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    Beliefs

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    What are the beliefs and traditions of waray people in education? The Waray-Waray are an ethnoliguistic group located in Samar and Leyte. Geographically‚ they are located in the Visayas. Waray-Waray sometimes shortened to Waray‚ is the term used to refer to the people who inhabit the islands of Samar and Biliran and the eastern section of Leyte. Those who come from Samar are called Samareños‚ while those from Leyte are Leyteños. They speak the language called Waray. ReligionThe Waray-Waray people

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    The Philippines & the Spratlys Islands History The Sultanate State of Sulu is the legal owner of the Spratlys Archipelago but since the Sultan Kiram turnover his territorial and proprietary rights of the State to the Republic of the Philippines including the Palawan and the Spratlys in 1960’s‚ then legally it belongs to the Philippines. Archipelagic Bases Under the UN International Laws of Sea‚ despite the opposition of maritime powers‚ the Philippines and four other states (Indonesia

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    Thy Womb Movie Review

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    SETTINGS: The movie was shot in a remote part of the Philippines – Tawi-tawi Island in Southern Mindanao. The province is a seaweed producing area in the southernmost part of the Philippines down to the Malaysian and Indonesian archipelagos. CHARACTERS:  Shaleha (Nora Aunor) – a Badjao midwife who is a selfless wife who will do anything just for the happiness of her husband.  Bangas- An (Bembol Roco) – husband of Shaleha who craves to have a child  Mersila – the woman who Bangas-An

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    PRELIMINARY EXAM IN POLITICAL SCIENCE Boado‚ Denniele Yvet O. PS1313 Sir Agnes 1. Discuss elitism in the Philippines in the context of Patron-Client or Bossism framework. Use concrete data from other references to support your discussion. Elitism is the rule of the minority in whose hands power‚ wealth or privilege is concentrated in a society‚ justifiably or not‚ regardless of the political system (Heywood89). Elitism in Philippine politics started during the Spanish colonial era

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    I Introduction The Philippines as well as most countries today are all facing Global Recession. Though it may not have a fixed definition it is defined as‚ the point where the global economic slowdown. This states that when the economic growth of a certain Country or the world is below 3%‚ it’ll be considered as Recession. In the year 1974‚ the New York Times article by Julius Shiskin suggested rules and basis to identify Recession‚ which included two successive quarterly declines in

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    abundance of these grasses‚ they named the place after it. The Subanon‚ also called “Subanu‚” “Subano‚” “Subanen‚” are the biggest group of lumad or non-Muslim indigenous cultural community on the island of Mindanao. The word is derived from the word soba or suba‚ a word common in Sulu‚ Visayas‚ and Mindanao‚ which means “river‚” and the suffix “-nun” or -non” which indicates a locality or place of origin. Subanen The original people of Zamboanga were the Subanen of Indonesian origin who came at about 2

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    The Spanish period

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    The Spanish city of Manila was founded in 1571‚ and by the end of the 16th century most of the coastal and lowland areas from Luzon to northern Mindanao were under Spanish control. Friars marched with soldiers and soon accomplished the nominal conversion to Roman Catholicism of all the local people under Spanish administration. But the Muslims of Mindanao and Sulu‚ whom the Spanish called Moros‚ were never completely subdued by Spain. Spanish rule for the first 100 years was exercised in most areas

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    Amendment of SSS Pension Scheme‚ Strengthening the police force‚ Probe into Ozamiz Gang killing‚ Mindanao peace process‚ More caution in government contracts‚ Removal of informal settlers from high-risk areas‚ Sin Tax Reform and Responsible Parenthood laws‚ Proposed 2014 National Budget‚ Possible MRT/LRT fare hike‚ Improved irrigation system for farmers‚ Public-Private Partnership projects‚ Brownouts in Mindanao‚ Renovation of NAIA 3‚ Solving Metro Manila’s traffic‚ ’Best Tourism Destination of 2012’‚

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    Rizal as Engineer

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    roof construction because of its water resistance‚ fireproof and lightweight properties. Through the help of his Jesuit teacher‚ Fr. Francisco de Paula Sanchez‚ Rizal set up a public plaza and street lighting‚ and constructed a huge relief map of Mindanao in front of the parish church‚ now declared a National Historical Landmark by the NHI and an important cultural property by the National Museum. In Talisay‚ he built three distinct bamboo and nipa houses -- square‚ hexagonal‚ and octagonal in shapes

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    religion

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    other 1.8%‚ unspecified 0.6%‚ none 0.1% (2000 census) The Philippines is a predominantly Christian nation on account of 300 years of Spanish rule. It is estimated that 81% of the population is Roman Catholic. In the south on the large island of Mindanao‚ many are adherents of Islam. Filipino Muslims make up about five percent of the national population. There is a Philippine Independent Church‚ known as Iglesia Filipina Independiente or Aglipayan Church (after its first head Gregorio Aglipay);

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