Philippines- Nation of Servants On a column published in HK magazine online dated March 27‚ 2009‚ a Hong Kong journalist by the name of Chip Tsao showed his protest after President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo signed the controversial baselines bill into law which asserted the Philippines claimed over Spratly Islands. In his article entitled “The War at Home‚ Tsao said‚ “As a nation of servants‚ you don’t flex your muscles at your master‚ from whom you earn most of your bread and butter”. Though the
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factional rebel sieges‚ and most recently‚ record breaking typhoons‚ the Philippines is doing surprisingly well for itself. In fact‚ The Economist Intelligence Unit reports that though the wreckage caused by last week’s Supertyphoon Haiyan will likely slow GDP somewhat‚ economic damage will not be significant‚ the Eastern Visayas region accounting for only two per cent of the country’s GDP. Economically‚ at least‚ the Philippines has had a good year: the first half of 2013 saw GDP growth at 7.3 percent
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combination of the Chinese languages (depending on whether or not distinctions in the latter are classified as "languages" or "dialects"). Countries such as the Philippines‚ Jamaica and Nigeria also have millions of native speakers of dialect continua ranging from an English-based creole to a more standard version of English. The Philippine-American connection has undergone considerable changes since then. Today‚ English - the means the Americans used to teach us via the mass media‚ the arts‚ social
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The Phillips Curve and the Philippines According to Cristeta B. Bagsic‚ the Phillips Curve “depicts the trade-off between inflation and unemployment rate” (“The Phillips Curve and Inflation Forecasting: The Case of the Philippines”). Nowadays‚ the relationship depicted by the Phillips curve is specified in the following equation: πt = πe – γ(UR – UR*) + v where πt is the inflation rate‚ πe is the expected inflation‚ γ is a parameter‚ UR is the unemployment rate‚ UR* is the natural rate of unemployment
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Rose Laine L. Tabequero November 6‚ 2014 BSN- 1NA NCM 100.1 Lec History of Nursing in the Philippines Early Beliefs & Practices 1.Beliefs about causation of disease: another person (an enemy or a witch) evil spirits 2.Belief that evil spirits could be driven away by persons with powers to expel demons. Belief in special gods of healing‚ with the priest -physician (called “word doctors”) as intermediary. If they used leaves or roots‚ they were called herb doctors (“herbolarios”) Early
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Introduction The Philippines is having a large population and this results to poverty‚ so the Government of the Philippines decided to pass the Reproductive Health Bill or also known as RH BILL. The RH BILL is aiming to guarantee universal access to methods and information on maternal care and birth control. Since RH BILL is heard here in the Philippines‚ many thoughts have entered people’s mind‚ what is it for? Obviously it is for population control. The Bill focuses principally on the social
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Ayaka Okura 12121053 Evelyn Naoumi Academic Writing 1 Water Pollution In The Philippines The Philippines is an archipelago‚ which means it is made up of a group of islands and is rich in bodies of water such as the oceans‚ rivers‚ and lakes. However‚ according to the data released by Water Environment Partnership in Asia (WEPA) in 2005‚ 42.89% of the waters in the Philippines are contaminated. These contaminated waters have not only been continuously harming people‚ but also the aquatic
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The Constitution of the Philippines (Filipino: Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas) is the supreme law of the Philippines. The Constitution currently in effect was enacted in 1987‚ during the administration of President Corazon Aquino‚ and is popularly known as the "1987 Constitution".[1] Philippine constitutional law experts recognize three other previous constitutions as having effectively governed the country — the 1935 Commonwealth Constitution‚ the 1973 Constitution‚ and the 1986 Freedom Constitution
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Literature Literature expresses the feelings of the people to the society to the government Literature – as a faithful reproduction of man’s manifold experiences blended into one harmonious expression. Literature can be said to be the story of man’s loves griefs‚ thoughts‚ dreams and aspirations coached in beautiful language. Literature - deals with ideas thoughts & emotions of man or printed matter written within a book‚ magazine‚ pamphlet. Reasons for study literature? 1. We study literature
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“Outlining” * An outline is a framework or guideline for a writer to follow. The purpose is for organization and systematizes way of working. * An outline presents a picture of the main ideas and the subsidiary ideas of any subject. Informal Outline * “Working Outline” is a private affair-fluid‚ subject to constant revision‚ made without attention to form and destined for the wastebasket. Formal Outline * A formal outline is organized into headings under which several levels of
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