I. INTRODUCTION Philippine democracy and politics has long been a troubled environment. With the recent developments regarding the Napoles case‚ it has only reaffirmed the fact that there are a lot of failures within this system. Aside from this latest scandal‚ democracy in the nation has been plagued long before the Pork Barrel story. Issues regarding nepotism‚ lack of transparency‚ participation of the masses‚ and so on have been present for the longest time. Being a Management student‚ I am
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Magat Dam Magat Dam in Ramon‚ Isabela used to be the largest dam in the Philippines back when it was built in 1983. The controversial San Roque Dam (featured previously) has since eclipsed it in both structural and reservoir size in 2004. Magat Dam generates 360 megawatts of electricity (with a water head of 81 meters high) and supplies irrigation water for approximately 85‚000 hectares of farmland in Isabela and surrounding areas. The dam was constructed at a cost of 6.5 billion pesos and consists
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Divorce in the Philippines is planning to take over Filipino values and culture. It’s all over the news‚ the Philippine Congress is now pushing forward the Divorce Bill right after they have put forward the Reproductive Health Bill. This is exactly what I have been worrying about. Just a couple of weeks ago‚ when I attended our Baptist Convention Meeting here in the Visayas‚ this issue was brought up. And just as what I have stated‚ “RH Bill can also lead to the Divorce Bill” because they have the
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The American Decision to Annex the Philippines Just forty-five years before the annexation of the Philippines President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed‚ "No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent." What led Americans to so quickly forget that ideology? It can be summarized in one word: avarice. Aggressive imperialist attitudes dominated and influenced the population during the late 18th century and are essentially what fueled the Spanish-American War. The American victory
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Philippine Management Review 2006‚ Vol. 13‚ pp. 1-20. INDUSTRY REPORT: THE PROBLEM OF SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN PHILIPPINE CALL CENTERS Aileen S. Alava* Facing high expectations as the newest “sunshine industry”‚ the call center industry in the Philippines appears to have dimmer prospects in the coming years. Having experienced rapid growth from 2000 to 2003‚ the industry experienced a slowdown in growth from 2004 to 2006‚ raising the question of how sustainable the country’s competitive
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American Intervention and Philippine Independence By: Ha Z Dignadice Eulimay Gillang The Spanish-American War of 1898 • Cuba ‚ Spanish Colony in the West Indies‚ revolted against its colonial master sometime in February‚ 1895. • Governor-General Valeriano Weyler commander of the Spanish Forces in Cuba. • American businessmen had huge investments in the sugar industry in Cuba. • President William McKinley sent the US battleship Maine to Cuba for the purpose of evacuating American citizens in case
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The Economy of the Philippines is the 43rd largest in the world; according to 2011 World Bank statistics and it is also one of the emerging markets in the world; according to the CIA Fact book‚ the estimated 2011 GDP (purchasing power parity) was 391.1 billion. Goldman Sachs estimates that by the year 2050‚ it will be the 14th largest economy in the world; Goldman Sachs also included the Philippines in its list of the Next Eleven economies. HSBC projects the Philippine economy to become the 16th
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Under Armour- Challenging Nike in Sports Apparel By Shruthi Purushothama Under Armour was founded in 1996 by Kevin Plank‚ a former football player with the University of Maryland. Plank came up with the idea of using newly available moisture-wicking‚ polyester-blend fabrics to create next generation‚ tighter-fitting shirts and undergarments that would make it cooler and more comfortable to engage in strenuous activities during high temperature conditions. The company was originally named KP Sports
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A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE 50 YEAR RULE UNDER COPYRIGHT LAW IN UGANDA BY ASHABA-AHEBWA MARK 109-053011-03106 SUPERVISOR MR.OKWENYE TONNY SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF A BACHELORS DEGREE OF LAWS (LL.B) AT THE FACULTY OF LAW IN THE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF UGANDA MBALE MAIN CAMPUS. MARCH 2012 When he was a little boy his uncle called him “Sparky”‚ after a comic-strip horse named Spark Plug. School was all but impossible for Sparky. He failed every
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the idiomatic‚ native expressions and also the targeted vocabulary of speaking Spanish in Latina America. When compared to 400 million men and women that speak Spanish tongue (or Castilian) as their mother tongue‚ about 300 million are in Latin American Countries. There are several particularities and additionally idiomatic movement within Spanish tongue or Castilian. A portion of the aspects which usually affect Spanish tongue are: incorrect usage used by the mass media‚ the change of everyday terms
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