How do I imagine the Philippines years from now? As much as I’d want to see our nation progress and become globally competitive‚ I have to admit that this is one dream not likely to happen. With the Philippine’s rapidly growing population‚ the country will never be able to develop to its full potential if the citizens have no jobs‚ no homes and no food. So why is our country suffering? It is simply because Filipinos‚ especially in the slum areas‚ are uneducated and unacquainted with the methods of
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TOUS les JOURS Philippines Introduction TOUS les JOURS is a leading chain in the food industry’s premium café bakery segment in South Korea that primary sells bread and cakes. TOUS les JOURS is a French-Asian bakery that delivers 100% freshly baked products by its on-site production system with natural ingredients for a guaranteed healthy breads as its no. 1 value. TOUS les JOURS offers beverages as well. It is franchised owned by CJ Foodville‚ a business group of CJ Group. Tous Les Jours was
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1. “Philippine National Railway” It’s role in nation’s mass transportation 2 INTRODUCTION Transportation has been used since man knew how to walk. As time passed‚ it grew to not only having one way to travel but a variety of means‚ from cars to planes‚ and from highways to railways. A great example of how transportation has grown and adapted through time‚ can be seen through the Philippine National Railway. “The PNR carries a significant role in the future
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Product (GNP)‚ literacy rate‚ and life expectancy had been secured during his lead. Let us count the ways: I. Food sufficiency A. Green Revolution Production of rice was increased through promoting the cultivation of IR-8 hybrid rice. In 1968 the Philippines became self-sufficient in rice‚ the first time in history since the American period. It also exported rice worth US$7 million. B. Blue Revolution Marine species like prawn‚ mullet‚ milkfish‚ and golden tilapia were being produced and distributed
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(1)I thought that I’ve already known a lot of things about the martial law that happened in the Philippines during late President Marcos’ term. (2)But I was wrong. (3)After making the martial law exhibits‚ paying tribute to the Pisay martyrs‚ and hearing the talks of Pisay alumni and other martial law veterans‚ I can say that what I’ve known before was just a very small amount of information about martial law. (4)I am fortunate that I was not yet born during the martial law era. (5)I was not
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American Intervention and Philippine Independence By: Ha Z Dignadice Eulimay Gillang The Spanish-American War of 1898 • Cuba ‚ Spanish Colony in the West Indies‚ revolted against its colonial master sometime in February‚ 1895. • Governor-General Valeriano Weyler commander of the Spanish Forces in Cuba. • American businessmen had huge investments in the sugar industry in Cuba. • President William McKinley sent the US battleship Maine to Cuba for the purpose of evacuating American citizens in case
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Celebrated for centuries‚ the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節‚ zhōngqiū jié) is a harvest festival celebrated on the 15 day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. What Is the Mid-Autumn Festival‚ and Why Is the Mid-Autumn Festival Celebrated? The Mid-Autumn Festival is derived from the tradition of praying to Chang-e‚ the Moon Goddess‚ in the autumn for a plentiful harvest. According to a legend from the Han Dynasty‚ Chang-e was the wife of divine archer Hou Yi‚ who shot down one of 10 suns that appeared
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Center of the Philippines to mark the 40th year since then-President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law in 1972. Like others born after Martial Law‚ I’d been told often: “Mabuti pa kayo ngayon‚ hindi niyo naranasan ang naranasan namin noon.” With the declaration of Presidential Decree 1081 on September 21‚ 1972‚ many publications and mass media outfits were shut down‚ Hermie Beltran writes in the exhibit notes of Balikwas. These included national magazines like the Philippines Free Press
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PHILIPPINE BILLS OR BANK NOTES VALUE | FRONT image | FRONT description | BACK image | BACK description | Color | 5 PESOS or limang piso | | Emilio Aguinaldo Philippine 1st president. At the right is an illustration of a cannon and of an histocial marker of the First Republic 1898 - 1901. | | Declaration of Philippine Independence Aguinaldo displays the Philippine flag from the balcony of his house and proclaims independence from Spain to the Filipino masses below | Green | 10 PESOS or
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Social Issues in the Philippines Falling Income The Philippine GDP per capita shrank to US$990 in 2000 from US$1‚129 in 1997 while the GNP per capita contracted to US$1‚033 from US$1‚197. This was a result of the Asian financial crisis‚ which caught up with the Philippines in 1998. After expanding 5.2 percent in 1997‚ the country’s GDP backpedaled by 0.5 percent in 1998. It grew by only 3.4 percent in 1999 and 4 percent in 2000. With a high population growth rate of 2.3 percent annually‚ economic
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