On December 8‚ 1941‚ the Japanese made an unexpected attack on the Philippines about ten hours after their attack on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese had sent bombs and ground troops coming from both north and south of the Manila. In this battle‚ commander General Douglas MacArthur was in charge and command of defending the Philippine and the United States troops because he was sent by President Franklin Roosevelt. General Douglas MacArthur had majored in military academics and was also the commander of
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Analysis on Philippine Politics Today Philippines‚ as a democratic country‚ adapts the libertarian culture that John Stuart Mill believes to be the best for achieving intellectual and social development. Every Filipino citizen is sovereign and free to do what he wants as long as he does not harm others. Mill’s proposed ways to obtain ‘social liberty’‚ which are having the political liberties and having the constitutional system are being exercised on the country. Philippine politics
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Festivals in the Philippines 1. BULAKLAKAN FESTIVAL January 01 / Muntinlupa City‚ Metro Manila (45 minutes from Manila) Annual procession‚ parade of flowers and costumes. 2. COCONUT FESTIVAL January 11-15 / San Pablo City‚ Laguna (2 hours from Manila by land) A grand mardi-gras celebration which pays homage to Laguna Province’s most ubiquitous crop. 3. CARACOL FESTIVAL January 19 / Glorietta 4 Park‚ Makati City‚ Metro Manila (30 minutes from Manila ) "Caracol" is Spanish for
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Steps in recognizing genuine BSP banknotes Version 1 and 2 1. Paper - the genuine note is printed on a special kind of paper which is rough when we run our fingers through it. 2. Watermark - is the shadow of the portrait appearing on the face of the note. 3. Security fibers - embedded red and blue visible fibers are scattered at random on both surfaces of the note. 4. Embedded security thread - special thread vertically implanted off center of the face of the note. It can easily be seen when
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Philippine Educational System: Historical Perspective | | The present educational system of the Philippines is the result of a long process of educational evolution. A. Pre-Spanish Period During the pre-Spanish period‚ education was informal. It means that there was no overruling agency that governs the educational system. The child is taught at home by the parents or by some tribal tutor. The practice of apprenticeship‚ whereby a person usually learns some occupational
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individual and the society at large. However‚ in two ASEAN nations‚ there still seems to be some shortcomings in the education sector. There are three issues in the education system of both Indonesia and Philippines that will be discussed and compared: quality‚ affordability of education‚ and budget. Philippines has revised its educational system only recently‚ making the compulsory years of education twelve instead of ten. With this change is the adjustment of the curriculum. All subjects under all the
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— the progressive alliance of trade unions in the Philippines — and member of Pro Labor Assistance Center (PLACE)‚ Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) and the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) was released from prison. He was joined by five leaders from popular organizations in the Southern Tagalog region east and south of Manila. All six had been detained for three months. These arrests and detentions seem to be tests by the Philippine state of new tactics against the legal popular movement
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As we have learned in Philippine history‚ apart from superior arms to subdue the true revolutionaries who waged a continuing war against colonial rule‚ the Americans used education‚ propagated the English language and lifestyle. In effect‚ this changed the milieu of literary production as the English language became the standard for what is canon. Many important things can be learned in the study of Philippine literature in English. Studying Philippine literature in English is important because
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Philippine Youth Congress on Information Technology REACTION PAPER SUBMITTED TO: MR. ACE GARCES PROFESSOR SUBMITTED BY: Lovely Mae A. Cabaccan BS INFORMATION TECHONLOGY 4-B Philippine youth congress on Information Technology Y4IT Celebrating a decade of transforming lives. This 2012 the University of the Philippines Information technology Development Center (UP ITDC) is propelling itself to greater heights as it celebrate the 10th year of the Philippine youth
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PHILIPPINE CLAIM TO THE SPRATLY ISLANDS GROUP* Introduction The Philippines is a mid-ocean archipelago consisting of more than 7‚100 islands some of which remain unnamed. The islands portion of the archipelago lies along some 1‚150 miles between the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea. It is separated from Taiwan by the Bashi Channel‚ from Indonesia by the Celebes Sea‚. from North Borneo (Sabah) by narrow passages‚ channels and straits‚ from the Asian mainland by the South China Sea and from
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