Provincial Propaganda and National Disinterest Timothy Williams Abstract: For nearly forty years a violent conflict has been raging in Mindanao where the Moros are fighting for independence from the Philippine state. On August 5th 2008 the peace negotiation panels of the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front were set to sign a Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MoA-AD)‚ a final stepping stone on the way to a comprehensive peace agreement. However‚ a well-organised
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A Brief History of the Chinese in the Philippines According to The History of the Sung Dynasty or Sung Shi‚ published in 1343-1374‚ China already had trade relations with the people in the Philippines as early as the tenth century (AD 982) (Miclat‚ 2000). By the time of the Sung Dynasty (860-1127)‚ Chinese colonies were already founded in some towns by the coast. During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) ‚ colonies were already found in the hinterlands (Agoncillo‚ 1990). When the Spanish arrived
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smoking‚ drinking‚ gambling‚ and other vices. For them‚ the faults of some young people frame the general picture of today’s youth. When Rizal wrote A la Juventud Filipina‚ it was already the 314th of the 333-year Spanish colonization of the Philippines (1565-1898) – already the
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------------------------------------------------- The History of Press freedom in the Philippines Press freedom is guaranteed in the Constitution of the Philippines‚ where it is enshrined in Article III‚ Section 4. Although the Philippines is said to have one of the freest press in Asia‚ Philippine press and news media‚ from the campus‚ local‚ and national levels have suffered censorship‚ prosecution‚ intimidation‚ and attacks‚ particularly during Martial Law. Currently‚ the Philippines is ranked 140th in the 2011 Reporters Withour Borders’
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Philippine revolts against Spain During the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines‚ there were several revolts against of the Spanish colonial government by native-born Filipinos and Chinese‚ often with the goal of re-establishing the rights and powers that had traditionally belonged to tribal chiefs and Chinese traders. Most of these revolts failed because the majority of the native population sided up with the Spanish colonial government and fought with the Spanish to put down the revolts.
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Declaration of Principles and State Policies ARTICLE II DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND STATE POLICIES (1987 Philippine Constitution) Principles Section 1. The Philippines is a democratic and republican State. Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them. Section 2. The Philippines renounces war as an instrument of national policy‚ adopts the generally accepted principles of international law as part of the law of the land and adheres to the policy
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History Historical records show that the Philippine Customs Service started many centuries back long before the Philippines was discovered by the eastern and western expeditionaries. The Philippines had already a flourishing trade with countries of Southeast Asia‚ but since money at that time was not yet the medium of exchange‚ people then resorted to the barter system of commodities. The rulers of the barangays were known as the “datus” or “rajahs” collected tributes from the people before they
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11th National Convention on Statistics (NCS) EDSA Shangri-La Hotel October 4-5‚ 2010 ESTIMATING INFORMAL SETTLERS IN THE PHILIPPINES In the Housing Backlog Study commissioned by the HUDCC‚ the Consultants prepared the estimates of Informal Settlers in the Philippines. According to the Spatial Statistics of Informal Settlers in the Philippines component of the Study‚ informal settler families reached an estimated 550‚771 households as of August 1‚ 2007. This is based on the extrapolation made using
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The History of Philippine Media The Republic of the Philippines was under Spanish rule begining March 16‚ 1521‚ when Ferdinand Magellan landed on the island of Cebu and claimed it for Spain. In 1565 the first permanent Spanish settlement was founded‚ and later the islands received their name from Philip II of Spain. In effect‚ Spanish rule ended in 1898 when the U.S. Navy ’s Commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet anchored in Manila Bay. In December 1898 the United States and Spain signed
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A Filipino Critique of Spanish Colonialism The Spanish rule in the Philippines lasted for nearly 300 years during which time held the native population to a caste system where they had different rights than the Spanish colonist. The Spanish colonizers brought with their new government the Roman Catholic Church which was supported heavily by Spain. The conversion of the native people to Catholicism did not meet much resistance‚ and appealed to most of the population which lacked an organized religion
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