the South East Asian nation of the Philippines. The Republic of the Philippines is an archipelago‚ or chain of islands‚ located off the south-eastern coast of Asia. Consisting of over 7‚000 volcanic islands with a total land area of nearly 300‚000 square kilometers (approximately the size of Arizona)‚ islands of the Philippines are predominantly mountainous except for densely populated coastal plains on larger islands. The country is located over the Philippine Trench‚ a plate tectonic boundary which
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Formation of the Philippine Islands The Indo-Australian plate is found south of the Eurasian and the Philippine Seaplates. It is generally oceanic‚ being submerged by Indian and Pacific Oceans‚ but it holds two gigantic land masses – the island continent of Australia and Indian subcontinent. Recent researches‚ however‚ show that these two land masses are moving independently of each other‚ thus‚ may actually be parts of separate plates. The Philippine Sea plate is found east of the Eurasian
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PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FINAL Submitted By: Philip Baumgarten Introduction to the Philippines System of Government The Philippines has a government of representative democracy based on the United States system. The 1987 constitution‚ adopted during the administration of Corazon Aquino reestablished a presidential system of government with a bicameral legislature and an independent judiciary. The President‚ the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate are elected
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IMPORT RICE The Philippines is currently the largest importer of rice in the world‚ importing around 1.8 million tons of rice in 2008 (World Rice Statistics). Three main factors explain why the Philippines imports rice: Land area: The Philippines has around 300‚000 square kilometers‚ of which around 43‚000 square kilometers of harvested area are used for rice production. As most of the country is very mountainous and consists of many small islands‚ suitable land is limited to expand rice production
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1521-1897 During the Spanish occupation‚ when they came here in the Philippines in 1521 they brought with them the first European coin called teston. Also it is the first silver coin. When the Galleon trade exercised the earliest coins during the Spanish colonization was the Macuqinas or the cobs. It has a irregular‚ oddly-shaped coins stamped with a cross
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n.d‚ ¶2). However‚ in the Pearl of the Orient- the Philippines- continuous degradation of the forests or what is known to be deforestation (Maycock‚ 2011‚ p.398) is being performed‚ resulting to serious problems including the displacement of wildlife species‚ the occurrence of severe effects during or after a tropical storm (which is commonly experienced by Filipinos)‚ and the increasing level of temperature in the country. In fact‚ Philippines ranks number three in the world’s fastest deforestation
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Agrarian Reform Philippines Agrarian Reform Philippines not only accelerated the productivity of the agricultural sector of the country‚ but promoted the agro-based industries as well. Agrarian Reform acts and laws in Philippines: gradual evolution * The beginning: The idea of initiating land reform programs in Philippines can be traced back to 1963. The enactment of the Republic Act (RA) 3844‚ Section 49‚ better known as the Agricultural Land Reform Code emphasized on the foundation of an
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The Constitution of the Philippines (Filipino: Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas) is the supreme law of the Philippines. The Constitution currently in effect was enacted in 1987‚ during the administration of President Corazon Aquino‚ and is popularly known as the "1987 Constitution".[1] Philippine constitutional law experts recognize three other previous constitutions as having effectively governed the country — the 1935 Commonwealth Constitution‚ the 1973 Constitution‚ and the 1986 Freedom Constitution
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There are four major terrorist groups active in the Philippines today: The Moro National Liberation Front‚ the Moro Islamic Liberation Front‚ Abu Sayyaf and the New People’s Army. The first three are Islamic groups that operate primarily in the south of the nation‚ where most of the country’s Muslim minority live. The Communist New People’s Army operates in the northern Philippines. Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Emerging in the early 1970s‚ the MNLF sought an independent Islamic nation
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director William Gaud‚ who noted the spread of the new technologies: The Green Revolution in the 1960s up to the early part of the 1980s was one of the major factors that enabled the Philippines not only to be self-sufficient in rice but also to export some of it to neighboring countries in 1977-78. There is no reason why the Philippines‚ with its natural resources‚ trained manpower and favorable climate‚ cannot replicate the Green Revolution and finally attain rice self-sufficiency. The rice experts stressed
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