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The Republic of the Philippines is situated at 13 degrees North and 122 degrees East in the western Pacific Ocean. It includes the Philippine Islands and a portion of the Malay Archipelago. The Bashi Channel separates it from Taiwan, while it lies approximately 750 mi (about 1210 km) east of Vietnam’s coast. With a total…

Let me introduce myself: I am a Director at a Mumbai-based Fortune 50 company in the services industry. My role involves overseeing a business vertical with 1500 employees and generating an impressive revenue of Rs. 400 crore. Given the nature of my job, I frequently encounter unexpected situations. Consequently, I have developed a higher tolerance…

Executive Summary No law, executive order or proclamation has been enacted or issued officially proclaiming any Filipino historical figure as a national hero. However, because of their significant roles in the process of nation building and contributions to history, there were laws enacted and proclamations issued honoring these heroes. Even Jose Racial, considered as the…

For almost four centuries, the Philippines was colonized and occupied by three separate countries on three separate occasions, one after the other. This scale of colonialism has left its mark on Filipino culture, values, and identity in both positive and negative ways. On the positive side, the Spanish and their brought Christianity has ingrained a…

The movie tells the story of the first hero of the Philippines, Lapu-lapu. The movie opens with a battle scene between two armies on a beach on Mactan Island. One army is led by Lapu-lapu and the other by Humabon. The forces of Humabon are defeated and he escapes with a wound at the stomach…

The story “Rice” is a narrative story describing the situation of rice farmers and their family in Hacienda Consuelo. It was when the social condition is only on the side of those in the higher class. At the beginning of the story you can actually feel the dark or unpleasant feeling the characters is experiencing….

The priests, Gomez, Burgos and Zamora were jailed in Fort Santiago before they were tried for rebellion. Priests both regular and secular were allowed to see them. Each one of them had a confessor. During the trial, the government failed to prove convincingly that the accused were really connected with the January mutiny. The governor-general…

Historical Background – The Filipino Spirit was reawakened when the three priests, Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora, were guillotined without sufficient grounds of guilt. This was buttressed by the spirit of liberalism when the Philippines opened its doors to universal trade and with the coming of a broad leader in the individual of Governor Carlos Maria…

Punjab’s primary mode of production happens to be agriculture, even though the state is both rural and urban. This combination gives the state the ability to flourish. If one section were to struggle or change, then the whole system would be ruined. People are already leaving the rural side to go to the urban side…

As heavy downpour, record heat waves and extreme cold waves escalated in the nation over in 2019, the year filled in as another token of how India is one of the nations that are the most defenceless against the effect of environmental change. The year 2019 saw and record extreme climate instances activated by environmental change…