Mercado y Alonzo Realonda is the seventh of eleven siblings. As a child‚ he displayed great ingenuity. At the age of 8‚ he wrote the poem‚ “Sa Aking Mga Kababata”‚ and at 16‚ he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree with a grade of sobresaliente or outstanding from the Ateneo Municipal de Manila. After that‚ he studied medicine at the Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas but had to stop his studies due to discrimination of the Dominican tutors. He continued his studies at the Universidad Central de Madrid.
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poem of protest against indiscriminate tree-cutting * Ituro N’yo sa ’Kin ang Magpakababa (Teach Me to Humble Myself) (Sipag-Pinoy‚ Vol. IX‚ No. 3‚ May 2001) - a prayer poem asking for divine instruction on humility * Ang mga Griego at ang mga Judio Pagdating ng Kristo (The Greeks and the Jews upon the Arrival of the Christ) (Sipag-Pinoy‚ Vol. X‚ No. 2‚ April 2002) - a narrative poem recounting how the
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Words of Wisdom Damiana L. Eugenio‚ the mother of Philippine Folklore compiled and edited what may very well be considered as the most comprehensive collection of proverbs in our country. There is a limited number of works like this in existence. She spent a lifetime collecting pieces of folk literature that reveal our ancestors‘ wisdom. When she gathered proverbs from various areas in our country‚ she declared that our elders lived by simple‚ yet very meaningful rules of righteous living. In
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Ramon Magsaysay | | 7th President of the Philippines 3rd President of the Third Republic | In office 30 December 1953 – 17 March 1957 | Vice President | Carlos P. García | Preceded by | Elpidio Quirino | Succeeded by | Carlos P. García | Secretary of National Defense | In office 1 January 1954 – 14 May 1954 | President | Himself | Preceded by | Oscar Castelo | Succeeded by | Sotero B. Cabahug | In office 1 September 1950 – 28 February 1953 | President | Elpidio Quirino
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(city/municipal councilors)‚ barangay officials‚ and the members of the Sangguniang Kabataan (youth councilors) are elected to serve for a three-year term. The Congress or Kongreso has two chambers: (1) The House of Representatives or Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan have 292 seats‚ of which 80% are contested in single seat electoral districts and 20% are allotted to party lists. (2) The Senate or Senado has 24 members which are elected on a nationwide at-large basis; they do not represent any geographical
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it. He claimed that the Senate probe similarly showed that no abuses and irregularities occurred in using reallocations under the program‚ designed supposedly to encourage spending and boost the economy. "Naka-positibo naman nung nangyari. Sa lahat ng aming natanggap na feedback sinasabi na yun naman pala e‚ wala naman palang nakawan dyan wala naman palang iregularidad at puwede naman palang ipaliwanag‚" Abad told reporters ahead of President Aquino’s State of the Nation Address at the Batasan Pambansa
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I. Introduction The Issue: Lost in the aftermath of the investigation into what is now known as “Rizal Park hostage-taking incident” was the negative role of the Media played that added fuel to the shooting incident. Most of the major TV companies represented by their top news reporters‚ by communicating directly to the hostage-taker and by broadcasting the arrest of his brother‚ even though they know that a TV set was being used inside the bus‚ compromised and tied the hands of the negotiators
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SUMMARY: RIZAL AND THE OTHER HEROES: José Rizal was a Filipino polymath‚ nationalist and the most prominent advocate for reforms in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era and its eventual independence from Spain. He is considered a national hero and the anniversary of Rizal’s death is commemorated as a Philippine holiday called Rizal Day. Rizal’s 1896 military trial and execution made him a martyr of the Philippine Revolution. He is the seventh of eleven children born to a middle class
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embellished in the same way. Incense‚ mementos‚ photos and other remembrances of the dead are also kept along with the offering. In the Philippines‚ All Saints Day and All Souls Day are annual holidays. They are known as "Todos los Santos" or "Araw ng mga Patay”. This is the time when Pinoys take time and effort to remember departed family members and loved ones. For us Pinoys‚ we believed that upon death souls have not yet been cleansed of sin and praying for the souls of our loved ones will help
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"Just Give Me A Reason" (feat. Nate Ruess) Right from the start You were a thief You stole my heart And I your willing victim I let you see the parts of me That weren’t all that pretty And with every touch you fixed them Now you’ve been talking in your sleep‚ oh‚ oh Things you never say to me‚ oh‚ oh Tell me that you’ve had enough Of our love‚ our love Just give me a reason Just a little bit’s enough Just a second we’re not broken just bent And we can learn to love again It’s
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