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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Social Science (Area Studies) 2011-17964 Dumalaog‚ Frances Camille BA Development Studies 2011-29085 Juane‚ Marc BA Social Science (Area Studies) 2011-17964 Anthropology 167: Medical Anthropology TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE A Background on Traditional Chinese Medicine and TCM in China Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)‚ also known as Chinese medicine (中医)‚ is an umbrella term for various medical practices developed in China. TCM traces its history since the period of the mythical “Yellow Emperor”
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Philippines Environment Are We Lucky in the Philippines? Planet Earth is made up of different things - air‚ water‚ plants‚ animals‚ soil‚ rocks‚ minerals‚ crude oil‚ and other fossil fuels. These things are called natural resources because they are not made by people; rather they are gathered from nature. Sunlight and wind are also natural resources. We use all these things to survive or satisfy our needs. The Philippines is considered rich in natural resources. We have fertile‚ arable lands
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Sinulog Festival Date of Celebration: 3rd week of January Place of Celebration: Cebu City Description: The Sinulog Festival is distinguished by its unusual two-steps-forward-and-one-step-backward shuffle‚ thus simulating the Holy Child of the shores‚ the Sinulog is a century-old tradition observed in the part of Visayas region. The prayer-dance is harmonized to the beat of drums and shouts of "Pit Señor! Viva Sto. Niño!”. Ati-atihan Festival Date of Celebration: 3rd week of January Place of Celebration:
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The Philippine Revolution Against Spain 1996 is a significant year for Filipinos all over the world. It marks the centennial of the Philippine Revolution‚ which started in 1896 and officially ended in 1902. The amount of literature generated during and after the Revolution‚ coupled with the continuing fascination on this period by historians and alike which have produced an infinite number of scholarly works‚ have validated the widespread perception that this was the most glorious page in the history
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List of banks in the Philippines From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The Philippines has a comprehensive banking system encompassing various types of banks‚ from large universal banks to small rural banks and even non-banks. As at 31 March 2011‚ there are 19 universal banks‚ 19 commercial banks‚ 73 thrift banks‚ 595 rural banks‚ 40 credit unions and 15 non-banks with quasi-banking functions‚ all licensed with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas(Central Bank of the Philippines) under Republic Act No
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The Philippine cinema is the youngest of the Philippine arts‚ and still is considered as one of the popular forms of entertainment among the Filipinos. It directly employs some 260‚000 Filipinos and generates around PHP 1.5 billion revenues annually.[1] Contents [hide] 1 Overview 2 History 2.1 Origins 2.2 American period 2.3 World War II and Japanese occupation 2.4 1950s 2.5 1960s 2.6 1970s to early 1980s 2.7 Contemporary period 2.7.1 Late 1980s to 1990s 2.7.2 2000 and beyond 3 See also
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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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PHILIPPINES TO LEAPFROG TO BE THE 16TH LARGEST ECONOMY BY 2050 ACCORDING TO IMF The Republic of the Philippines is one among those list of developing economy and owns the possibility of being one of the fruitful nation in the next succeeding decades. Our country is highly expected to jump 27 places to become the 16th largest economy by the year of 2050 as projected by The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation International Bank. Resounding softly across the 7‚100 islands that form the Philippines
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The origin of the Philippines The Philippines is a country of Southeast Asia‚ with its 7‚107 islands strewn over the Western Pacific Ocean‚ approximately 13 N of the equator and 122 E of Greenwich. Its collective land area is about 300‚000 sq. km‚ about the size of the state of Arizona. This island archipelago is one of the most megadiverse countries in the world‚ housing over 5% of the entire world’s flora in an area not even 1% of the world’s total. An estimated 10‚000 to 11‚000 species of
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