...Experience Marcos dictatorship in Thailand By: Joel Ruiz Butuyan IF FILIPINO voters who are motivated with a longing to bring back the Marcos years will have their way in the May elections, all Filipino Facebook users will be in jail. This was my conclusion after a four-day stay in Thailand last week to witness the court trials of two political prisoners, and to meet with journalists and lawyers who are fighting to keep the embers of freedom alive despite the authoritarian rule of a military junta. I was in Thailand as the representative of the Center for International Law (Centerlaw), a nongovernment organization founded by my colleague Harry Roque. Centerlaw represents victims of human rights violations, especially persecuted advocates of freedom of expression. It is working to strengthen the network of free expression advocates in Southeast Asia. For four days, I listened to stories of arbitrary arrest and detention, intimidation, and some instances of torture committed by the very government that is supposed to protect the Thai citizenry against such crimes. It is all too reminiscent of the martial rule of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines. The Thai military junta, euphemistically known as the National Council for Peace and Order, mounted a coup d’état and ousted the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The junta imposed martial law when it seized power in May 2014, and while the regime officially lifted it in April 2015, Thailand remains under martial...
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...space, time, resources Political Use of Tourism: * Spain (1939 – 75) under Franco’s regime * Most hated * Political acceptance * Israel (political sympathy for war in Gaza, boost national morale) * Philippines (1966 – 86) under Marcos * Marcos family was the richest in the world * To meet the needs of Marcos New Society – new image of the country. Created hotels with cheap material that caused building chippings * Korea and Taiwan * Korea was divided into North/South Korea in WWII * Political legitimacy, economic boost * Socialist Governments * Consistent with the pursuit of national ideologies * Social tourism Example of Political Use of Tourism: Chavez Video Clip: Why did Chaves want to create a new dependency? * For tourist attraction * Natural gas * Claiming the land before US could claim their land for natural resource * Chavez wanted to create a territorial protection of natural resources Vietnam cancels trips over oil rig row * Territorial dispute (have to see if there’s any natural resources under the ocean), countries stopped sending tourists * Chinese tourists to Japan were called ‘traitors’ because of oil (natural resource) claim * With tourism in mind Kenya Government invested in major security upgrade * Pirates in Somalia kidnapped two British couples and asked for ransom Canada to Begin Collecting Biometrics: * Fingerprints, iris scanning (unique...
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...Ferdinand Edralin Marcos (1965-1986) C. Liberalized Credit More than one thousand rural banks spread all over the country resulting to the accessibility of credit to finance purchase of agricultural inputs, hired labor, and harvesting expenses at very low interest rate. During 1981-1985, credit was available without interest and collateral arrangements. Some of the credit programs were the ff: Programs: 1. Biyayang Dagat (credit support for fishermen) 2. Bakahang Barangay --supported fattening of 40,000 head of cattle in farmer backyards 3. Masaganang Maisan, Maisagana, and Expanded Yellow Corn Program --supported 1.4 Million farmers through P4.7 Billion loans from 1975-1985 4. Gulayan sa Kalusugan and Pagkain ng Bayan Programs --provided grants and loans of P12.4 Million to encourage backyard and communal production of vegetables and improve nutrition of Filipino households 5. Kilusang Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran (KKK)—supported 25,000 entrepreneurial projects through P1.8 Billion and helping 500,000 beneficiaries D. Decontrol Program Price control polices were implemented on rice and corn to provide greater incentive to farmers to produce more. Deregulation of trading in commodities like sugar and coconut and agricultural inputs like fertilizer were done for more efficient marketing and trading arrangements. Reforms: II. Education Reform Access to free education widened during the Marcos Administration. The biggest portion of the budget was allotted for Educational...
