The acronym “F.O.B.” is used to describe asian immigrants that immigrated from Asia to the United States or other territories. The acronym is “fresh off the boat” because many asian immigrants travel by boat in search of a new life on a free land. People nowadays are attacking mainly Vietnamese people with this term because most people know that Vietnamese people escaped Vietnam by boat to live a better life than one under communist control. Vietnamese immigrants are use to being called an “f.o.b
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Erlinda Kintanar Alburo is a prolific contemporary Cebuano language scholar and promoter of the language. She is the Director of the Cebuano Studies Center of the University of San Carlos, Philippines. She is an active member of Women in Literary Arts (WILA), and writes poetry both in English and cebuano. She teaches on the anthropology of linguistics. Works: * Cebu Provincial History Project. Cluster 1 editor * Sinug-ang: A Cebuano trio, by Erlinda K. Alburo, Cora Almerio, and Ester
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I’m in Cebu as I write is, attending the second edition of Taboan, the Philippine International Writers Festival which was first held in Manila at about this same time last year, February being National Arts Month. Taboan will be making the rounds of the regions from year to year before returning to Manila, so this moveable feast (poet and NCCA commissioner Ricky de Ungria beat me to the metaphor) will see many places yet. The Arts Council of Cebu under the very gracious festival director
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Libingan ng mga Bayani but to or not to consider him as a hero." This is from the article of Darwin Mendiola entitled "Five Reasons why Marcos should not be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani." It mainly states justifications why Marcos cannot be a Philippine hero. These include the violation of the law, wickedness of the Martial Law, regression during the Marcos Regime, difficulty in revising history and exoneration of the Marcoses' past crimes. This precisely written article is clearly one-sided which
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- Emilio Aguinaldo returns to the Philippines from exile in Hong Kong aboard an American naval vessel[4] May 24 - Aguinaldo issues a proclamation in which he assumed command of all Philippine forces and established an insurgent dictatorial government with himself as dictator.[5] June 12 - The Philippine Declaration of Independence is proclaimed by Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista, its author, on behalf of the Dictatorial Government of the Philippines. June 18 - Aguinaldo, believing
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PASIG CATHOLIC COLLEGE College Department Course Syllabus Course No: History 1 Course Title: Philippine History Credit Units: 3 I. COURSE DESCRIPTION This course deals with the history of the Philippines from the ancient past to the present scene to the pro-Filipino point of view. It aims to enrich the students’ knowledge of our history and character as a people thus, instilling in them the spirit of Filipinism. The students’ learning of the history of our
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the transportation side of the company. 1960 when a group of Filipino investors led by Eugenio Lopez Sr. bought Meralco from the American investors. During this period Meralco became the very first billion peso company in the Philippines. During the 1970s the Philippine Government made it a state policy for the government to own all major generating facilities. Meralco sold all of its generating plants to the National Power Corporation (NPC) and, thus, electric distribution became its core business
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association with hard work, and because honey represents the sweet things in life. The “jolly” prefix was intended to connote happiness and enjoyment. Jollibee invested millions of pesos to register the “bee” trademark in the Philippines and other key countries. In the Philippines, JFC also has, as subsidiaries, Fresh N' Famous Foods, Inc., which develops, operates and franchises quick-service restaurants under the trade names "Chowking" and "Greenwich"; Red Ribbon Bakeshop, Inc., which develops, operates
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BIMP-EAGA (Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East- Asian Growth Area) It was launched in 1994 as a cooperation initiative by the four national governments to close the development gap across and within the EAGA member countries as well as across the ASEAN-6 member states. BIMP-EAGA covers * the entire sultanate of Brunei Darussalam * the provinces of Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku and * West Papua of Indonesia; * the states of Sabah and Sarawak and * the federal territory
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HE MISEDUCATION OF FILIPINO According to Prof. Renato Constantino, Education is a vital weapon of a people striving for economic emancipation, political independence and cultural renaissance. We are such a people. Philippine education therefore must produce Filipinos who are aware of their country’s problems, who understand the basic solution to these problems, and who care enough to have courage to work and sacrifice for their country’s salvation. NATIONALISM IN EDUCATION To have nationalism
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