Education in the Philippines During the period of colonization by the United States‚ Education in the Philippines changed radically‚ modeled on the system of Education in the United States of the time. After theSecond World War‚ changes in the US system were no longer automatically reflected in the Philippines‚ which has since moved in various directions of its own. Filipino children may enter public school at about age four‚ starting from Nursery up to Kindergarten. At about seven years of age‚
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Introduction The Philippines proudly boasts to be the only Christian nation in Asia. More than 86% of the population is Roman Catholic‚ 6% belong to various nationalized Christian cults‚ and another 2% belong to well over 100 Protestant denominations. In addition to the Christian majority‚ there is a vigorous 4% Muslim minority‚ concentrated on the southern islands of Mindanao‚ Sulu‚ and Palawan. Scattered in isolated mountainous regions‚ the remaining 2% follow non-Western‚ indigenous beliefs
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The history of the Philippines can be divided into four distinct phases: the pre-Spanish period (before 1521); the Spanish period (1521-1898); the American period (1898-1946); and the post-independence period (1946-present). Pre-Spanish Period The first people in the Philippines‚ the Negritos‚ are believed to have come to the islands 30‚000 years ago from Borneo and Sumatra‚ making their way across then-existing land bridges. According to popular belief‚ Malays subsequently came from the south
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The History of the Philippines The archipelago of the Philippine is made up of over 7‚100 islands and lies off the south coast of Taiwan and its Southeastern neighbors‚ Malaysia and Indonesia (Kittler & Sucher‚ 2000). The nation is surrounded by the South China Sea on the west and by the Pacific Ocean on the east. The Filipinos are descendants of migrants from Southeast Asia such as Indonesia and Malaysia who came to the islands in successive waves over many centuries and largely displaced
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TanClarisse CortezJanuary 20‚ 2014 Industry Highlights Market Segments and Market Size Data The Philippine laundry care industry can be categorized into the following: Carpet Cleaners‚ Fabric Softeneres‚ Laundry Aids‚ Laundry Detergents and Laundry Care. Based on July 2012 Nielsen reading and even Euromonitor‚ the Laundry detergent category is a 30 billion pesos industry here in the Philippines. It is dominated by powders with a share of 18.4 billion and bars with 11.3 billion. The major
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Culture of Philippines Many people may ask where is the Philippines? The Philippines is an island nation located in Southeast Asia. Well known for the rich cultural heritage and a rich natural environment in the atmosphere widely throughout the country. Although Filipino culture acknowledges and greets visitors with a strikingly Western character‚ a strong Asian appearance shortly unravels soon after‚ creating a friendly and hospitable image Filipinos hold with unity of their diverse origins from
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definition of terms used. Introduction The Philippine Wildlife has a significant number of plant and animal species that are indigenous in the Philippines. The country’s surrounding waters reportedly have the highest level of biodiversity in the world. The Philippines is considered as one of the seventeen mega diverse countries as well as global biodiversity hotspot. The world’s second largest archipelago country after Indonesia‚ the Philippines includes more than 7‚100 islands covering 297‚179
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Culture of the Philippines From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Part of a series on the Culture of Philippines History Languages Traditions Mythology and folklore[show] Cuisine Festivals Religion Literature Music and performing arts[show] Media[show] Sport[show] Monuments[show] Symbols[show] Philippines portal v t e Life in the Philippines Culture Cuisine Dance Demographics Economy Education Higher education Health Film Holidays Kinship Languages Literature Martial arts Music Politics Religion
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INDUSTRY PROFILE Soap in Philippines Reference Code: 0115-0208 Publication Date: April 2011 www.datamonitor.com Datamonitor USA 245 Fifth Avenue 4th Floor New York‚ NY 10016 USA t: +1 212 686 7400 f: +1 212 686 2626 e: usinfo@datamonitor.com Datamonitor Europe 119 Farringdon Road London EC1R 3DA United Kingdom t: +44 20 7551 9000 f: +44 20 7675 7500 e: eurinfo@datamonitor.com Datamonitor Middle East and North Africa Datamonitor PO Box 24893 Dubai‚ UAE t: +49 69 9754 4517 f: +49 69 9754 4900 e:
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2 Industrial Agglomeration in the Philippines Mari-Len Reyes-Macasaquit* The Philippine Institute for Development Studies‚ the Philippines Abstract The economic reform process in the Philippines was accelerated in the 1980s and 1990s. The reforms were found to have yielded positive results in terms of the nature of industrial agglomeration in the country as this was found to have occurred in the 1990s based on the results of the survey and econometrics analyses. The latter also identified the
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