Carfel Shell Museum, Philippines, 377p.Dolorosa R. G., Schoppe S., 2005 Focal benthic mollusks (Mollusca: Bivalvia and Gastropoda) of selected sites in Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park, Palawan, Philippines.Tabugo S. R. M., Pattuinan J. O., Sespene N. J. J., Jamasali A. J., 2013 Some Economically important bivalves and gastropods found in the island of Hadji Panglima Tahil, in the province of Sulu, Philippines.Schoppe S., Gatus J., Milan P. P., Seronay R. A., 1998 Gleaning activities on the islands of Apid, Digyo and Mahaba, Inopacan, Leyte, Philippines.Springsteen F. J., Leobrera F. M., 1986 Shells of the Philippines.
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She received the Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas Award for English fiction in 1988 from the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL) and the Southeast Asian Writers (SEAWRITE) Award in 1990.Carmen Guerrero Nakpil is one of the most preeminent writers of the Philippines.That same year her book “The Philippines: The Land and the People” was given the National Book Award for anthology from the Manila Critics Circle.Carmen was widowed in World War II.On July 7, 2005 she was conferred by PresidentGloria Macapagal Arroyo with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her outstanding achivement in history.
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The CPA Journal 2007, chapter 3, pp.SGV & Co. Philippines|Ernst & Young| Quality in Everything we do.Online Resources .Manabat Delgado Amper & Company .The CPA Journal 2007, p. 17 .
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It decided to offer technical assistance through training and provision of resources to the government of Philippines.Maxwell, C. D. (2008).SOCOM, 1(1), 1-11.Sewall, S., & Lambert, G. (2011).Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines: The Salience of Civilian Casualties and the Indirect Approach.
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Mass media and technology, as allies in making lives comfortable, must make good use of their resources to carry out good will and determination.That will help for the increase of productivity of the nation which, in turn, will alleviate the country from its tribulations brought about by the aspects of politics, economics, and society in general.This section of the paper will talk about the history of the Philippines in relation to media and information dissemination.Especially that the media is in part with the marginalized and the informal sectors of society, citizens must realize their role as the second “disseminators” of truth.I posit that, through this section of this paper demonstrating the history of the Philippine media, it is r...
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“The Philippines.” In The World Press Freedom Review, 2001.“Philippines.” Central Intelligence Agency.American journalists in the Philippines went so far as to characterize the natives as “little brown soldiers who enjoyed parading before the patient Americans,” and as “a group of warlike tribes who will devour each other when American troops leave.” The Americans wasted no time in establishing a press system in the Philippines modeled on that of the one in place in the United States.“The Philippines,” 2002.Philippines Journalism Review, June 2002.
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Giving priority to this by the government nationally and locally would be a start of a new beginning in the development of mental health in our country.I am agree with what WHO-AIMS mentioned in their report that the challenge is on how to motivate these professionals to stay here in the country and sustain their involvement, especially in the community setting, because our country is continuing to lose this valuable and crucial resource to overseas employment.The major resource in the Philippines is its highly literate population who also values education and professional development.Academic institutions and training centers have in the last 4 decades developed good programs to educate and develop the mental health human resources, spe...
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Viva Larga Pirata!To sum up this, there are lots of aspects to take in to consideration in choosing the right educational institution.Even though Lyceum of the Philippines University Cavite-Campus just opened its doors to the public at year 2008, the numbers of enrollees boost because of its accessibility for us Caviteños.The university was called as “The First and Only Resort Campus in the Philippines” due to its modern and elegant design.There are lots of eligible institutions to choose from but why did we choose Lyceum of the Philippines University?
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In the Philippines where nurses are largely dependent on physicians for a patient’s medical management, the attitude towards a widened scope of practice may be met with some resistance by a number citizens.Although much remains to be seen for the future of Advanced Nursing Practice, its implementation can be seen as a movement towards improving the nursing profession as a whole in the Philippines.Lastly, opportunities for continued development in the nursing profession may provide a solution to the surplus of registered nurses in the Philippines.Thailand, which can be seen as having similar healthcare needs and limitations as the Philippines, has greatly benefited from their implementation of Advanced Practice Nursing.The Philippines may...
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Costa-i-Font, Oreggia and Lunapla (2002)46 suggested empirical evidence which supports the existence of “local pork-barrel politics” in regional allocation of public investment by Mexican Kenneth N. Brickers and Robert M. Stein, “The Electoral Dynamics of the Federal Pork Barrel”, American Journal of Political Science, 1996 40 Kenneth N. Brickers and Robert M. Stein, “The Congressional Pork Barrel in a Republican Era”, The Journal of Politics, 2000 41 R. Michael Alvarez and Jason L. Saving, “Deficits, Democrats, and Distributive Benefits: Congressional Elections and the Pork Barrel in the 1980s”, Political Research Quarterly, 1997 42 Diana Evans, “Policy and Pork: The Use of Pork Barrel Projects to Build Policy Conditions in the House of...
