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    The Philippine Administrative System When talking about Philippine Administrative System, first thing that comes to mind is about the government and its political divisions in the country. It is about the nations’s political hierarchy such as the central government, provinces, municipalities and barangay. However, these divisions and subdivisions can be attributed to our past history. It is not a plant that simply blooms from nowhere. The Philippine Administrative System is dynamic, shaped and evolved

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    During the early 20th century, the mainstream media pushed the narrative that it was America’s duty to go to war against the Spanish to liberate the Philippines. Due to the continuous media campaign to paint the Spanish as brutal killers, the American populous’ opinion about empire was swayed in favor of imperial rule over the Philippines. Thus, the former belief that America should remain neutral and respect state sovereignty was replaced by the belief that America’s role was to be the world’s policeman

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    The Philippines is an island in Southeast Asia that consists of more than 7, 100 islands. For a small country, it has such a rich history. It has gone through colonization of various states such as Spain and the United States. According to the Fund for Peace 2016 Fragility State Index, the Philippines is categorized in the High Warning with a score of 84.7. This rank takes into account various factors: social, economic, political and military indicators. In 1521, Ferdinand Magellan sailed to the

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    interventions. Along with interventions, this paper will include how the interventions will be evaluated and a way to implement a teaching lesson to disseminate information regarding hypertension and its effect on Filipinos. The Philippine Culture The foundation of the Philippine culture is a mixture of a variety of other cultures that has a long standing history within the

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    11th National Convention on Statistics (NCS) EDSA Shangri-La Hotel October 4-5, 2010 ESTIMATING INFORMAL SETTLERS IN THE PHILIPPINES In the Housing Backlog Study commissioned by the HUDCC, the Consultants prepared the estimates of Informal Settlers in the Philippines. According to the Spatial Statistics of Informal Settlers in the Philippines component of the Study, informal settler families reached an estimated 550,771 households as of August 1, 2007. This is based on the extrapolation made using

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    times, the Philippines has been a central ally in the United States’ Asian and Pacific policies. The government structure is similar to that of the United States, including a legislative, judicial, executive branch that independent in their roles. Since becoming a nation independent from the United States, the Philippines has seen its share of success and failure. In the past three years the government has dealt with natural disasters, terrorism, and Chinese aggression. While the Philippine and United

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    Period 6 American Imperialism in the Philippines Before the Spanish American war occurred, the Philippines were under the control of Spain; after, they were at the mercy of America and their decision on whether or not to annex them. Unfortunately, America decided to annex them because it would be dishonorable to give the Philippines back to Spain and it would also open up a trade route between the two nations. However, America should not have annexed the Philippines as Americans and Filipinos could

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    gaining independence the Philippines was annexed to the United States on December 10, 1898. When the Filipino’s had found they were going to be ruled over once again they were very unhappy, after all they had helped the US. When Aguinaldo had found out that the Philippines were going to be controlled by the US, he had declared war on the United States. Although a war had been started over the annexation, annexation was the best thing for them. The annexation of the Philippines was in the best interest

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    Should the United States have annexed the Philippines? I believe the Philippines should’ve been annexed by the United by many reasons. One of them being that the Philippines had a weak government, they weren’t capable of maintaining a country. They were not ready to be alone as a country. However, if the U.S. did not annex the Philippines, then other countries including Japan and Germany could’ve taken the country away. If the United States would’ve annexed the Philippians they were going to educate

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    Events On 25 January 2015 a bloody clash transpired between Philippine National Police (PNP)-Special Action Force (SAF) troopers, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) forces leaving 44 police commandos dead. It was believed a high valued target (HVT) MILF leader Zulkipli Bin Hir of Malaysia, also known as Marwan was killed as a result of operation. (Kabiling, 2015) (Recuenco, 2015). Philippines as a nation mourned there loss of the valued PNP and SAF

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