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...Marco Navarro PA-3001-02 Dr. Donovan Managing Information Systems: Database Proposal: H&M Auto Repair Marco Navarro Scope of Project: For the past five years, I’ve been working for a mechanic shop called H and M auto repair shop. The guys who work there, do trucks, car, even lunch trucks. I Work in the office taking calls, writing down parts that were used in a days work so we keep track on parts that we need to order at the end of the week, writing down customer information, so we know who to call when there car are done. We put all this information on a note pad that we keep in a desk. My boss is really un-organize. We need a way to get this info in and out easier and quicker but that’s hard with a notebook. So I proposed that we take all this information and put it in an access database to make it a quicker and an easier process. Organization: H & M Auto Repair Inc. H & M Auto Repair is a profit organization, which offers its customers top of the line vehicle care at a great price. Sometimes we do high-end cars and we have to order those parts from the dealer, and the dealer price is a lot more, so we try to see if we can price the customer a fair price. On a good day, we have twelve customers on the books and maybe four walk-ins. On a bad day, we have like five customers on the books and maybe two walk-ins. Sometimes we have clients, who have multiple orders, like engine work, oil change, trans oil change,...
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...Module 1 Executive summary and Introduction A. Summary of the study People started using public transportation in a higher rate because of sky rising gas price, unavoidable traffic congestion and growing environment pollution. Current generation has calculated the time and money spent on everyday transportation and decided to leave their car back home or at nearby railway station while commuting to office or downtown. Hence the utilization of taxi cab service has increased over the time. A taxi business is a potentially profitable venture that you can invest on particularly if you live in the city and there are plenty of people who need the services of cabs. The taxi business is also a good business idea especially nowadays that people are already acknowledging the advantages of using public transportation over driving their own cars. If you are interested in a taxi business, here are some of the things that you will be interested to know: The Taxi cab Taxi cabs are your most important requirement to start a taxi cab business. It will be up to you to decide what car model you will use but it is best to inquire first from your licensing agency because there may be particular types of car that are required for use by taxi businesses. Operators of taxi businesses also have the option in choosing whether they will buy second hand cars or purchase new cars for their taxi business. If you prefer to use new cars for your taxi cab business, it is important that you...
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...According to the United Nations, coconut production in the Philippines grew at the rate of 5.3 per cent per year from 1911 to 1929, and increased by 5.2 per cent from 1952 to 1966.[3] A coconut tree in Boracay In 2012, the Philippines exported more than 1.5-million metric tonnes of copra, coconut oil, copra meal, desiccated coconut, coco shell charcoal, activated carbon and coco chemicals, a 1.49 per cent increase compared to the volume exported in 2011.[4] In 1989, it produced 11.8 million tonnes and at the time was the second largest producer but has since surpassed Indonesia. In 1989, coconut products, coconut oil, copra (dried coconut), and desiccated coconut accounted for approximately 6.7 percent of Philippine exports.[5] About 25 percent of cultivated land was planted in coconut trees, and it is estimated that between 25 percent and 33 percent of the population was at least partly dependent on coconuts for their livelihood. Historically, the Southern Tagalog and Bicol regions of Luzon and the Eastern Visayas were the centers of coconut production.[5] In the 1980s, Western Mindanao and Southern Mindanao also became important coconut-growing regions. In the early 1990s, the average coconut farm was a medium-sized unit of less than four hectares. Owners, often absentee, customarily employed local peasants to collect coconuts rather than engage in tenancy relationships. The villagers were paid on a piece-rate basis. Those employed in the coconut industry tended to be...
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...explorers to reach their well appointed destination. Sails on boats, instead of the excruciating maneuvers of manpower let ships flow more freely efficiently.The impact that The Travels of Marco Polo had on European readers was that it gave a new insight to other cultures, their customs, geography, and transportation. The regions of China and Asia were once only brought together with Europe for the hope of economic profits, but this book opened...
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...Moringa Oil Seen as Biofuel Source As the Philippines seeks better ways to use its resources in combating climate change, a new discovery by a Filipino biotechnology company based in the U.S. has tapped a wonder plant in the country as a source of biofuel. Malunggay, scientifically known as Moringa Oleifera, which is widely grown in the Philippines and is considered one the world's most useful plants, is found as a good source of Moringa oil. This oil is believed to be a biofuel source. SECURA International announced that malunggay oil is being tapped by the North American Biofuels Inc. (NABI) since January as possible raw material for biodiesel production. As a result, the former is currently growing malunggay in 500,000-hectare farmland to meet the demands of NABI.Since malunggay can easily be grown in the country, SECURA International president Danny Manayaga encouraged the Filipino farmers to take advantage of the situation in meeting the demands of the world for the Moringa oil supply to be used as biodiesel. Manayaga said this business is sustainable since the market is very accessible. Currently, there are 165 marketing companies in the U.S. for biodiesel using soybean oil as raw material. It is expected that in the next 50 years, Japan and Korea will be the biggest markets of Moringa oil for their automobiles that will use biodiesel. Earlier, the Philippine government is endorsing jatropha as a source of biofuel. However, Manayaga said Moringa oil is more...