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At the same time, more importance should be given to the prevalent diseases, the top ten leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the Philippines, namely, infections such as pneumonia and tuberculosis.Based on studies made by the University of the Philippines (one example here), the country tops the fertility rate in Southeast Asia at 3.3 percent.This report is a case study from the AHEAD project in Philippines.Studies have shown that most pregnancies in the Philippines, especially among the poor, are unplanned.Following are Malaysia at 2.5 percent and Vietnam at 2.1 percent.
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This was used as the preliminary database server of the system.These photo editing softwares were used in creating and editing images for the interface designs of the system.The following are the software development tools that were used to design and develop the Online Entrance Examination System: Notepad++.Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Adobe Fireworks CS5.It acts as the storage of related input data like the questions, choices and others.
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Going back to History, American are also known as Thomasites which brought up high standards of education in the Philippines.For a country like Philippines, educational system can be considered competitive enough because it produces competent and skilled professionals nowadays.Brain Drain is one common problem in the Philippines, after years of studying where Filipinos receive of high quality education, they goes out of the country and work for a higher salary.The Philippines is attracted to Japan made products and China influenced imitation of much lower quality technologies as compared to hight technological quality provided in the United States.The tendency is the economy of such country raises and the downfall of professional statist...
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com/content/1/1/8.a=show&c=Volume%206%20March%202002&t=journals&i=5.Journal of International Affairs, Vol.human-resources-health.Health Professionals Migration and its Impact on the Philippines, Journal of Asia Pacific Research Network, 2002. vol.
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Philippines: A Country Study.Lessons from the Philippines: Marcos era A stereotypical account of corruption in the Philippines may be used to clarify and extend Shleifer and Vishny’s (1993, hereafter referred to as S-V) theory of corruption.If the Philippines is to sustain its current high rate of economic growth, it needs to keep corruption not only centralized but “growth-compatible.” The coconut scam described in section 2 was an effective pilfering mechanism in the short-run, but in the long-run it destroyed the incentive to invest in coconut farming and downstream industries.These forces may become part of a nation’s social capital and may help explain why the Philippines is often characterized as a Latin American country in Asia.Be...
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Extramarital affairs, is a sensitive topic rarely discussed in the Philippines.As written in the Revise Penal Code of the Philippines, the legal wife must prove that the sexual intercourse took place under scandalous circumstances, or that the husband kept a mistress in the conjugal dwelling or cohabited with her in any other place.This study will be confined to interviewing an expert in the field of women and development studies in the Philippines on her view of the existence and persistence of concubinage in the Philippine society.This particular ground for concubinage is what makes the groundbreaking Ortigas-Madrigal case, the most celebrated, if not the most famous, concubinage case in the Philippines.333 of the Revise Penal Code of ...
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Maruja M. B. Asis, a Director of Research and Publications at the Scalabrini Migration Center, Philippines, she provides research knowledge about gender, family migration, migration development and migration governance in the Philippines to her readers.I think the strongest part of my paper would be the paragraph about labor migration and what causes labor migration to happen in the Philippines.Since my topic is researching about the affects of children in the Philippines, the research results in this journal is really helpful.Although it is a solution to Philippines families, it can also ruin the families because of separation which links to lack of care towards children.Therefore, I feel that this problem in the Philippines should be s...
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The former policies and steps undertaken needed to be modified to suit the condition of the Philippines.The Philippines: Beyond the Crisis .The Philippines can consider setting its neighbors and the East Asia Miracle as benchmark of development and a goal to be achieved.The Philippines have a lot of catching up to do, the East Asian miracle may also come true for the Philippines if it would only reconsider some of the policies being implemented and strengthen its institutions that would foster economic development.“The East Asian Model of Economic development and developing countries.” Journal of Developing Societies, 2002: 330-335. .
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Political issues affect the economy in the Philippines, political alliances and employment regulation have a great impact in the operation of fast food chain .. Due to economic crisis in the Philippines, some family cannot afford to buy their meal in Jollibee.The researcher suggest furthermore research about the company’s competitive strategy and other factors affecting the company’s success not only in the Philippines but still growing around the globe.The focus of the research will be the customer’s of Jollibee Food Corporation in the Philippines.Due to the location of the researcher and the location of the market in the Philippines online surveys will be useful and will generate faster response.The company started in the Philippines ...
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It is imperative that we turn the page to remind us of the efforts of those who came before us.The bright lives of some of its editors: Abraham Sarmiento Jr., Antonio Tagamolila, and Enrique Voltaire Garcia III, among a host of others, were snuffed out.Among the tabloids with the biggest circulations include Bulgar with a daily circulation of 448 450, followed by the People’s Journal, 382 200, and the People’s Tonight, 365 811.Perfection lies not behind us, but ahead of us.The Collegian was a party in their efforts to resolve the varied inequities of the times with articles that seared, and commentaries that burned.
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The Philippine eLib was conceptualised in 2003 through the efforts of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), led by Undersecretary Fortunato T. dela Pena, and four other government institutions, namely the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Department of Agriculture (DA), National Library of the Philippines (NLP), and University of the Philippines (UP).It also aims to promote and accelerate the exchange of knowledge resources among citizens, and international users.The Philippine eLib tackled this factor by stressing the fact that creating an online library system in the Philippines would increase the citizens’ knowledge.Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services.The Univ...
