SONA 2013: REACTION PAPER State of the Nation Address (SONA) is an annual address made by the president with regarding to the status of our nation‚ the accomplishments he made and his plan for the future of our country. Last Monday‚ July 22‚ 2013 President Benigno Aquino III made his 4th SONA at Batasang Pambansa Complex. In his SONA he discussed a lot of things regarding to the economics initiatives‚ peace and welfare and tackling of corruption. For me President Benigno Aquino III did a good
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10- Chapter 11: Lethal Gift of Livestock A stable source of food like livestock can have a lot of negative consequences. Although food production spread at unequal rates‚ many people gained access to it right away. Naturally‚ it seemed like a good thing because the population size was increasing while the supply of food was slowly getting lower. This allowed people to gain access to a variety of foods from plant and animal domestication. However‚ what those people didn’t know was that human diseases
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Yakult Philippines‚ Inc. Yakult was introduced in Japan in 1935 by Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd of Japan‚ based on discoveries made by Dr. Minoru Shirota‚ the company’s founder Dr. Shirota blazed a trail in the field of preventive medicine with his studies on a type of lactic acid bacteria now know as Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota. The Yakult brand became synonymous with good health and it made a tremendous impact throughout Japan. Its entry in the market gained immediate acceptance‚ which led to
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References: 1. Magna Carta for Small Enterprises or Republic Act No. 6977 as amended by Republic Act No. 8289 2. Harvie‚ C. and B.C. Lee (eds) (2002)‚ Small and Medium Enterprises in East Asia‚ Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar. 3. Elmer C. Hernandez‚ Philippine SMEs in Global Markets‚ U.P. Campus‚ Diliman‚ Quezon City‚ 16 March 2005 4. Ayyaragi‚ Beck and Kunt‚ Small and Medium Enterprises across the Globe Draft Paper‚ March 2005. 5. http://www.census.gov.ph/ 6. www.sme.com.ph 7. http://www.gov.ph 8. APEC
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Non Lethal Weapons The U.S government has come up with a new "non-lethal" laser rifle designed to dazzle enemy personnel without causing them permanent harm. It is called The Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response (PHASR) rifle which was developed at the Air Force Research Laboratory in New Mexico‚ US‚ and two prototypes have been delivered to military bases in Texas and Virginia for further testing. PHASR could be used to temporarily blind an enemy coming through a roadblock. Although this
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Ferdinand Magellan‚ the Portuguese navigator explored the Philippines in 1521. Twenty-one years later‚ a Spanish exploration party named the group of islands in honor of Philip II of Spain. Spain retained possession of the islands for the next 350 years. The Treaty of Paris ceded the Philippines to the U.S. in 1899 after the Spanish-American War. Meanwhile‚ the Filipinos‚ led by Emilio Aguinaldo‚ had declared their independence. They initiated guerrilla warfare against U.S. troops that persisted
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The origin of the Philippines The Philippines is a country of Southeast Asia‚ with its 7‚107 islands strewn over the Western Pacific Ocean‚ approximately 13 N of the equator and 122 E of Greenwich. Its collective land area is about 300‚000 sq. km‚ about the size of the state of Arizona. This island archipelago is one of the most megadiverse countries in the world‚ housing over 5% of the entire world’s flora in an area not even 1% of the world’s total. An estimated 10‚000 to 11‚000 species of
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TOURISM IN THE PHILIPPINES Executive Summary Philippine Tourism indeed is one of the major contributors in our Gross Domestic Product. History shows that there are already long term developments of tourism in the Philippines that has been influenced by the interaction of both internal and external factors. Some of these factors include the relative attractiveness of the country over time‚ its proximity to markets‚ the availability of tourist infrastructure and superstructure‚ and the extent
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The Philippines is located in South East Asia and the Philippines economy has been industrialized in the recent times. In terms of the purchasing power parity it ranked 24th according to the World Bank. The sectors that are of key importance in the Philippines Economy are agriculture‚ industry and mining each of which can be detailed under the following heads; Agricultural sector contributes about 17.1% of the GDP‚ Industrial Sector contributes 18.1% in the GDP. “The Gross Domestic product (GDP)
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Alpha Sharmaine V. Salonga BSA-IA November 12‚ 2010 THE EVOLUTION OF PHILIPPINE CURRENCY The evolution of the Philippine currency has become a journey through centuries that began in the pre-colonization periods and continued up to now in our modern days. During the Pre-hispanic era‚ trading of goods was conducted through barter. Later on‚ its inconvenience led to the use of mediums of exchange such as gold‚ piloncitos‚ gold barter rings. These are believed to be the earliest coins of
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