Philippines Essay Examples

Many industrial parks, either internationally or locally, are now being established in the Philippines. Industrials factories are now growing in size and number around the country. There are fortunate and successful businesses but there were those that do not thrive in the industry.There are several reasons of failure or closure of the businesses specifically industrial […]

Tourism Trends The travel and tourism industry is the world’s largest and most diverse industry . In a report of World Tourism Organization entitled International Tourism, it has pointed out the desire to standardize the definitions in the tourism industry throughout the world. This shows that tourism is an industry at its mature stage. Standardization […]

Introduction: Cultural Background Essay This paper compares the Philippines and the United States in multiple areas such as norms, values, beliefs, religion, economics, etc. The United States and the Philippines, compared from a sociological perspective, reveal fascinating similarities and differences. While English and Spanish are the most common languages in the U. S. , Filipino […]

The Republic of the Philippines, an island nation located in the Malay archipelago in Southeast Asia, comprising of 7,107 islands, collectively known as Philippine Archipelago, has a total area of nearly 300,000 square kilometers to it’s credit. The country, named “Las Islas Felipinas” after King Philip II of Spain, fell prey to Spanish colonialism in […]

The 1986 EDSA Revolution taught the world democracy. An event proudly included in history textbooks, as the Filipinos victorious non-violent attempt to overthrow the violent Marcos government. But the EDSA Revolution outcome would have not been in the Filipinos favor without the intervention of the Americans. Marcos and America, particularly their president Johnson, started with […]

PASKO SYMBOLS AND RITUALS Misa de Gallo The dawn of December 16 is different from any other morning in the Philippines. When the day’s first cockcrow is heard, exultation rings throughout the nation as church bell toll loudly to signal the official start of Christmastide. The dawn mass is aptly called Misa de Gallo or […]

Ask Philippines Ambassador to Mexico Justo O. Orros about the current trend to develop international free trade blocs, and he? ll tell you that the whole idea started back in 1565, when the Nao galleons plowed the Pacific carrying goods between the ports of Manila and Acapulco. “In a way, you could say that the […]

Just recently, issues regarding Charter Change through a People’s Initiative became the main content of all major broadsheets and news programs on television and radio. Advertisements by the group called Sigaw ng Bayan advocating this People’s Initiative were also shown in several local channels. They have even popularized their tagline, “Sigaw ng bayan dinggin na! […]

Funeral Expenses For deaths occurring on or after January 1, 1998, the amount allowable as deduction shall be the lower amount between the actual funeral expenses (whether paid or unpaid) and five percent (5%) of the gross estate, but in no case to exceed two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000). Judicial Expenses ‘Judicial expenses of the […]

Literature reflects the culture of a nation. It can serve as a tool to express a feeling and emotion. Remember during the Spanish regime, Rizal exploited the functions of literature. His two novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo contained a lot of subversive themes that sparked the revolution and consequently the victory over the […]

Market segmentation is a long-standing strategy used especially in consumer products. It is measurable, accessible, distinguishable, and actionable. Observing markets in the Philippines, can you identify market segments for fast food, garments, cigarettes, alcohol, computers, passenger cars, and beach resort? Please show the positioning of 2 consumer products and their competition in these segments. For […]

In order to accurately respond to the question of whether or not the American forces in the Philippines after the Spanish-American war and during the Philippine-American war were in fact brutal, we must first look at why the wars started in the first place. The Philippine-American war was sparked from the Spanish-American war. Spain owned […]

Bangsa moro is a fusion of the word bangsa, meaning nation or people in Malay, and moro or moor which is a Spanish term for Arabs or Muslims. The Bangsa moro is the general name referring to the 13 ethnolinguistic Muslim tribes in the Philippines which comprise a quarter of the total population in Mindanao […]

Lifelong Lesson From HBS The ability to find solutions to challenges increases exponentially when you tackle them with a team. Success comes much more easily if you can create the right environment for a group to address issues together. ” Advice to Students “Never underestimate the importance of the ‘softer’ management lessons you learn at […]

“Caregiver” Directed by: Chito S. Rono Starring: Sharon Cuneta, John Estrada, Boots Anson-Roa, Ima Castro, Lotlot De Leon The big stars kneel as the Mega Star, Ms. Sharon Cuneta, gave another heart felt drama performance in the premier of Star Cinema’s 15th year anniversary treat, CAREGIVER. The Sharonians together with Filipino celebrities with the likes […]

A man suffering attack under foreigners. A crew of men willingly watching their captains death. Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who was the captain of a fleet granted by Spain in the year of 1519. Magellan took his fleet a journey to circumnavigate the world on a mission to find a new trade route […]

Jerry Yakking, Tactical;s vice mayor, told Reuters that “some people just did NT believe us because it was so sunny. Some were even laughing. ” Many local men reporter idly stayed in their homes to protect their belongings from looters. “People were warned about the storm surge,” said Toby Monsoon, an economic CSS professor at […]

The Coming of Liberal Ideas- When the Philippines was opened y Spain to world trade, the liberal ideas of Europe and America streamed into the country, borne by ships and men from foreign ports. These liberal ideas contained in books and newspapers, were the ideologies of the America and French Revolutions and the thoughts of […]

At first, it seemed like libber action. The Philippines had been a Spanish colony for several centuries. The Americans c hashed out the Spanish, and the future seemed clear. The leader of the Filipino revolutionaries s, Emilio Signaled, was ready to march into the Philippine capital with the US and clad m Filipino independence. But […]

The Literary Forms in Philippine LiteraturePre Colonial Literature in the Philippines showcased the rich and civilized history of the Philippines. Most Filipino literature is handed down orally from one generation to another – reflecting the daily activities in the life of the primitive Filipinos and their environment (Harvey, 2010).Philippine Literature has started with fables and […]

Upon learning that his mother was going blind, he decided to study medicine specializing in ophthalmology at the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery but did not complete the program claiming discrimination made by the Spanish Dominican friars against the Filipino students. [14] Without his parents’ knowledge and consent, but secretly supported […]

The national territory comprises the Philippine archipelago, with all the islands and waters embraced therein, and all other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction, consisting of its terrestrial, fluvial, and aerial domains, including its territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, the insular shelves, and other submarine areas. The waters around, between, and […]