THE LEGEND OF SAMPALOC LAKE Sampolac Lake is the biggest lake in San Pablo‚ and it is named after a giant tamarind (sampolac) tree. Though there are many different versions of this legend‚ the basic premise remains the same. Sampolac Tree. There was an orchard owned by a rich couple‚ filled with the most delicious tamarind trees. One day‚ a fairy decided to test their hospitality‚ and came to the orchard‚ dressed as a poor‚ old woman. She begged the couple to give her a few
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of the Philippines TAGUIG CITY UNIVERSITY Gen. Santos Ave.‚ Upper Bicutan‚ Taguig City COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING‚ TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Principles of Economy with Taxation and Agrarian Reforms Xeres Yvonne O. Quimora A Comparative Study Of Philippines and Vietnam’s Economy Laserna‚Marknel S. Caraig‚ Ma. Joy Angeline E. Serrano‚ Ismerald BSCS-C32 Morning Philippines Vietnam Economic and social environment Philippines The Philippines is a large
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5). However‚ it was a case in February‚ 1999 that truly opened the public’s eye towards the issue of child soldiers for it was regarding a 17-year old member of the New People’s Army. The victim was apprehended alongside several others who were minors as well. This being said‚ if people take immediate action in order to alleviate this issue‚ its occurrence will lessen in society. This must be done because children recruited as soldiers in militant groups in the Philippines are subject to long-term
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CIVIL PROCEDURE Rules 1 – 71 I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES Concept of Remedial Law Remedial Law is that branch of law which prescribes the method of enforcing rights or obtaining redress for their invasion Substantive Law as Distinguished from Remedial Law Substantive law creates‚ defines and regulates rights and duties regarding life‚ liberty or property which when violated gives rise to a cause of action (Bustos v. Lucero‚ 81 Phil. 640). Remedial law prescribes the methods of enforcing
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Cross-Cultural Marketing Starbucks in the Philippines Yves Tsou Liang Yu Chen Audrey Arayata Shana Solis Introduction The Market Environment The Philippines is a country located in Southeast Asia. Its 7‚107 islands experience 8 months of summer every year. During the summer‚ the hottest possible temperature to be recorded is 41C. These show just how warm the weather in the Philippines tends to get. Also‚ the Philippines was colonized by many Western countries‚ but the
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Gaming and Casino industry of the Philippines together with the detailed analysis of present environment through Porter’s Five Forces‚ the Macro environment with its Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ Technological‚ Environmental and Legal Factors and the Future trends and Issues of the Gaming and Casino industry in the Philippines. Approximately 49 million or 54 percent of the Philippine population is of adult gaming age. In the Philippines‚ this gross number must be diluted to
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Pre-Spanish history According to what can be inferred from somewhat later accounts‚ the Filipinos of the 15th century must have engaged primarily in shifting cultivation‚ hunting‚ and fishing. Sedentary cultivation was the exception. Only in the mountains of northern Luzon‚ where elaborate rice terraces were built some 2‚000 years ago‚ were livelihood and social organization linked to a fixed territory. The lowland peoples lived in extended kinship groups known as barangays‚ each under the leadership
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Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letter) is the art of written work and can‚ in some circumstances‚ refer exclusively to published sources. The wordliterature literally means "things made from letters" and the pars pro toto term "letters" is sometimes used to signify "literature‚" as in the figures of speech"arts and letters" and "man of letters." Literature is commonly classified as having two major forms—fiction and non-fiction—and two major techniques—poetry and prose. Literature may
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elections composed of a chairman and six commissioners who shall be natural – born citizens of the Philippines and‚ at the time of their appointment‚ at least thirty- five years of age‚ holders of a college degree‚ and must not have been candidates for any elective position in the immediately preceding elections. However‚ a majority thereof‚ including the chairman‚ shall be member of the Philippine bar who have been engaged in the practice of law for at least ten years. 2. The chairman and the
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The Philippines is located in the southeastern portion of Asia. Her neighbor on the north is the Republic of China (Taiwan or Formosa)‚ while on the west is Communist Vietnam. Further west is Thailand. Immediately to the south of the Philippines is Indonesia and to the southwest are Malaysia and Singapore. The Philippines is separated from her nearby Asian neighbors by several bodies of water. They are the Pacific Ocean on the east‚ the South China Sea on the north and west‚ and the Celebes Sea
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