tell you exactly why it’s more fun in the Philippines in one sentence: because it is only in the Philippines that you have the best and the worst of the world; a mixture of sorts; a unique blending of people‚ language‚ economic status‚ food‚ culture and religion that despite the yin and the yangs‚ living and being in the Philippines is truly an experience! You can agree or disagree with me on my statement that I just wrote but being born in the Philippines and keeping my Filipino identity despite
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Philippine education is patterned after the American system‚ with English as the medium of instruction. Schools are classified into public (government) or private (non-government). The general pattern of formal education follows four stages: Pre-primary level (nursery‚ kindergarten and preparatory) offered in most private schools; six years of primary education‚ followed by four years of secondary education. College education usually takes four‚ sometimes five and in some cases as in medical
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Philippine-Japanese relations span a period from the 17th century to the present. Relations between Japan and the Philippines date back to at least the late Muromachi period of Japanese history‚ as Japanese merchants and traders had settled in Luzon even before the Spanish colonization. Especially in the area of Dilao‚ a suburb of Manila was a Nihonmachi of 3000 Japanese around the year 1600. The term probably originated from the Tagalog term ’dilaw’‚ meaning ’yellow’‚ this describes their general
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Health Issues in the Philippines Like any other third-world country‚ the Philippines have been struggling in some health issues and one of it is illegal drug use. A lot of Filipinos are addicted to prohibited drugs. However‚ the Philippine government has dealt with this issue and although there are still some recorded incidents of drug abuse‚ the number of drug dependents in the Philippines has gradually decreased. One major health issue in the Philippines‚ is malnutrition. There have been studies
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Iran defeats Philippines in Fiba Asia Championship After securing a slot for next year’s FIBA World Cup in Spain‚ Gilas Pilipinas fell after facing the giant Iranians last August 11 at the Mall of Asia Arena. The Iranians hammered Gilas Pilipinas and secured an 85-71 win to grab their 2013 FIBA Asia Championship gold medal for the third time. Without the injured Marcus Douthit‚ the Filipinos had trouble in containing the seven-foot-two Hamed Hadadi‚ Iran’s NBA veteran player that caused the
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PHILIPPINE FOLK LITERATURE Ms. Arcelyn N. Sangalang Instructor- Engl04 Cpoyright 2010 PHILIPPINE FOLK LITERATURE traditional oral literature of the Filipino people refers to the collection of tales and superstition about magical creatures and entities wide range of material due to the ethnic mix of the Philippines 3 MAJOR GROUPS folk narratives folk speech folk songs PHILIPPINE MYTHOLOGY derived from Philippine folk literature stories of ancient Philippine mythology include
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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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The Philippines elects on national level a head of state (the President) and a legislature. The president is elected for a six-year term by the people. The vice-president is elected at the same time on a separate ballot. The Philippines elects on a local level governors‚ vice governors‚ board members‚ mayors up to the barangay officials and the Sangguniang Kabataan or youth council members which is mandated in the current Constitution of the Philippines and the Local Government Code of 1991. The
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the phil. 1.) The new slogan of the Department of Tourism of Philippines “It’s More Fun In The Philippines” has gone viral. This slogan was developed to attract tourists from around the world and has already circulated in social networks such as facebook‚ twitter‚ and tumblr. The said slogan aims to convince tourists why they would rather choose Philippines as their travel destination and why it’s more fun to do things in Philippines. Often times in social networks‚ people’s imagination can go beyond
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Philippines’ Economic Development Economic development: the qualitative process of structural change that involves the development of an economy’s economic and social infrastructure. Economic development involves the use of more resources or better quality resources to improve real increases in the quality of life of society. The construction of roads‚ railways‚ schools‚ hospitals‚ universities‚ dams‚ bridges‚ factories‚ power plants‚ ports and airport facilities are examples. Statistics: 1980
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