defense (aided by Gen. Douglas MacArthur as his special adviser)‚ tackled the huge problem of landless peasants in the countryside who still worked as tenants on large estates‚ promoted the settlement and development of the large southern island of Mindanao‚ and fought graft and corruption in the government. A new national capital‚ later known as Quezon City‚ was built in a suburb of Manila. I also found out that Quezon is a long-time columnist and editorial writer of the Philippine Daily Inquirer and
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the drinking songs sung during carousals like the tagay (Cebuano and Waray); dirges and lamentations extolling the deeds of the dead like the kanogon (Cebuano) or the Annako (Bontoc). A type of narrative song or kissa among the Tausug of Mindanao‚ the parang sabil‚ uses for its subject matter the exploits of historical and legendary heroes. It tells of a Muslim hero who seeks death at the hands of non-Muslims. The folk narratives‚ i.e. epics and folk tales are varied‚ exotic and magical
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Education (MTB-MLE). The additional languages are Ybanag for pupils in Tuguegarao City‚ Cagayan‚ and Isabela; Ivatan for the Batanes Group; Sambal in Zambales; Aklanon in Aklan‚ Capiz; Kinaray-a in Capiz‚ Aklan; Yakan in Autonomous Region Muslim Mindanao and Surigaonon covering Surigao City and provinces. According to Education Secretary Br Armin Luistro FSC “The use of the same language spoken at home‚ in the early grades‚ helps improve the pupils’ language and cognitive development in addition
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affecting mainly areas in Luzon and Visayas. Recently‚ Mindanao has been devastated with series of typhoons and tropical storms. In 2011‚ the tropical storm Washi or Sendong heavily affected areas of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan cities. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) estimated that around 69‚755 households were affected. Of these‚ almost 300 thousand people have been displaced. In December of 2012‚ the typhoon Pablo hit Eastern Mindanao including Caraga and Davao (Agusan del Sur and
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the fast growing population would finally be reduced – following his campaign slogan: “no corruption‚ no poverty any more”; hope that he would be able to bring peace to the country which was suffering for more than 40 years from fighting with the Mindanao based Muslim Rebellion and the armed campaign of Maoist in many rural provinces all over the country. Three years later‚ in the mid of his single six-years term‚ it is still the hope of the majority of the population which is upholding his high
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Christian as evil‚ highly political‚ close-minded people‚ and western instrumental to the oppression of the Filipino Muslim. This view last until my family had a problem‚ my mother and I separated from my father. We fled together with my brothers from Mindanao to Manila. New environment and community I encountered‚ it is a new world for me. First time here in Manila I am little bit struggle to be with the Christian community because they have a different lifestyle and world-view. The new environment helps
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Background Poverty and inequality have been recurrent challenges in the Philippines and have again come to the fore in the wake of the current global financial crisis and rising food‚ fuel‚ and commodity prices experienced in 2008. he proportion of households living below the official poverty line has declined very slowly and unevenly in the past four decades‚ and poverty reduction has been much slower than in neighboring countries such as the People’s Republic of China (PRC)‚ Indonesia‚ hailand‚
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A Comparative Analysis of the Business Practices of Mercury Drugstore and Rose Pharmacy Presented to Ms. Mylene Turco Business Psychology By: Jenny Rose Felisilda Mary Chris Montano Michael Banes Jhann Rey Dollente Jelyn Herana Table of Contents Page I. Title Page II. Introduction III. Company Profile Mercury Drugstore Rose Pharmacy IV. Business Practices Mercury Drug store Selecting‚ Inducting‚ Training Human Relations
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Factors of the Number of Transferees in the High School Department of Mindanao Christian Foundation College and Seminary Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE Introduction The word ‘transfer’ refers in moving from one school to another and the word ‘transition’ to refer to the move from one year to another within a school. Much moreattention has been given to cross-institutional transfer than to within-school transitionexperiences. However‚ teachers‚ policy makers and researchers
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Spanish Colonization Early Spanish expeditions Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Philippines in 1521. The Philippine islands first came to the attention of Europeans with the Spanish expedition around the world led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. Magellan landed on the island of Cebu‚ claiming the lands for Spain and naming them Islas de San Lazaro. He set up friendly relations with some of the local chieftains and converted some of them to Roman Catholicism. However‚ Magellan
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