The Philippines is an archipelago of 7‚107 islands in the South China Sea located between Taiwan to the north and Borneo to the south. Just 2‚000 of its islands are inhabited and only 500 are larger than a kilometer square. The nine largest islands of Luzon‚ Mindanao‚ Palawan‚ Panay‚ Mindoro‚ Samar‚ Negros‚ Leyte and Cebu make up 90% of the nation’s land area. The Philippines is mountainous in nature. The highest mountain is Mt. Apo‚ which is located in Mindanao. The second largest is Mt.Pulog in
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The Philippine Islands are located in the western North Pacific Ocean‚ just off the southeastern portion of the Asian continent. The Philippines consists of more than seven thousand islands‚ having an area of about three hundred thousand square kilometers. The Islands are grouped into three primary island groups‚ Luzon in the north (composed of Luzon Island and small islands in its vicinity); the Visayas (composed of many islands near the center‚ the largest being‚ Palawan‚ Mindoro‚ Panay‚ Masbate
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Economy of the Philippines The Philippines is a developing country in South-East Asia. In 2004‚ it was ranked as the 24th largest economy by the World Bank according to purchasing power parity. The Philippines is one of the newly industrializing countries in the world. Important sectors of the Philippine economy include agriculture and industry‚ particularly food processing‚ textiles and garments‚ and electronics and automobile parts. Most industries are concentrated in the urban areas around metropolitan Manila
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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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ECONOMY Since the end of World War II‚ the Philippine economy has been on an unfortunate trajectory‚ going from one of the richest countries in Asia (following Japan) to one of the poorest. Growth immediately after the war was rapid‚ but slowed over time. Years of economic mismanagement and political volatility during the Marcos regime contributed to economic stagnation and resulted in macroeconomic instability. A severe recession from 1984 through 1985 saw the economy shrink by more than 10%‚ and
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Poverty in the Philippines UN Millennium Development Goal Poverty in the Philippines UN Millennium Development Goal MDG 1 Report: Poverty in the Philippines INTRODUCTION Poverty reduction has been a major problem for all developing countries. As Kofi Annan stated “The biggest enemy of health in the developing world is poverty” (Kofi Annan‚ cited in WHO‚ 2013). Poverty is experienced all over the world but its effect is most significantly seen in developing countries like Philippines‚ one of the
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The three innovations to the Philippine education system had these common objectives: * To introduce curricular reform curricular reforms in the school organization * To investigate the modes of delivery‚ policy structures‚ and pedagogical philosophies and recommend enrichment thereof * To align education’s modalities to the needs of the times 2. What are the common findings and recommendations of the three studies conducted in relation to the Philippine education system? A. Common
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MARITIME SURVEILLANCE POSITIONING and SAFETY SYSTEM for the Republic of the Philippines MASPOSS “A VTS (Vessel Traffic Service) is any service implemented by a competent authority‚ designed to improve safety and efficiency of vessel traffic and to protect the environment. The service should have the capability to interact with the traffic and respond to traffic situations developing in the VTS area.” (IMO guidelines for Vessel Traffic Services and IALA VTS manual‚ 1993) MASPOSS Issue No
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THE PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENT introduction The Philippines is an archipelago comprising some 7‚100 islands with a total land area of almost 300‚000 square kilometres. Indonesia‚ Malaysia and Brunei border the Philippines to the south‚ China—and Taiwan—to the north‚ Vietnam to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east. Three main island groups divide the country: Luzon in the north‚ the Visayas in the centre‚ and Mindanao in the south. Luzon and Mindanao together make up 65 per cent of the Philippines’
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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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