“The Philippine Daily Inquirer” I. Introduction Philippine Daily Inquirer is one of the most prominent newspapers in the Philippines. It is the most widely read newspaper nowadays because of its updated content. The Philippine Daily Inquirer is undeniably the country’s most widely read and circulated newspaper. With over 2.7 million nationwide readers daily‚ it enjoys a market share of over 50% and tops the readership surveys. Not only is it the most read among all sectors and ages‚ it is also
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people. Currently‚ the individual income tax rate in the Philippines stands at 32 percent‚ which is third highest in the entire Association of South East Asian Nation (ASEAN) region‚ next to Thailand and Vietnam. A number of the country’s lawmakers already have their hands on this matter and encourages the government to take actions in lowering it down. This matter has become especially important now that the Asean integration free-for-all market in 2015 is nearing. It is important to understand taxation
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"It’s more fun in the Philippines" Campaign slogan in Philippine Tourism Introduction: Last January 2012 the Department of Tourism launched the new slogan “It’s more fun in the Philippines” to raise the awareness of the locals and the tourist who are still unaware of the beauty of the Philippines. The said slogan created a question in our mind. What will be difference of using this new slogan over the old one “ Pilipinas kay Ganda” ‚ will it be more effective to attract tourist and help to promote
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Compare this environment with that of PGMA’s nine year stay in power. Site suggestions/strategy which you think could lead Philippine Business and Economy a haven of Investment climate in the future. ANSWER: As President Benigno S. Aquino III assured that Philippines will remain conducive to business‚ the country’s economic strides haven’t escaped notice‚ noting the Philippines is now rated investment grade for the first time in history by three major credit rating agencies. The economy grew by a
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Efraim Genuino‚ told The Manila Times that first and foremost‚ one thing that people should remember is that Pagcor is a creation of law. Pagcor‚ a government-owned and controlled corporation was established to regulate all games of chance in the Philippines. It was born in 1976‚ created by then-President Marcos to oversee the operation of gaming casinos‚ to generate funds for the government’s developmental projects and to help curb illegal gambling. An unaudited Pagcor report shows that Pagcor
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The Responsibility to rule: Imperialism in the Philippines The Philippine-American War Skyler Collins Senior Paper Category The rights of Filipinos were violated during the Philippine-American war because America thought it was their “responsibility” to govern the Filipinos and be a nobler destiny. America took up the white man’s burden when it came to the Philippines. Instead of America allowing the Philippines to declare their independence the Filipinos go into another
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The Philippine Agenda 21 What is Agenda 21? Agenda 21 is a program of action into the 21st century for bringing the Earth into a sustainable future. It was adopted by the participating governments of the world in the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)‚ otherwise known as the Earth Summit‚ in Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil in June 1992. What is Philippine Agenda 21 (PA 21)? Philippine Agenda 21 (PA 21) is our own national agenda for sustainable development. It is basically
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the South East Asian nation of the Philippines. The Republic of the Philippines is an archipelago‚ or chain of islands‚ located off the south-eastern coast of Asia. Consisting of over 7‚000 volcanic islands with a total land area of nearly 300‚000 square kilometers (approximately the size of Arizona)‚ islands of the Philippines are predominantly mountainous except for densely populated coastal plains on larger islands. The country is located over the Philippine Trench‚ a plate tectonic boundary which
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Project Background The Philippines remains as one of the best performing economies in Asia‚ as it grew 7.2% in 2013‚ which is better than the 6.8% growth posted in 2012. Its growth is based on consumption as well as growth in infrastructure investments – both public and private. Over the past two and a half decades‚ the institutions have been put in place and these include among others: restoration of democracy; transformation of telecommunications‚ public utilities (water and electricity)‚ transportation
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factional rebel sieges‚ and most recently‚ record breaking typhoons‚ the Philippines is doing surprisingly well for itself. In fact‚ The Economist Intelligence Unit reports that though the wreckage caused by last week’s Supertyphoon Haiyan will likely slow GDP somewhat‚ economic damage will not be significant‚ the Eastern Visayas region accounting for only two per cent of the country’s GDP. Economically‚ at least‚ the Philippines has had a good year: the first half of 2013 saw GDP growth at 7.3 percent
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