The Republic of the Philippines‚ an island nation located in the Malay archipelago in Southeast Asia‚ comprising of 7‚107 islands‚ collectively known as Philippine Archipelago‚ has a total area of nearly 300‚000 square kilometers to it’s credit. The country‚ named "Las Islas Felipinas" after King Philip II of Spain‚ fell prey to Spanish colonialism in 1565. The colonial rule lasted for three long centuries and ended after Philippine Revolution of 1896. But independence‚ the most prized political
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definition of terms used. Introduction The Philippine Wildlife has a significant number of plant and animal species that are indigenous in the Philippines. The country’s surrounding waters reportedly have the highest level of biodiversity in the world. The Philippines is considered as one of the seventeen mega diverse countries as well as global biodiversity hotspot. The world’s second largest archipelago country after Indonesia‚ the Philippines includes more than 7‚100 islands covering 297‚179
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The History of the Philippines The archipelago of the Philippine is made up of over 7‚100 islands and lies off the south coast of Taiwan and its Southeastern neighbors‚ Malaysia and Indonesia (Kittler & Sucher‚ 2000). The nation is surrounded by the South China Sea on the west and by the Pacific Ocean on the east. The Filipinos are descendants of migrants from Southeast Asia such as Indonesia and Malaysia who came to the islands in successive waves over many centuries and largely displaced
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TERM PAPER IN MICROECONOMICS BY: MA. DAYANARA P. MANAIG TO: PROFESSOR JOYCE COLCOL 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
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Area in Pasay City‚ Metro Manila.Its main base is Ninoy Aquino International Airport‚ Manila‚ and with a hub at Mactan-Cebu International Airport‚ Cebu. It is the first airline in the Philippines to be run as a cooperative. Air Asia * is a low-cost carrier based in the Philippines. The airline is the Philippine affiliate of AirAsia‚ a budget airline based in Malaysia. It is a joint venture between Filipino investors and AirAsia International Ltd‚ a subsidiary of AirAsia Inc. The joint venture
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Philippine Airlines‚ Inc. (abbreviated as PAL and also known historically as Philippine Air Lines) operating as Philippine Airlines‚ is a flag carrier of the Philippines. Headquartered at the Philippine National Bank Financial Center in Pasay City‚[2][3] the airline was founded in 1941 and is the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name.[4] Out of its hubs at Ninoy Aquino International Airport of Manila and Mactan-Cebu International Airport of Cebu City‚ Philippine
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Tiffany Gallt Ms. Wing English 12 15 December 2012 Voting Age: Should it be reduced? The very idea of America is freedom and opportunity for everybody. Amongst these is the most valued legal right within a democracy: the right to vote. However‚ an unfortunate reality is that the majority of the people ages 16-17 cannot ("Age and Sex Composition in the United States: 2011"). With the ever falling number of participants in political votes due to the event of the generation of the baby boomers dying
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NESTLÉ PHILIPPINES I. INTRODUCTION Nestlé Philippines‚ Inc. (NPI) is a leading manufacturer of food and beverage in the Philippines. It was established in the country in the early 1930s‚ initially as a trading company. By the year 1962‚ it formed a joint venture with San Miguel Corporation (SMC)‚ a company specializing in brewing with extensive interests in agribusiness and food products. In 1996‚ San Miguel’s Magnolia Foods Division had been merged with Nestlé. It produced and sold products like
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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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References: 1. Magna Carta for Small Enterprises or Republic Act No. 6977 as amended by Republic Act No. 8289 2. Harvie‚ C. and B.C. Lee (eds) (2002)‚ Small and Medium Enterprises in East Asia‚ Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar. 3. Elmer C. Hernandez‚ Philippine SMEs in Global Markets‚ U.P. Campus‚ Diliman‚ Quezon City‚ 16 March 2005 4. Ayyaragi‚ Beck and Kunt‚ Small and Medium Enterprises across the Globe Draft Paper‚ March 2005. 5. http://www.census.gov.ph/ 6. www.sme.com.ph 7. http://www.gov.ph 8. APEC
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