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...Unit I Foreign Policy What is Foreign Policy? Foreign policy has many exegesis as there are internationalist who attempt to define this most intriguing subject of international relations. Initially, it has been define as a “ statement of national goals limited both absolutely and relatively by national power”. The Foreign Service Institute of the Philippines prefers to allude to it as “ set of guidelines articulated by the government to a country in order to promote its national interest through the conduct of its relations with other countries” The Foreign Service Institute of the Philippines has likewise quoted a dictum ascribed to President Ferdinand E. Marcos that: The foreign policy of a nation is the articulation of its fondest needs and aspiration, and in international affairs, it is its sole weapon for the promotion of national interest. Foreign Policy is a “part of the general program of government. It is furthermore an extension of its domestic policy”. The term “system” when used in the context of an organization, implies an entity composed of a set of parts and created to accomplish certain, objectives. The aim of the system is the coordination of human efforts and material resources to produce desired results in a dynamic organization. An organization, as social system, has certain inherent characteristics: 1) it has subsystem and, is part of a suprasystem in continual interaction with one another 2) It has define objectives...
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...The people I chose to interview were my mother and my father. Previously going into this project I knew very little about my parents. The things that I knew were just the small things they told me from time to time. But finally asking them about their lives was fascinating because the generation difference is so great. The first person I interviewed was my mom, Amy. My mom was born in the Philippines in the city of Manila. She lived in a suburban area. When she was growing up she wasn’t impacted by any wars, however she lived through many changes of Ferdinand Marcos government regime in the Philippines. Life was challenging to say the least, poverty was high and they saw it all around them. But people still found a way to thrive in their situations. She witnessed people selling different things such as bottles, metal scraps, woods, fruits, and etc. mainly for food and money for rent. In September 1972 President Marcos declared Marshall Law in the...
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... Instability in the MiddleEast, Oil supply uncertainty) Of all the political risks covered, the Iraq/Middle East threat has the greatest likelihood of triggering the other major threats. Thus, the worsening of the Iraq/Middle East situation poses the gravest threat to the growth and stability of the world economy. If the situation in Iraq further deteriorates, the threat of sectarian violence spreading in the region increases and instability results. By this threat alone, this is a serious risk. However, the chain of events it could trigger is more significant. *Increasing incentives to join terrorism The conflict in Iraq and the Middle East, where civilian lives were lost and impoverished makes it easier for terrorist groups to attract new recruits. Destruction of lives and property, as well as the resulting chaos could popularize anti-US/Western sentiment. Also, joining terrorist groups could also be an escape from the difficulty of surviving in the ongoing chaos. The threat of this new wave of terrorist activities could result in a more unsecure world, where asymmetric warfare could break out in different regions. *Worsening oil supply uncertainty As the Middle East region accounts for more than half of the world’s oil reserves, with Saudi Arabia alone accounting for 25%, the effect of an unstable Middle East directly leads to a more uncertain oil supply for the world. Over the recent years, the number of attacks on oil-producing infrastructure has increased...
