Jose Rizal: The true epitome of the Filipino People I just remembered last week that my friend sent a link regarding Rizal’s proclamation as a hero. I was very shocked at what I read because of the statement that Rizal isn’t actually explicitly proclaimed officially as a National Hero. It contradicts with what I have learned for the past few years all the way from the primary school up to present. “Even Jose Rizal‚ considered as the greatest among the Filipino heroes‚ was not explicitly proclaimed
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The Birth of Heroes and the Rise of Filipino Nationalism By Richard Rivera The middle 18th century in the Philippines was a period of perpetual destabilization. The islands are slowly being reconfigured—both physically and in socio-economic terms. On the surface‚ geophysical forces are making physical transformations‚ complimenting the deeper and more serious reconstruction happening within the colonial society. A new socio-economic class composed of Chinese mestizos and Indio professionals
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INTRODUCTION Divorce has implications on the values and morals of Filipinos which can be shown by giving the positive and negative effects of divorce on the family affected by the process. Divorce (or the dissolution of marriage) is the final termination of a marital union‚ cancelling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties. The legal process of divorce may also involve issues of alimony (spousal support)‚ child custody‚ child
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Mr. Santos‚ was asked to speak before an audience in Kalamazoo‚ MI one October when the war was still on. On the same night he met another Filipino – Celestino Fabia‚ a farmer. Mr. Santos was surprised to see a man who travelled really long just to hear him talk. In the course of the discussion‚ the man asked‚ in sporadically incorrect English‚ how the Filipino women of today were different from the stereotype he was familiar with. Mr. Santos replied that although they differ in the exterior‚ both
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Sexual Initiation Among Filipino Youth Today‚ Filipino youth tend to engage in early sexual initiations. With our modern day culture telling them it’s perfectly okay to have sex even before marriage; the youth is misled with their true understanding of sexuality. Sexuality belongs within marriage and that it is not simply a pleasure done out of curiosity and without respect. Because of higher exposure to sex from the internet‚ magazines‚ TV shows‚ movies‚ modern music and other media‚ the youth’s
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The New Chinese Generation The story “SHUN-WAI” by Taien Ng investigates the changes and differences of the Chinese culture over time as well and between generations. The narrator Taien is Chinese-Canadian‚ and talks about her experiences in life and how they affect her. In the story Taien first describes her mother as being a strong woman‚ and how her mother would only say “You see? Mothers know best!” (Taien 54). Her mother also then switches the topic to the problems of Taien’s vegetarian
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us upon entering the hall. The super- sized painting depicts dark hollow beneath the Roman arena referred as the Spoliarium where the bodies of slain gladiators are being dragged away for disposal. For Luna‚ the lifeless gladiators represent the Filipinos during the Spanish period. Across the Spoliarium is the stunning painting by Hildalgo of The Assassination of General Bustamante and His Son. The painting depicts the murder of the governor in the hands of the friars and supporters and it was also
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Bonifacio was born November 30 1863‚ was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and leader of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution. From a young age‚ he was obsessed with independence for his country from the oppression of the Spanish.He is considered a de facto national hero of the Philippines. Bonifacio is also considered by some Filipino historians to be the first president of the
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Macro Environment Forces for Coffee Socio-Cultural Environment Wherever you may be in the world‚ you will find people looking forward to enjoying their morning pick me up cup of coffee. Coffee is as popular as a beverage that our consumption is said to account for a third of our total consumption of free tap water. For a lot more people‚ especially those in desk jobs‚ coffee may command an even bigger share of their liquid intake. It is the mildly stimulating effect of the caffeine in coffee that
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PROPERTIES OF REAL NUMBER: Real numbers have the two basic properties of being an ordered field‚ and having the least upper bound property. The first says that real numbers comprise a field‚ with addition and multiplication as well as division by nonzero numbers‚ which can be totally ordered on a number line in a way compatible with addition and multiplication. The second says that if a nonempty set of real numbers has an upper bound‚ then it has a least upper bound. These two together define the
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