Flag of Philippines There are three fields on the Philippine flag. The white equilateral triangle is on the hoist side‚ a band of blue at the top‚ and a band of red at the bottom. An eight rayed yellow sun at the center of the triangle. A small five pointed star is located at each corner of the triangle. General Emilio Aguinaldo‚ who the first President of the Philippines and a leader in the revolution against Spanish rule for Philippine‚ designed the Philippine flag. He did this while in exile
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Philippines BUSN 105 10/14/2012 Amy Westbrook The Philippines is a cultural anomaly. Situated in the heart of South East Asia‚ the Philippines are quite unique among the nations situated around it. Being heavily influenced by Spain‚ Mexico‚ The United States and the Catholic Church add to its uniqueness. Inhabited by around 92 million people the culture of the Philippines is quite diverse. The majority are of ethnic Malay stock. However‚ unlike neighboring countries such as Malaysia
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Philippines * Known by many names in song and story. * Before Magellan’s arrival‚ Chinese traders called it “Mai” meaning “Land of Barbarians”. Pearl of the Orient Seas * The names which modern writers give. * The most romantic name of our country. * One of the beautiful land in the Far East. Philippines * Northernmost point: Y’Ami Isle 78 miles from Taiwan * Southernmost tip: Salvage Isle 34 miles from Borneo Philippines * An archipelago of 7‚ 107 islands. 2
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PHILIPPINES‚ A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY The Philippines is known for its beautiful topography‚ wonderful culture and lifestyle‚ rich natural resources‚ many tourist destinations‚ friendly‚ hospitable and peace-loving inhabitants. It is also known for its beautiful Filipinas‚ and for its religiosity. Yet‚ we are third world country. Extreme and misguided religiosity appears to be one of the major characteristics of third world countries. We are a religious country and we have an abundance of poor
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drain‚ referring to the former swamp area in the valley where no natural drainage existed. 4 Revolutionary Period (1989-1990) The Philippine insurrection of 1896 against the Spaniards reached Benguet by middle of 1899. The Katipunan came to Benguet‚ united the Ibaloys and established the Benguet Province under the Government of the Republic of the Philippines. 5 American Period (1900-1941) The Americans granted freedom of religion to the indigenous Ibaloy people of La Trinidad that enabled
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A Fantasy Fairy Tale Wedding Royalty and Romance: aren’t these at the heart of every union? It’s no wonder that the fairytale wedding also known as “Happily Ever After” or “Dreams Do Come True‚” to name just two – never goes out of fashion. You have thought about it since you were a little girl. When playing dress-up‚ you may have even dressed as a princess‚ a bride‚ a fairy tale heroine or maybe Cinderella. You pictured yourself and dreamed about being swept by your prince charming. Though now
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Software Licensing and Pricing Software is a mature industry with considerable cost pressures. It costs an incredible amount of money to develop‚ deliver‚ market‚ sell and support a software product. Software vendors are struggling with dwindling margins‚ increased competition‚ and bad economy that keep pushing them to sell at lower prices. For many‚ the only way to overcome that is to make big shifts in licensing and pricing schemes. Traditionally‚ most software vendors use a perpetual
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pinoy kasi THERE have been no easy answers to the controversy around the leakage of questions in the recent nursing licensing examinations. Wouldn’t a retake be better for all of the batch 2006 examinees‚ to remove the cloud of doubt around their competence? But wouldn’t a retake mean more expenses‚ some families selling‚ literally‚ the last carabao? And after all’s said and done‚ who should be punished for the leakage? My sense is that we’re having difficulties with these ethical issues because
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comedy: that offensive comedy makes us think about hard topics and restricting humor can mean these topics are not brought to surface‚ but these issues are still there. This argument is often joined with a distain for political correctness. In ‘Moral Licensing: When Feeling Good Frees Us to do Bad’‚ Merritt‚ Efron‚ and Benoit through a series of studies found that being political correct removed moral inhibitions for individuals because of the illusion of goodness it created. It is perhaps the case that
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Ferdinand Magellan‚ the Portuguese navigator explored the Philippines in 1521. Twenty-one years later‚ a Spanish exploration party named the group of islands in honor of Philip II of Spain. Spain retained possession of the islands for the next 350 years. The Treaty of Paris ceded the Philippines to the U.S. in 1899 after the Spanish-American War. Meanwhile‚ the Filipinos‚ led by Emilio Aguinaldo‚ had declared their independence. They initiated guerrilla warfare against U.S. troops that persisted
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