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It is normal for a woman to experience a range of emotions after an abortion, such as relief, sadness, happiness and feelings of loss.Financial resources allotted by foreign donors to assist the Philippine government programs could actually be better spent towards pursuing health programs targeting communicable diseases than purchasing artificial contraceptives.Many women feel that they have made the right decision after having an abortion.For some women, however, abortion can raise negative emotional responses including grief, guilt, anger, shame and regret.Legislation can be retooled in tandem with the bill for the protection of unborn babies.Babies’ right is to be born not to abort.
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Surveys are the most common form of research method for collection of primary data.Managing these human-generated wastes requires reducing their effect on health and the environment as well as recovering resources from it.The survey method, also known as the questionnaire method, will be used in gathering the data for this study.The descriptive survey of the population is valuable in understanding the audience, and in the definition of the existence and magnitude of the problems, and the survey data are also helpful in determining cause and effect relationships between variables.Improper waste management is a serious problem in the Philippines, causing much of the flood that is taking away the lives of many, for instance.
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Governance concern is still deemed as one of the main reasons of poverty in the Philippines because of the activities of the corrupt government officials.Apparently, research shows that education has also been a problem in the Philippines.Another cause is said to be disability – this is also one of the possible causes of poverty in the Philippines since more and more people nowadays become disabled because of several illnesses and diseases that arise like AH1N1 virus, SARS, dengue, and more.It is not prioritized by the government because only the privileged can have access to basic education in the sense that most of the children in the Philippines could not afford the needs of a student such as food, clothing, school materials and even ...
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All of the academic programs that the university offers are accredited levels 2, 3, and 4 by the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines.Internet facilities are available for electronic resources and online subscriptions to professional journals.It is the organization of people, institutions, and resources to deliver health care services to meet the health needs of target populations.In the Philippines, the practice of herbal medicine in the province is very common.At the end of the study the researchers assume that there is enough scientific studies to justify the blooming market of medicinal plants in the Philippines and that the Filipinos are very dynamic and are looking forward for new innovations regarding herbalism.
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Visiting Professorship, Osaka University of Foreign Studies Professor Emeritus, University of the Philippines .Likhang Dila, Likhang Diwa (poems in Filipino and English), 1993; Balaybay, Mga Tulang Lunot at Manibalang, 2002; Sa Sariling Bayan, Apat na Dulang May Musika, 2004; “Agunyas sa Hacienda Luisita,” Pakikiramay, 2004.Bienvenido Lumbera also received several awards citing his contribution to Philippine Letters, most notably the 1975 Palanca Award for Literature; the 1993 Magsaysay Award for Journalism Literature, and Creative Communication Arts; several National Book Awards from the Manila Critics Circle; the 1998 Philippine Centennial Literary Prize for Drama; and the 1999 Cultural Center of the Philippines Centennial Honors fo...
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If the Philippine government is able to do these things then the Philippines will not have to worry about waste or garbage problems for a long time.This will give him a good conclusion on his paper because he would want his readers to know that the youth of the Philippines is not incompetent on issues regarding the Philippines.Their actions affect the state of the Philippines and the Philippines needs help with the problem of garbage.The Department of Environment and Natural Resources spear heads all the segregation sites in the Philippines.With these machines garbage will decrease while at the same time increasing the economy of the Philippines.
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According to Philippine Coconut Authority, as of 2010, 26% or 3.56 million hectares of the Philippines’ total agricultural lands are planted with coconut.Coco oil exports, however, fell by double digits in both volume and value terms in August 2011 due in part to lower domestic output (United Coconut Associations of the Philippines).But despite of this, given the fast-growing demand for coconut water as a healthy and alternative sports drink globally, officials said the Philippines, being the world’s top coconut exporter, is taking steps to ensure sustainable supply.The general representation of the investment environment in the Philippines provided by the World Bank’s and Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) investment climate surveys barbed ...
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...sense that in a newspaper, every news counts, and every story is keenly observed on what deserves to be put inside the newsprint.Regardless of the studies made by the Committee to Protect Journalists which states that the Philippines is the second most dangerous place for correspondents, next only to Iraq, it is quite shocking that the number of “... .This just shows how powerful the mass media, specifically the Web, has played in the nation building of this institution.... middle of paper ... .Whether it may be print or broadcast journalism, these columnists are unparalleled in their duties to spread the news to the society in their social and moral obligation to spread the truth, and to inform the public on what is happening in thei...
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He has since received honorary doctorates from Tokyo University, Baguio’s St. Louis University, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, and the Ateneo de Manila University.Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (born 1947) grew up Cebu City, Philippines, the youngest of four children to Concepcion Cuenco Manguerra and Mariano F. Manguerra.Linda Ty Casper graduatedvaledictorian in the University of the Philippines, and later earned her Master’s degree in Harvard University for International Law.Brainard’s writings can be found in periodicals such as Town and Country, Zee Lifestyle Magazine, Focus Philippines, Philippine Graphic, Amerasia Journal, Bamboo Ridge among others.Upon his return to the Philippines, he joined the Philippines Free Press, st...
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