Freedom of Religion in the Philippines I. Introduction Based on Dr. Jose Rizal’s symbolisms on the cover page of Noli Me Tangere‚ religion is a big influence with the perspective of the people. However‚ in the future‚ there will still be the influence of religion‚ but people are then educated. People stop continuing the old practices because they start to question the logic in doing these practices. This is only proof that even though the Filipino mind is deeply influenced by Christianity‚
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The Philippines and the World Market The Philippines is considered to be one of the most westernized countries in Asia. It has strong ties to the United States and the United Nations. In fact‚ It is the only charter member of the U.N. in all of Southeast Asia. The United States has a very close relationship with the economy and culture of the Philippines. For instance‚ Filipinos have a strong resentment toward communistic countries. During the cold war‚ the Philippines supported America by consistently
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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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Project in Philippine history Titled : Philippine Government in Transition GROUP 2 BPA1-B Datu is the title for chiefs‚ sovereign princes‚ and monarchs in the Visayas andMindanao Regions of the Philippines. Together with Lakan (Luzon)‚ Apo in Central and Northern Luzon‚ Sultan and Rajah‚ they are titles used for native royalty
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Introduction “Slip into comfortability‚ on and off the shore” Offshore entered Philippine flip-flop industry in 2003 as an all Filipino-designed palm beach slippers. Amazed with Philippine beaches‚ Anton Ng dreamt of building a product that will embody these beautiful beaches and will be shared by every Filipinos and the rest of the world. The Filipino-Chinese businessman wanted to offer a pair of slippers that would define comfortability and durability. He named the slippers Offshore‚ envisioning
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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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Zimbabwe. The Republic of the Philippines is a sprawling archipelago set in the western Pacific Ocean. The Philippines is an incredibly diverse nation in terms of language‚ religion‚ ethnicity and also geography. Ethnic and religious fault-lines that run through the country continue to produce a state of constant‚ low-level civil war between north and south. Beautiful and fractious‚ the Philippines is one of the most interesting countries in Asia. The Philippines has an American-style democracy
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country. More specifically‚ several papers came out highlighting that the Philippines is already overpopulated and this is causing the economic woes of the country. A Policy Brief by the Philippine Center for Population and Development in 2010 categorically stated that “The rapid population growth in the Philippines over the last several decades has hindered the country’s economic development. From 2000 to 2009‚ the Philippines had one of the highest population growth rates in the Southeast Asian region
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based on the quantity produced. It is not a function of the value of the product being taxed. Cigarettes are a product being taxed in such category. The use of specific tax could have been a good idea since it is evident that even though the Philippines is a small country‚ it is the 12th largest in the cigarette industry with an annual volume of around 85 billion sticks of cigarettes. At P1.00 per stick‚ it could easily translate to P85 billion tax revenue and yet we had only collected a mere P27
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surrounded by rich fishing grounds and potentially by gas and oil deposits. They are claimed in their entirety by China‚ Taiwan‚ and Vietnam‚ while portions are claimed by Malaysia and the Philippines. About 45 islands are occupied by relatively small numbers of military forces from China‚ Malaysia‚ the Philippines‚ Taiwan‚ and Vietnam. Since 1985 Brunei has claimed a continental shelf that overlaps a southern reef but has not made any formal claim to the reef. Brunei claims an exclusive economic zone
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