOCHO BROTONEL O-14294
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1 Pre-Spanish Era 2 The natives of La Trinidad were generally Ibaloys who trace their ancestry to the Kalanguya Tribe (forest people) of Tinek‚ Ifugao who‚ due to the need to survive in a less hostile environment in different waves and paths of migration‚ followed mountain ranges or the course of rivers and then finding a suitable environment‚ usually along the river or an open clearing‚ settled in Kabayan‚ Itogon‚ Tuba‚ Atok‚ Kafagway (Baguio) and La Trinidad. Finding earlier settlers in those
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The Province of Ilocos Norte Ilocos Norte is located on the northernmost edge of western Luzon. Its boundaries are formed by the Babuyan Channel on the north and its sister province‚ Ilocos Norte‚ on the south. To the west are the tribulent waters of the South China Sea‚ while the eastern borders are formed by part of the Cagayan Valley‚ Abra and the Mountain Province. A well-paved coastal highway connects the province with the rest of the country. Ilocos Norte has a total land area of 3‚400
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Philippines Environment Are We Lucky in the Philippines? Planet Earth is made up of different things - air‚ water‚ plants‚ animals‚ soil‚ rocks‚ minerals‚ crude oil‚ and other fossil fuels. These things are called natural resources because they are not made by people; rather they are gathered from nature. Sunlight and wind are also natural resources. We use all these things to survive or satisfy our needs. The Philippines is considered rich in natural resources. We have fertile‚ arable lands
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ABSTRACT In this paper we look into the recent trends in power transmission engineering‚ FACTS and HVDC. The first part of our presentation starts with a quick idea of FACTS. FACTS is defined as a power electronic based system and other static equipment that provide control of one or more AC transmission system parameters to enhance controllability and increase the power transfer capability. This paper also deals with the basic concept involved in the usage of FACT controllers which are capable
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Steps in recognizing genuine BSP banknotes Version 1 and 2 1. Paper - the genuine note is printed on a special kind of paper which is rough when we run our fingers through it. 2. Watermark - is the shadow of the portrait appearing on the face of the note. 3. Security fibers - embedded red and blue visible fibers are scattered at random on both surfaces of the note. 4. Embedded security thread - special thread vertically implanted off center of the face of the note. It can easily be seen when
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THE HISTORY OF PEÑAFRANCIA by Rev. Dr. FLORENCIO C. YLLANA WHENCE Contrary to what its name seems to indicate and the claim of some writers‚ the Peñafrancia devotion is not of French origin. History tells that the primitive image of the Virgin of Peñafrancia as now venerated in Bicolandia was found on the slopes of Sierra de Francia‚ a mountain range situated between Spain’s two famous Provinces; Salamanca and Caceres. It is a noteworthy coincidence that while the primitive image was found near
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