Jehzar Balante I was born on a warm, sunny day in September 22, 1995 in Davao city, philippines. I still live in Davao city and I go to school at Ateneo de Davao University. I live with my sister, Jem; and my grandmother, lola maria;. When I was born, my sister was four-years-old and hid under the table from me. Jem is a sweet kid and she would do anything for me, but like all brothers and sisters we fight like cats and dogs. Sometimes when no one was around, Jem would come up to me and bite
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Case 3: Government, Private Companies losing P14.6B to Software Piracy 1. Executive Summary Seven out of 10 software programs installed in computers in the Philippines are unlicensed, resulting to losses of P14.6 billion in 2011, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) on August 16 said during the launch of its educational campaign geared at addressing high software piracy rate. Through the campaign dubbed “Be Aware of Your Software: Maximize the Benefits, Minimize the
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career. He coasted along until his mother died. Suddenly everybody thought it would be a good idea to vote him into office as president. It was what is expected of the son of the late Benigno and Cory Aquino, both great former presidents of the Philippines. He lacks charisma or even basic public speaking abilities. The media has a lot of bad comments especially when he speaks with the press. He commits a lot of stupid pronouncements and sometimes what he says is beyond comprehension. He should get
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an educated person, and he would not want anyone to die because of any revolution. He planned his ideas and he was not an impulsive decision maker. 4. Connect the relevance of the author's idea/your reflection of the writing to the contemporary Philippine society. Our society today needs Rizal, a person who is aware of his goals and knows well the execution of these goals. In this modern era, we
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the obvious truth that lies before them. They see the match as a contest, or exhibition, of power, skill, precision, and endurance. However, once in the mind of a tennis player, these true warlike feelings will Changing electoral law The Philippines runs under a democratic
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nature is for the good of the majority. However, most of these people don’t see that this might serve as an avenue for corruption instead of a solution that would completely eradicate the issue of poverty in the Philippines. According to the press release given by the Senate of the Philippines, there is a whopping P21-billion in the DOH budget that seeks to address maternal and infant health. To have a culture that is family-oriented, do we really need this amount of budget for a law that declines our
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Corporation, known distinctively by its red and yellow bumble bee mascot, operates a number of concept restaurants in the Philippines and beyond. From its core business, a McDonald's-like restaurant, Jollibee has expanded into a pizza chain, fast food Chinese restaurants, bakeries, breakfast bars, and a tea house. The company competes well with multinationals in the Philippines, and has begun a large expansion into the international market, including China and the United States. Jollibee, the original
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PHILIPPINE THEATER Theater in the Philippines is as varied as the cultural traditions and the historical influences that shaped it through the centuries. The dramatic forms that flourished and continue to flourish among the different peoples of the archipelago include: the indigenous theater, mainly Malay in character, which is seen in rituals, mimetic dances, and mimetic customs; the plays with Spanish influence, among which are the komedya, the sinakulo, the playlets, the sarswela, and the drama;
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let me share with you this interesting article about the great Malayan sexuality: Was Rizal Gay? By Neil C. Garcia Sometime during the Centennial of Rizal’s martyrdom, Isagani R. Cruz, local pop-culture Provocateur and professor of literature and Philippine studies at the De La Salle University, wrote a column for the now-defunct Filmag: Filipino Magazin, shockingly titled “Bakla ba si Rizal?” (1) The answer to this question, if Cruz is to be believed, is a resounding and categorical “Yes!” And he
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SONA in 2010 ran for close to 40 minutes, his second ran for 53 minutes, and his third ran for around one hour and 30 minutes. Aquino’s fourth, which went on for around hour and 43 minutes, was replete with “melodramatic” clips, University of the Philippines sociologist Nicole Curato noted. “It felt like it was crafted for foreign investors, he’s doing a cheerleader role, but in terms of him playing an elected official to his bosses, it had melodramatic clips that [do not] affect us in real life,"
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