| Summary | | Aquaculture in the Philippines has a long history and involves many species and farming practices in diverse ecosystems. Most of the production comes from the farming of seaweed‚ milkfish‚ tilapia‚ shrimp‚ carp‚ oyster and mussel. Aquaculture contributes significantly to the country’s food security‚ employment and foreign exchange earnings. Aquaculture is growing much faster than capture fisheries. However‚ the global position of the Philippines in aquaculture production has fallen
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Painter”AKA Damian Gabor Domingo “Father of Filipino Painting” 1st Filipino to paint his face 1st self-portrait in the Philippines Academia de Dibujo y PinturaDate of Birth: 1796Birthplace: Tondo‚ Manila‚ PhilippinesYear of Death: 1834 * 3. La Sagrada Familia * 4. La Sagrada Familia Oil on Copper Sheet Measurements: 48.26(length) x 35 (width) cm Where it was made: Manila‚ Philippines Time Period: 19th Century; 1820’s to 1830’s Owner: Heirs of Luis Ongpin Museum: Ayala Miuseum * 5. La Sagrada
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Philippine Prehistory - The First Inhabitants - 40‚000 BP The Philippines is an archipelago of 7‚107 islands in the South China Sea situated between Taiwan to the north and Borneo to the south. Just 2‚000 of its islands are inhabited and only 500 are larger than a kilometre square. The nine largest islands of Luzon‚ Mindanao‚ Palawan‚ Panay‚ Mindoro‚ Samar‚ Negros‚ Leyte and Cebu make up 90% of the nation’s land area. Over the past two million years‚ the earth has undergone twenty cycles of glaciation
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History of the Philippines From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Part of a series on the Culture of Philippines History Languages Traditions Mythology and folklore[show] Cuisine Festivals Religion Literature Music and performing arts[show] Media[show] Sport[show] Monuments[show] Symbols[show] Philippines portal v t e Part of a series on the History of the Philippines Prehistory (pre-900)[show] Classical Period (900–1521)[show] Spanish Period (1521–1898)[show] American Period (1898–1946)[show]
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I. INTRODUCTION Philippine democracy and politics has long been a troubled environment. With the recent developments regarding the Napoles case‚ it has only reaffirmed the fact that there are a lot of failures within this system. Aside from this latest scandal‚ democracy in the nation has been plagued long before the Pork Barrel story. Issues regarding nepotism‚ lack of transparency‚ participation of the masses‚ and so on have been present for the longest time. Being a Management student‚ I am
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Competitiveness of Philippines in global map From WEF “Global Competitiveness report 2012-13”‚ key performance indices of Philippines in a global scale is analyzed below: [pic] 0.5% of world-wide GDP share implies Philippines is really an insignificant player in world economy in terms of economic output‚ and 95 millions population‚ about 1.5% of ~7 billion world population‚ means current productivity level is only one third of world average. This is a typical characteristic of developing Asian
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History of the Philippines The history of the Philippines is believed to have begun with the arrival of the first humans using rafts or primitive boats‚ at least 67‚000 years ago as the 2007 discovery of Callao Man showed. Spanish colonization and settlement began with the arrival of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi’s expedition on February 13‚ 1565 who established the first permanent settlement of San Miguel on the island of Cebu. The expedition continued northward reaching the bay of Manila on the island
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Philippine Music Kulintang Kulintang refers to a racked gong chime instrument played in the southern islands of the Philippines‚ along with its varied accompanying ensembles. Percussive bossed gong ensembles without a melodical gong rack‚ known as Agung‚ are played throughout most of the islands by indigenous groups (such as the Mangyan‚ Lumad‚ Batak‚ Tagbanwa and Aeta) as well as historically by low-land groups such as the Bisaya‚ Bicol and Tagalog‚ yet the kulintang ensembles themselves are only
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SEEDS OF THE PHILIPPINE CULTURE The "Pearl of the Orient Seas"‚ more famously known as the Island Philippines‚ has its share of rich and colorful history and cultural background‚ which dates back to as early as 100 million years. During this time‚ it was mainly the Philippine land and habitat that evolved and there were no human inhabitants on the land. Nevertheless‚ it was during these years that the Philippines started to develop its resources and become what would soon be a region of abundant
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Biak-na-Bato‚ with the advent of the Spanish-American War he returned to the Philippines to renew revolutionary activities and formed a dictatorial government on May 24‚ 1898. Revolutionary forces under his command declared independence on June 12‚ 1898. On June 23‚ 1898‚ Aguinaldo transformed his dictatorial government into a revolutionary government. On January 23‚ 1899‚ he was then elected President of the Philippine Republic (Spanish: República Filipina)‚ a government constituted by the Malolos
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