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    of location (my father in Britain‚ my mother the Philippines) both grew up under controversial political powers. My father under the conservative influences of Margaret Thatcher and my mother under the notorious dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda. * Because of my grandfathers successful career for which he was rewarded with financial comfort‚ his political views altered from labour to conservative‚ which influenced his son‚ my father. * However‚ my grandmother was from

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    THE RELIGIOUS‚ POLITICAL‚ ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INFLUENCES AND EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE COUNTRY AFFECTED AND SOMETIMES DICTATED THE KIND OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPED IN THAT PARTICULAR EPOCH OF PHILIPPINE HISTORY. COLONIAL RULE IN THE COUNTRY TAILORED THE CURRICULUM TO SERVE COLONIAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. BEFORE THE COMING OF THE SPANIARDS THE FILIPINO POSSESSED A CULTURE OF THEIR OWN. THEY HAD CONTACTS WITH OTHER FOREIGN PEOPLES FROM ARABIA‚ INDIA‚ CHINA‚ INDO-CHINA AND BORNEO. THE DIARIES

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    On August 20‚ 1973 cocolevy funds were established by President Ferdinand Marcos under the presidential decree (PD) 276. Under this decree‚ there was an initial P15 imposed per 100 kg of copra that was equal to other coconut products. The Coconut Consumer Stabilization Fund (CCSF) exacted P150 of metric ton per copra. The P150 pesos exacted was used for financing the first governmental agency. Late President Ferdinand Marcos stated when he declared the decree of authorizing the coco levy during his

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    Magnum Opus (Filipino Great Works) First what comes into your mind when you encounter and hear the word Magnum Opus. For me ‚ first comes in my mind whenever I hear and encounter that word is All about Arts. Now ‚ Let’s define first "Magnum Opus" refers to the largest‚ and perhaps the best‚ greatest‚ most popular‚ or most renowned achievement of an artist.Sometimes the term magnum opus is used to refer to simply "a great work" rather than "the great work" of a specific person.In popular usage

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    From A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat Emma Levine travelled throughout Asia researching and filming unusual sports. In this passage she writes about a donkey race in Karachi. We drove off to find the best viewing spot ‚ which turned out to be the crest of the hill so we could see the approaching race. I asked the lads if we could join in the ‘Wacky Races’ and follow the donkeys‚ and they loved the idea . ‘We’ll open the car boot‚ you climb inside and point your camera towards

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    my mother related well to Amanda. [1] For the Philippines‚ the seventies was more than just a period of shaggy hair‚ bell-bottom jeans‚ platform shoes‚ and disco music. It represented the rise of the conjugal dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos‚ a U.S.-sponsored regime characterized by military repression and wholesale human rights violations. Conversely‚ it was also the fecund period for the sociopolitical awakening and involvement of many Filipinos; the humus for the renowned religious-political

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    LYCEUM OF THE PHILIPPINES UNIVERSITY A.Y. 2011-2012 Submitted by: Paulo B. Penano AC103 Submitted to: Professor Vladimir Tolentino The History and Evolution of the Philippine Constitution * The 1897 Constitution of Biak-na-Bato‚ or Constituciong Halal sa Biak-na-Bato‚ promulgated by the Philippine Revolutionary Government on November 1‚ 1897‚ is the provisionary Constitution of the Philippine Republic during the Revolutionagainst Spain. It provides that the Supreme Council‚ vested

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    A POPULAR DEVOTION TO STO.NIÑO I. INTRODUCTION o HISTORICAL BACKGROUND On April 28‚ 1565‚ Juan Camus‚ a sailor in the fleet of Miguel Lopez de Legaspi‚ found in a modest house of the then village of Cebu the image of the Santo Niño‚ which at the time all agreed had been brought from Europe. Deeply impressed by this finding and aware of its significance‚ Legaspi ordered an official inquiry conducted; the document drawn on May 16 of the same year and still extant in the archives of the Santo Nino

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    A Consumer Behavior Study on Silverlens Presented to Ms. Nina Poblador Marketing and Advertising Department In Partial fulfillment of the course requirement in MARKCU1 Submitted by: Hernandez‚ Lester Lim‚ Margaret Obeles‚ Jolly Piatos‚ Enrico MARKCU1 K34 Table of Contents I. Executive Summary i. History and Background of the Firm ii. Product Offering II. Profile of Industry Resource Person III. Profile of 14 Respondents i. Segmentation via Demographics

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    The municipality of Sta. Cruz was an active participant in the making of Mindanao’s and Philippines’ histories. From the Spanish rule‚ to American regime‚ to Japanese occupation‚ to independence‚ to Martial Law‚ to EDSA\Revolution‚ Sta. Cruz’ story was intricately interwoven into the country’s saga. This gulf town was originally called "Labo" a Bagobo word meaning "marshland". Labo is situated "between a confluence of two mountain streams where waters were as clear as crystal and was but a short

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