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...Amorsolo, Pablo BIOGRAPHY Pablo Amorsolo was born in Daet, Camarines Norte to husband and wife Pedro Amorsolo and Bonifacia Cueto. When he was still eight years old, his family moved to Manila. During World War II, he became a follower of the Greater East Asia Co Prosperity Sphere, and served as a colonel of theKempetai of the Japanese Empire. When the American soldiers succeed in returning to the shores of the Philippines, Amorsolo was captured by Filipino troops. He was sentenced and executed by firing squad in the hands of guerillas. He died in this manner at the Antipolo, Rizal in 1945. WORKS * Ferdinand Magellan and Natives * Piro, oil on canvas, 183 x 138 mm, 1930[5] * The Discovery of the Philippines, 1945 Ancheta, Isidro BIOGRAPHY Isidro Ancheta (October 15, 1882 – 1946) was a Filipino landscape painter. He finished his Elementary, Secondary and Bachelor of Arts Degree (1904) at the Ateneo de Manila. He also studied at the Liceo de Manila, Escuela de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado and the Academia de Dibujo y Pintura run by Teodoro Buenaventura in the early 1900s. He was represented with 8 paintings in the Philippine Section at the St. Louis Exposition of 1904, where his painting titled A Victim of War received an Honorable Mention. He taught at the Philippine Normal School from 1918 to 1926. Before World War II, his landscapes were found in classrooms all over the Philippines. In 1941 his Tienda del Barrio won Second Honorable Mention in the...
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...Public Fiscal Administration fiscal administration generally refers to the process/es involved in the revenue generation, allocation, and expenditures of the government. Public finance belongs to the branch of economics but that was during the earlier times. With the emergence of the field of public administration, much interest has been directed towards fiscal administration. Again, this subfield of public administration covers a wide range of issues and topics affecting government operations like taxation, public expenditures and borrowing, resource allocation, revenue administration, auditing and intergovernmental relations. As Briones (1996) puts it, “public fiscal administration embraces the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of policies and decisions on taxation and revenue administration; resource allocation, budgeting, and public expenditure; public borrowing and debt management; and accounting and auditing.” Through the years, many researches were devoted on these topics and issues; the government has also introduced reforms like reforms in tax administration, value added tax (VAT), expanded value added tax (E-VAT), procurement reforms, the medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF), accounting reforms, re-engineering the bureaucracy program (REBP), transforming local finance, and many others. Fiscal policy refers to the "measures employed by governments to stabilize the economy, specifically by manipulating the levels and allocations of taxes and government...
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...capacitors $975,000 $3,000,000 $1,000,000 Firefly LED Lighting Hanson Robotics InView Technologies Corporation Iridescent Networks itRobotics Merkatum Austin Richardson Austin Frisco Stafford Austin LED lamps Animatronic robotics High-performance infrared cameras Network comm. node for low-latency switching Oil & Gas pipe inspection Biometric ID devices $3,000,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,000,000 $750,000 $1,000,000 Nanocoolers Austin Nanoelectronic cooling system $3,000,000 OptiSense Network Bridgeport Electro-optic HV sensor $1,500,000 PrincipleSoft Plano Wireless video transmission $750,000 Company/Entity City Project Description Awarded SmartField SNRLabs Lubbock Richardson Remote sensing for precision agriculture Wireless convergence manager $1,000,000 $750,000 StarVision Technologies Stellarray Syndiant Texas State University Texas Tech University The University of Houston System The University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at El Paso The University of Texas System The University of Texas System Veros Systems College Station Austin Dallas San Marcos Lubbock Houston Richardson Richardson El Paso Arlington, Austin, Richardson...
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...Benefits of using solar power over fossil fuels in the Philippines It is general knowledge how we use fossil fuels as our major source of energy. We produce from it gasoline and oils for daily use. Fossil fuels though have several environmental degrading effects which catalyzed research to find alternatives for it. During President Ferdinand Marcos’ reign, the first nuclear power plant in the Philippines was built as an alternative energy source but due to controversy, financial and resource problems, it was never used. Another alternative was solar power. People have only recently paid more attention to it now it is projected that fossil fuels are quickly running out. Solar power converts the sun’s heat and light into usable energy. It can be based on two basic concepts: flat-plate collectors, such as solar panels, or focusing collectors, such as that with a magnifying glass (National Academy of Sciences, 1972). There have been various applications of solar power: 1) Solar Radiation, the most common, which harnesses the sun’s heat radiation and converts it into energy. 2) Solar Evaporation which acquires salt from sea water or the like. 3) Applications in Water and Air Heating which is self-explanatory but more specifically involves instruments such as heat pipe collectors and structurally integrated collectors. Moreover there are Solar Distillation, Space Heating and a lot of others. Fossil fuels, on the other hand, have been in use as far back as the 1800s. Since...
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