ensure implementation of AFP modernization program — Angara * Written by Tribune * Tuesday‚ 25 June 2013 08:00 * font size * Print * 1 comment Sen. Edgardo Angara emphasized that government should ensure the successful implementation of the country’s revised Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) modernization program‚ amid ongoing territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea. Angara was one of those who shepherded the original AFP Modernization Act of 1995 (Republic Act
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and Chinese Modernization Modernization is a process of developing and acceleration in human civilization as well as a signal that a country passes through modern civilization. It originated from neoteric western society. Chinese sacrifice a lot on the trend towards the historical process of modernization. Numerous Chinese pioneers made unremitted efforts to explore the path towards modernization in China. Deng Xiaoping is one of the most brilliant pioneers. He combined modernization and socialism
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differences between the modernization theory and the dependency theory‚ we must first understand what these theories mean. The modernization theory‚ becoming popular in the 1950s‚ was a description and explanation of the processes of the transformation from what was considered “underdeveloped societies” to “modern societies.” Modernization theory is the process of transforming from a traditional or underdeveloped society to a modern Western societies way of life. So what is modernization and what does this
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Definition of Gross Income‚ Taxable Income‚ and Net Income Gross income refers to all income but not excluding exempt income and subject to final income tax. Example of gross income include: salaries and wages‚ commission‚ sale of and other dealings in property‚ rents‚ dividends‚ and securities. Exclusion from gross income or those incomes that are exempted from tax include: life insurance proceeds paid to beneficiaries upon the death of the insured; compensation for injuries or sickness‚ retirement
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“Family Income” Wage- Is the money amount receive daily for rendering service. Received by unskilled semiskilled‚ and skilled workers or blue-collar workers. A salary is the amount of money received monthly by professionals or white-collar workers. IN ADDITION TO WAGES OR SALARIES‚ SOME FAMILIES HAVE OTHER SOURCE OF INCOME THIS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 1. Dividends from investments in bonds & stock. 2. Gifts from relatives & friends. 3. Inheritance. 4. Rentals from apartments
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Checkpoint: Social Change and Modernization Chapter 16 of Society: The Basis‚ Eleven Edition‚ by John J. Macionis. Prepared by: Sociology 120 Professor Charlotte Fan University of Phoenix Due Date 04/24/2012 Abstract Social Change is the transformation of culture and social institutions over time (Merton‚ 1968). A key feature of social change is that it is constant and just about everything in life is subject to change. Social change is sometimes intentional but often
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According to Colin Crouch‚ since the 1970s democracy and modernization has not moved progressively nor in recurrent ways within advanced countries instead has displayed a parallel movement to each other. This shows us the manner in which politics has been democratized to an extent of introducing the rights to voting‚ emergence of regular elections and governments taking turns to lead the country thus having different ideological inducement. The post democracy’s parallel stature outlines the proneness
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consideration I would have expected (Frank 1966‚ 1975). This shows that both scholars share the following paradigmatic assumption: Development necessitates industrialisation. However‚ whereas MT is much more a theory of economic growth rather than about development (Binns 2002‚ p. 79)‚ DT rejects the narrow informational basis of MT (GDP and trade indices) and focuses on a range of indicators (Ferraro 1996)‚ much like nowadays Sen (1999) and the Human Development Index. One could argue that the
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Evaluate the consequences of modernization for Japan The modernisation of Japan was an all or none matter. Either every aspect of the country had to be modernized to some extent‚ or no single aspect could be modernized. The four main aspects of Japan’s modernisation were industrialisation‚ political modernisation‚ education reform and military development. These four aspects had severe political‚ economic and social consequences on Japan. Some of the main political‚ economic and social consequences
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Publication 538: S Corporations‚ all Partnerships‚ Limited Liability Companies/Partnerships are required to use a calendar year. These pass-through entities can make an election to file on a fiscal year if they meet certain requirements. In almost cases‚ these entities are on a calendar year basis. C Corporations can pick up any month end for their tax year. Question 14-22 Corporations can claim capital losses only against capital gains. In other words‚ if a corporation has an excess capital loss
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