PHILIPPINE WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY THE PHILIPPINE DIASPORA: THE RESULT OF HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE COUNTRY Marie Gabrielle Jimenez 8/5/2013 This is a paper submitted to Ms. Lilia Casanova for the partial fulfillment of requirement for the course of Philippine Social and Economic Development Issues (MFSC011). I. Unemployment in the Philippines According to the International Labor Organization (ILO)‚ unemployed people are those who are currently not working but are willing and able
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Summer Kanstoroom US History Period 2 Wednesday December 3‚ 2014 Although controversial to some‚ the Americans made the right decision to annex the Philippines after successfully freeing them from Spanish tyranny and rule. Without American rule and support‚ the Philippines would have been an easy target to be taken over by Germany‚ England or Japan who all would have savaged the land and further suppressed the people. The Filipinos were weak‚ inexperienced and not ready to establish their own
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British Occupation of the Philippines‚ Gabriela Silang and her army fled to Abra from Ilocos and continued the revolt begun by her slain husband‚ Diego Silang. She was captured and hung by the Spanish in 1763. In 1818 the Ilocos region‚ including Abra‚ was divided into Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur. In 1846 Abra was created[2] as a political-military province with Lepanto as a sub-province. It remained so until the arrival of the Americans in 1899. In 1908 the Philippine Commission once again in
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Bonifacio’s Tagalog Republic[edit] Depending on the definition chosen for these terms‚ a number of persons could alternatively be considered the inaugural holder of the office. Andrés Bonifacio is the de facto first President of a united Philippines. He was the third Supreme President (Spanish: Presidente Supremo; Tagalog: Kataás-taasang Pangulo) of the Katipunan‚ a secret revolutionary society. Its Supreme Council‚ led by the Supreme President‚ coordinated provincial and district councils. When
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–level technical manpower and skilled workers and craftsmen in all fields shall be promoted by the State. The State shall encourage appropriate technology and regulate its transfer for the national benefit. The practice of all professions in the Philippines shall be limited to Filipino citizens‚ save in cases prescribed by law. Sec.15 The Congress shall create an agency to promote the viability and growth of cooperatives as instruments for social justice and economic development. Sec.16 The Congress
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A Brief History of the Philippines from a Filipino Perspective Pre-Colonial Period The oldest human fossil remains are found in Palawan‚ on the western fringe of the archipelago. These remains are about 30‚000 years old‚ suggesting that the first human migrations to the islands took palce during the last Ice Age‚ when land bridiges connected the archipelago to mainland Asia and Borneo. The islands were eventually inhabited by different groups that developed domestic trade linkages. The archaelogical
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PHILIPPINE PRE-HISTORY Robert Fox and Wilhelm Solheim were both anthropologists who conceptualized distinctive peopling theories namely the Fox Theory and the Island Origin Theory. They both came up with the said theories through the use of archaeological discoveries and artifacts. According to Fox‚ the first men who came to the Philippines inhabited the archipelago since the Paleolithic era‚ which dates back 500‚000 years ago. He believed that the Philippines was once connected to mainland
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Santiago‚ Joanne C. 2SCL A Solution for the Filipino Youth who Lack Nationalism and Patriotism One of the factors that contributed to the difficulty of solving national issues in the Philippines (today) is the absence of nationalism and patriotism in the hearts and minds of the Filipino youth. According to Benedict Andersen in a thesis presented by April Herrera and Jayvee Robias (2010)‚ nationalism is on the verge of crossing its boundaries and it is not only confined to the nation state
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many other mimetic dances which showcase the rich culture of the Philippines; the Makonggo which mimics the behavior and the facial expression of a monkey‚ the Kalapati which is based on a dove‚ using its cooing gentleness as a way of courtship‚ and the Itik-itik which caricatures the waddling of the ducks. But‚ the most famous of these mimetic Filipino dances is the Tinikling. Tinikling is the most famous and best known of the Philippine dances. It is a dance which attests the Filipinos’ close association
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Introduction The Philippines is one of the three countries granted exemption in 1995 from the removal of quantitative restriction (QR) on rice under Annex 5 of the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement. Japan and South Korea are the other two countries. The exemption will expire on December 31‚ 2004. The primary objective of the paper is to look at the possible poverty and distributional effects of the removal of the QR and the reduction in tariffs on rice imports. In particular‚ the paper attempts
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