IMPORT RICE The Philippines is currently the largest importer of rice in the world‚ importing around 1.8 million tons of rice in 2008 (World Rice Statistics). Three main factors explain why the Philippines imports rice: Land area: The Philippines has around 300‚000 square kilometers‚ of which around 43‚000 square kilometers of harvested area are used for rice production. As most of the country is very mountainous and consists of many small islands‚ suitable land is limited to expand rice production
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Philippines Solid waste‚ over the past thirty years‚ has remained the most visible‚ and silently dangerous‚ environmental problem in the country. In September 1999‚ not one Filipino was left without a trauma out of the tragedy that befell Payatas in Quezon City. Hundreds died‚ buried alive underneath filth‚ as mountains of garbage collapsed due to heavy downpour. This is among the worst human-made disasters that have ever hit the Philippines‚ a disaster we should never allow to happen
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Manila had catapulted itself into the limelight in 2000‚ during which a number of issues plagued the solid waste management sector (Navarro‚ 2003). Tragically‚ excessive open dumping of solid waste combined with the seasonal monsoon rains at the Payatas site‚ the largest active open dumpsite in the Philippines‚ in July 2000 caused a large-scale slope failure that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of scavengers (Mair‚ n.d.). As a Health Educator‚ I am tasked to assess the needs of
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Jollibee Corporation They started as an ice cream parlor in the year 1978 in Cubao. Manage and owned by Tan family. In the year 2013 they are celebrating their 35 years in the business. They offered services such as customer service‚ customer relation‚ food safety‚ and cleanliness. The Jollibee Corporation has almost 700-800 stores in the country and 2600 worldwide. Timeline: 1978-Jollibee Foods Corporation and the humbugger born 1979-Jollibee spaghetti is introduced 1980-Jollibee chickenjoy
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The true purpose of the youth summit “Go Negosyo” according to Joey Concepcion (founder of Go Negosyo) was to inculcate to the youth the right mindset in putting/starting up a business. We must have the right values to be possessed. According to Atty. Felipe Gozon‚ current chief executive and chair of GMA Network Inc.‚ one of the largest media networks in the Philippines‚ an entrepreneur must have a positive work attitude and starts with the youth. He said that we are lawyers by professions. The
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Bagong Silangan is a barangay located in the 2nd district of Quezon City‚ Metro Manila‚ Philippines. Nearby barangays are Commonwealth‚ Batasan Hills and Payatas. Separated by a river in the east‚ the barangay leads to the Municipality of San Mateo in the province of Rizal. As of 2011‚ the estimated population of the barangay has reached 115‚000. It is one of the most densely-populated barangays in the 2nd district of Quezon City. The casualties brought by the tropical storm Ondoy have caused several
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STRUCTURE ORGANIZATION is as important in creative nonfiction as it is in fiction. You need to have a plan before you actually sit down to write. You don’t want to ramble. This is as annoying in a writer as it is in a public speaker. You need to make sense of all the materials you have gathered. Some writers actually do outlines‚ which serve as blueprints for their essays or narratives. At the very least‚ they help the writer to focus‚ to be coherent. We generally think of structure in architectural
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Managing our Solid Waste: An Overview of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act Much had been written about the worsening problem of solid waste in Metro Manila and other urban centers in the country. Even more were fora‚ seminars and conferences conducted to discuss ways of solving the problem. For how long would it take us to attain a zero waste economy‚ no one knows. But‚ one thing is sure - time is running out and WE need to act NOW! Why WE? The answer is simple‚ but at the same time
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NOvember 11). Philippine Stuffs. Retrieved from Hydroponics in the Philippines: http://www.philippinestuffs.com/hydroponics-in-the-philippines/ Bradley‚ P. (n.d.). City Farmer.org. Retrieved from Introducing Simplified Hydroponics in Manila Philippines‚ Payatas‚ Quezon City : http://www.cityfarmer.org/manila.html Pinas.dlsu.edu. (n.d.). Retrieved from Agriculture: http://pinas.dlsu.edu.ph/gov/agriculture.html Chapter 1 Soil-Free Planting with the of Use WANU; A device that will maintain and supply water
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a teacher‚ a student‚ an adult or a kid. In the story‚ children about twelve or thirteen whose genitals‚ faces and hearts were removed are victimized. (pages 5 & 12) The [most] victims are “children of poor families.” (p. 13) The story is set in Payatas – a place which is known for its poverty. This fact somehow limits these victims from attaining justice. This idea will be discussed further later. Another face of abuse presented here is the abuse of power. Many people who have authority in the
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