penal facility in the country. It was however destroyed during the Spanish-American war in 1888. It was eventually revived under the Reorganization Act of 1905 and placed under the Bureau of Prisons to receive convicted prisoners in Mindanao. (Note: In Australia‚ the oldest penal facility is situated in Darwin Islands and the Australian government has preserved not only the integrity of the facility but its historical significance as well. ) In the Philippines‚ the oldest
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called school. Every day‚ we wake up early‚ leave our homes‚ pay for transportation fees and finally reach to our second home‚ the classroom. As we welcome ourselves in Mindanao State University‚ we are lucky to meet different kinds of people from different kinds of places. People from Glan‚ Tacurong‚ Marbel and all over Mindanao are your schoolmates and classmates. You share experiences with them‚ telling stories about their place that makes you as if you were once there. But‚ what if there are
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CONSTITUTION & BY – LAWS OF THE COMPUTER SCIENCE AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF AMA COMPUTER COLLEGE GENERAL SANTOS CITY Laurel North‚ General Santos City‚ Mindanao‚ Philippines PREAMBLE The purpose and aim of the Computer Science and Computer Technology Department is to provide academic and social opportunities to investigate the basis of computer technology and programming‚ to build up the confidence and skills of programming majors pursuing a successful career‚ and to create an
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The Filipino diaspora is becoming increasingly common and could possibly be one of the most important aspects to Filipino economy and family stability. To be a diaspora means leaving one’s home country in hopes of gaining more opportunities to help themselves and their family become successful. In the past few decades‚ there has been an increase in filipinos leaving their homeland in hopes to send back money for their families. The number of countries that they find themselves in has also increased
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There are five major and at least five minor centers of endemism‚ ranging in size from Luzon‚ the largest island (103‚000 km²)‚ which‚ for example‚ has at least 31 endemic species of mammals‚ to tiny Camiguin Island (265 km²) speck of land north of Mindanao‚ which has at least two species of endemic mammals. The Philippines has among the highest rates of discovery in the world with sixteen new species of mammals discovered in the last ten years. Because of this‚ the rate of endemism for the Philippines
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hand. Mostly active at night‚ it lives on a diet of insects. Folk traditions sometimes has it that tarsiers eat charcoal‚ but actually they retrieve the insects from (sometimes burned) wood. It can be found in the islands of Samar‚ Leyte‚ Bohol‚ and Mindanao in the Philippines. Let’s keep an eye on the time with this exclusive tarsier clock‚ USD 15.99. If no action is taken‚ the tarsier might not survive. Although it is a protected species‚ and the practice of catching them and then selling them
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The Filipinos lived in settlements called barangays before the colonization of the Philippines by the Spaniards. As the unit of government‚ a barangay consisted from 30 to 100 families. It was headed by a datu and was independent from the other groups. (The Tagalog word barangay came from the Malay word balangay‚ a boat that transported them to the islands.) Usually‚ several barangays settled near each other to help one another in case of war or any emergency. The position of datu was passed on
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Issues on BT Corn The Philippines‚ being an agricultural country‚ has been taking steps in the development of the technology for the agricultural sector. Several institutions are studying the best possible ways of increasing crop yield‚ allowing crops to thrive in different environmental conditions‚ developing low-cost and eco-friendly fertilizers and eradication of pests. The development of new technology for latter problem has been the main concern of the agricultural crowd because after six
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dead on the island of Mindanao with another 400 missing. Waters rose so high even emergency shelters were inundated. "If you abuse nature‚ nature will get back at us‚" Benito Ramos‚ executive director of National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)‚ said. "This is due to decades of mining and logging. Our forests are already deluded and there are tunnels left by small-time miners." Illegal logging and mining has stripped many hillsides bare in Mindanao‚ which has forest cover
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A Narrative Report Presented to College of Business Administration and Accountancy Mindanao State University-General Santos City In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Major in Management Submitted to: RAMON V. DESCALLAR OJT COORDINATOR Submitted by: Edenne Louise C. Marcos Student Trainee JUNE 2011 ACKNOWLODGEMENT The trainee would like to express her gratitude to the people who helped her for this training to be possible
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