Norte‚ and Cagayan. * Caraballos Occidentales divide into the Cordillera Norte and Cordillera Central and traverse the region west of the Cagayan River. * Sierra Madre also known as the Pacific coast range begins at Baler‚ Quezon‚ and crosses Isabela‚ Nueva Vizcaya‚ and Cagayan. * This is the longest continuous range in the Philippines. * Zambales range starts at Cape Bolinao and follows the China Sea coast to the Bataan Peninsula. * The Tagaytay range passes through Cavite and Batangas
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The Commonwealth of the Philippines was invaded by the Empire of Japan in December 1941 shortly after Japan’s declaration of war upon the United States of America‚ which controlled the Philippines at the time and possessed important military bases there. The combined American-Filipino army was defeated by April 1942‚ but guerrilla resistance against the Japanese continued throughout the war. Uncaptured Filipino army units‚ a communist insurgency and supporting American agents all played a role in
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Just recently‚ issues regarding Charter Change through a People’s Initiative became the main content of all major broadsheets and news programs on television and radio. Advertisements by the group called Sigaw ng Bayan advocating this People’s Initiative were also shown in several local channels. They have even popularized their tagline‚ “Sigaw ng bayan dinggin na! Charter Change ngayon na!” Both sides of the debate have released their own propaganda supporting their arguments. Pro-charter change
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Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos (September 11‚ 1917 – September 28‚ 1989) was 10th President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer‚ member of the Philippine House of Representatives (1949–1959) and a member of the Philippine Senate (1959–1965). He was Senate President from 1963-1965. He claimed to have led a guerrilla force called Ang Maharlika in northern Luzon during the Second World War‚ although this is doubted.[1][2] As Philippine president and strongman‚
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AKLAN “Home of Piña Fiber and the Rambutan Center for Asia” Physical feature: estimated land area of 181‚ 789 hectares. located between 12°N‚ 11°19’ S and between 121°50’ W‚ 122°35’ E‚ bordered by the Sulu Sea on the northwest‚ the Sibuyan Sea on the northeast and the east‚ by the province of Antique on the west‚ and by the province of Capiz on the south. northernmost limit - Lapuz-Lapuz point on Boracay Island (Malay) southernmost limit is that point in the municipality of Libacao where
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Chapter 1: A hero was born! A Hero’s Profile Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda also known as “Pepe” was born in Calamba‚ Laguna (the cradle of a genius) on the 19th of June 1861 between the 11 o’clock to 12 midnight‚ a few days before the full moon. The birth of Rizal (The name Rizal means green field/new pasture) was attributed to Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage (a.k.a Virgin of Antipolo). The baby boy was baptized by Rev. Rufino Callantes three days after his birth‚ and god-fathered
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GENERAL SOCIOLOGY/SOCIETY CULTURE “ETHNIC GROUPS AND RACISM” I. INTRODUCTION Race and ethnicity are important concepts in the field of sociology and are ones that are studied a great deal. Race plays a large role in everyday human interactions and sociologists want to study how‚ why‚ and what the outcomes are of these interactions. A race is a human population that is believed to be distinct in some way from other humans based on real or imagined physical
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What is drug addiction? -Drug addiction is a complex brain disease. It is characterized by compulsive‚ at times uncontrollable‚ drug craving‚ seeking‚ and use that persist even in the face of extremely negative consequences. -Drug seeking becomes compulsive‚ in large part as a result of the effects of prolonged drug use on brain functioning and‚ thus‚ on behavior. For many people‚ drug addiction becomes chronic‚ with relapses possible even after long periods of abstinence. Drug addiction is a chronic
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------------------------------------------------- History of money The history of money spans thousands of years. Numismatics is the scientific study of money and its history in all its varied forms. Many items have been used as commodity money such as natural scarce precious metals‚ cowry shells‚ barley‚ beads etc.‚ as well as many other things that are thought of as having value. Modern money (and most ancient money) is essentially a token — in other words‚ an abstraction. Paper currency is
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OUTLINE of PHILIPPINES HISTORY Prehistoric Prelude: No pre-hominid or hominid species such as Australopithecus or homo erectus has been found in the Philippines. The first human beings probably reached the Philippines about 40‚000 years ago at roughly the same time as they reached Australia and New Guinea. The Philippines‚ like Australia and New Guinea‚ were never actually joined to the south east Asian mainland but‚ at the low ocean levels‚ the water barrier was much less. The earliest human bones
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