Ethnic groups: Malay‚ Chinese. Religions (based on 2000 census): Roman Catholic 80.9%‚ Muslim 5%‚ Evangelical 2.8%‚ Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%‚ Aglipayan 2%‚ other Christian 4.5%‚ other 1.8%‚ unspecified 0.6%‚ none 0.1%. Languages: Filipino (based on Tagalog)‚ official national language; English‚ language of government and instruction in education. Education: Years compulsory--6 (note: 6 years of primary education free and compulsory; 4 years of secondary education free but not compulsory). Attendance
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WHERE’S THE PATIS? Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil About the Author Carmen Guerrero Nakpil who is "Chitang" to her family and friends is a practicing journalist whose takes time out now and then from her daily journalistic chores to write fine essays. She is fortunate to have an impish sort of humor that has kept her sense of balance well‚ a perceptive mind that can see beneath the veneer of sham‚ a fierce pride in her identity as a woman‚ and a skill for elegant expression
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(January 23‚ 1899 – April 01‚ 1901) * First President * Youngest President – he became the country’s leader at the age of 28 * Longest-lived president – he died when he was 94 * One of the active leaders of KKK * Signed the Pact of Biak na Bato * Known as the President of the Revolutionary Government * He fought against the Spanish and American to retain our independence 2. Manuel L. Quezon (November 15‚ 1935 – August 01‚ 1944) * First Senate President elected as President
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When the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines in 1521‚ the colonizers used art as a tool to propagate the Catholic faith through beautiful images. With communication as problem‚ the friars used images to explain the concepts behind Catholicism‚ and to tell the stories of Christ’s life and passion. Images of the Holy Family and the saints were introduced to the Filipino psyche through carved santos‚ the via crucis (Stations of the Cross)‚ engravings on estampas and estampitas‚ and through paintings
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wealth to get Balagtas imprisoned under the accusation that he ordered a servant girl’s head be shaved. It was here that he wrote Florante at Laura—In fact‚ the events of this poem were meant to parallel his own situation. He wrote his poems in Tagalog‚ during an age when Filipino writing was predominantly written in Spanish. Balagtas published Florante at Laura upon his release in 1838. He moved to Balanga‚ Bataan in 1840 where he served as the assistant to the Justice of peace and later‚ in 1856
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FEU INSTITUTE OF TOURISM AND HOTEL MANAGEMENT _ Developing Old Abandoned House into a Restaurant Business A Tourism Planning and Development Project Presented to the Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management Far Eastern University Manila In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements of the Degree Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management by Abobo‚ Jessabel B. Batallones‚ Jessica Jane V. Patacsil‚ Marirose F. Serapio‚ Freshy Joy I. Ygusguiza‚ Ruel C. October 2013
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GENERAL TYPES OF LITERATURE Literature can generally be divided into two types: prose and poetry. Prose consists of those written within the common flow of conversation in sentences and paragraphs‚ while poetry refers to those expressions in verse‚ with measure and rhyme‚ line and stanza and has a more melodious tone. I. Prose There are many types of prose. These include novels‚ biographies‚ short stories‚ contemporary dramas‚ legends‚ fables‚ essays‚ anecdotes‚ news and speeches. 1
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May 10 columns in the future. Today I reproduce Lazaro Makapagal?s eyewitness account of the execution of the Bonifacio brothers published in the Dec. 1‚ 1928 issue of the Philippines Free Press. This is supposed to be an English translation of a Tagalog document then preserved in the archives of the
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Education in the Philippines Education in the Philippines is based on the education system of the United States‚ with some variations. Generally‚ compulsory elementary education runs for 6 years‚ while secondary education takes 4 years. After high school there are vocational courses or colleges which offer courses for a varying number of years depending on the course. University courses leading to a bachelor’s degree are usually 4 years long. The school year‚ which is at least 200 days or 40 weeks
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Education in the Philippines The system of education in the Philippines was patterned both from the educational systems of Spain and the United States. However‚ after the liberation of the Philippines in 1946‚ the systems have changed radically. The Department of Education (or DepEd) administers the whole educational system‚ which also includes the allocation of funds utilized for school services and equipment (such as books‚ school chairs‚ etc.)‚ recruitment of teachers for all public schools
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