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    Philippines the Economy

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    | | Philippines - The Economy THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY EXPERIENCED considerable difficulty in the 1980s. Real gross national product (GNP) grew at an annual average of only 1.8 percent‚ less than the 2.5 percent rate of population increase. The US$668 GNP per capita income in 1990 was below the 1978 level‚ and approximately 50 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. The 1988 unemployment rate of 8.3 percent (12.3 percent in urban areas) peaked at 11.4 percent in early 1989‚ and the

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    Origin of the Philippines

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    RIGIN OF THE PHILIPPINES It is believed that before the end of the Ice Age‚ about 70‚000‚000 years ago‚ our country was connected to the mainland of Asia by long strips of land. These strips of land served as land bridges. It was said that people in the mainland could travel by land to the Philippines without crossing the sea. After the Ice Age‚ high tide occurred. Large blocks of ice melted. It was during this high tide that the land bridges submerged in water. The Philippines was then separated

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    countries to try different varieties of food that can be seen all over the world. According to Samonte‚ Giselle P.B.‚ et. al in 1994 among the economically important bivalves‚ the green mussel (Perna viridis are predominantly being farmed in the Philippines. Oyster and mussel farms in Southern Luzon region have increased because of the need for supplementary sources if income brought about by the dwinding catch of small-scale fishermen. “Tahong” is a tagalog term for Mussels (Perna viridis) which

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    History of Philippines

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    History of the Philippines: People first reached the Philippines about 30‚000 years ago‚ when the Negritos immigrated from Sumatra and Borneo via boats or land-bridges. They were followed by Malays‚ then Chinese beginning in the ninth century‚ and Spaniards in the sixteenth. Ferdinand Magellan claimed the Philippines for Spain in 1521. During the next 300 years‚ Spanish Jesuit priests and conquistadors spread Catholicism and Spanish culture across the archipelago‚ with particular strength on the

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    Presidents of the Philippine Republic President | Birthday | Native Land | Term of Office | AKA/ Alias | Distinction | Greatest Achievement/ Legacy | Downfall | Cause of Death | Remarks | 1. Emilio Aguinaldo | March 22‚ 1869 | Kawit‚ Cavite | January 20‚ 1899–April 1‚1901 | Heneral Miong | * He was the youngest (at age 28) to have become the country’s preside * The longest-lived former president (having survived to age 94) | * Gained the freedom of the Philippines from the Spaniards

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    Tide Philippines

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    TanClarisse CortezJanuary 20‚ 2014 Industry Highlights Market Segments and Market Size Data The Philippine laundry care industry can be categorized into the following: Carpet Cleaners‚ Fabric Softeneres‚ Laundry Aids‚ Laundry Detergents and Laundry Care. Based on July 2012 Nielsen reading and even Euromonitor‚ the Laundry detergent category is a 30 billion pesos industry here in the Philippines. It is dominated by powders with a share of 18.4 billion and bars with 11.3 billion. The major

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    Philippine Article

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    It is important to know the Philippine territory so you will know how large the Philippines is‚ all the islands and waters of the Philippines. You need to know this because people can not call you a Filipino if you don’t even know your own territory. This is also important to avoid conflicts with other countries because you may be fighting for some piece of land that is yours ‘cause you don’t know what’s yours and what’s theirs. If you were the president and you did not know that the KIG (Kalayaan

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    Philippine Bureaucracy

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    Promotions based on seniority and merit‚ through slow‚ occur periodically to maintain morale and competent performance. Tenure is secure as long as there is no gross misconduct in the performance of one’s role in the office. CHARACTERISTICS OF PHILIPPINE BUREAUCRACY 1. Vulnerability to nepotism. Members of family groups by consanguity‚ by affinity and by ritual kindship give top priority to family loyalty. 2. Perpetuation of the spoils system. The passage of the Civil Service Law has set up

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    Coffee in the Philippines

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    This Euromonitor market report provides market trend and market growth analysis of the Coffee industry in Philippines. With this market report‚ you’ll be able to explore in detail the changing shape and potential of the industry. You will now be able to plan and build strategy on real industry data and projections. The Coffee in Philippines market research report includes: Analysis of key supply-side and demand trends Detailed segmentation of international and local products Historic volumes

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    Philippine History

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    THE SETTING (CHAPTER 1) The Philippines is an archipelago consisting of more than 7‚000 islands and islets stretching almost a thousand miles from north to south. * Land Surface – is 114‚830 square statute miles and is criss-crossed with mountains and drained by small river systems. Mountain System Three large ranges in the mountain system of Luzon * Caraballo del Sur – forms the nucleus of the system‚ has its highest peak at the intersection of the boundaries of Abra‚ Ilocos Norte

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