| | Philippines - The Economy THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY EXPERIENCED considerable difficulty in the 1980s. Real gross national product (GNP) grew at an annual average of only 1.8 percent‚ less than the 2.5 percent rate of population increase. The US$668 GNP per capita income in 1990 was below the 1978 level‚ and approximately 50 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. The 1988 unemployment rate of 8.3 percent (12.3 percent in urban areas) peaked at 11.4 percent in early 1989‚ and the
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the Philippines of the 19th century that came consequently as a result of more than two centuries of Spanish rule[1] and as an immediate outcome of the Filipino Propaganda Movement (mostly in Europe) from 1872 to 1892. It served as the backbone of the first nationalist revolution inAsia‚ the Philippine Revolution of 1896.[2] ------------------------------------------------- The Creole Age (1780s-1872) The term "Filipino" in its earliest sense referred to Spaniards born in the Philippines or Insulares (Creoles)
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Celebration: August 20-24 Place of Celebration: Davao City Description: People in Davao City watch as the festivities reach a glorious peak on Saturday morning: that’s when the Kadayawan parade is held‚ featuring colorful‚ orchid-bedecked floats and more than a dozen "ethnic" groups dancing to the beat of wooden drums. Panagbenga Festival Date of Celebration: 4th week of February Place of Celebration: Baguio City Description: The Panagbenga Festival is flower season in the city of Pines - perfect
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Mining in the Philippines Concerns and conflicts Report of a Fact-Finding Trip to the Philippines July-August 2006 Acknowledgments The Fact Finding Mission wishes to thank all those who took time to meet with us. The right to enjoy human rights and development is universal. We wish to encourage any and all communities and local authorities adversely affected by mining impacts to continue to explore and pursue all avenues available within the law at local‚ national and international levels
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TERM PAPER IN MICROECONOMICS BY: MA. DAYANARA P. MANAIG TO: PROFESSOR JOYCE COLCOL Economy of the Philippines The Philippines is a developing country in South-East Asia. In 2004‚ it was ranked as the 24th largest economy by the World Bank according to purchasing power parity. The Philippines is one of the newly industrializing countries in the world. Important sectors of the Philippine economy include agriculture and industry‚ particularly food processing‚ textiles and garments‚ and electronics
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I. INTRODUCTION Philippine democracy and politics has long been a troubled environment. With the recent developments regarding the Napoles case‚ it has only reaffirmed the fact that there are a lot of failures within this system. Aside from this latest scandal‚ democracy in the nation has been plagued long before the Pork Barrel story. Issues regarding nepotism‚ lack of transparency‚ participation of the masses‚ and so on have been present for the longest time. Being a Management student‚ I am
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The five installments of La Indolencia were published in Madrid‚ Spain in La Solidaridad on July 15‚ July 31‚ August 15‚ August 31 and lastly‚ on September 15‚ all in the year 1890. La Solidaridad was eventually published by the Philippines Education Co. in Manila‚ Philippines on 1913‚ seventeen years after Rizal’s death. C. Context of the literary work Rizal wrote La Indolencia de los Filipinos under the pen name of Dr. Sancianco as a response to the accusation of Filipino indolence. He pointed out
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RIGIN OF THE PHILIPPINES It is believed that before the end of the Ice Age‚ about 70‚000‚000 years ago‚ our country was connected to the mainland of Asia by long strips of land. These strips of land served as land bridges. It was said that people in the mainland could travel by land to the Philippines without crossing the sea. After the Ice Age‚ high tide occurred. Large blocks of ice melted. It was during this high tide that the land bridges submerged in water. The Philippines was then separated
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NESTLÉ PHILIPPINES I. INTRODUCTION Nestlé Philippines‚ Inc. (NPI) is a leading manufacturer of food and beverage in the Philippines. It was established in the country in the early 1930s‚ initially as a trading company. By the year 1962‚ it formed a joint venture with San Miguel Corporation (SMC)‚ a company specializing in brewing with extensive interests in agribusiness and food products. In 1996‚ San Miguel’s Magnolia Foods Division had been merged with Nestlé. It produced and sold products like
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Mahathir Mohamad’s Speech About the Democracy in the Philippines -A Reaction Paper- In Mahathir’s speech about the Filipino-style democracy‚ I have to agree with what he had said; “When people think only of the freedoms of democracy and know nothing of the implied responsibilities‚ democracy will not bring the goodness that it promises. Instead it will result only in instability and instability will not permit development to take place and the people to enjoy the benefits of freedom and the
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