Asia Essays

C. Michael Hiam was born in 1962 in Boston. He is a licensed psychologist in New York and Massachusetts, and has authored and coauthored a number scientific article. In 2006, his first book, a biography of a CIA analyst active during the Vietnam War, “Who the Hell are we Fighting? …

Parvez, a Pakistani taxi driver, has worked for twenty years, to be able to afford a decent life and a good education for his son, Ali. Parvez is at a loss to explain his son’s sudden tidiness and emptiness of his room as well as certain changes in Ali’s behaviour. …

1. The central bank of the Philippines came into existence as a result of the approval by President Elpidio Quirino of Republic Act (RA) no. 265, otherwise known as the “Central Bank Act” on June 15,1948. Actual operations started on January 3, 1949, at Intramuros, Manila. 2. First central bank …

LIST OF LAWS, ACTS AND DECREES AS LEGAL BASES OF PHILIPPINE EDUCATION Act #74-enacted in January 21, 1901. It provides for the establishment of Department of Public Instruction and establishment of PCAT now TUP and PNS now PNU Act #1870 founding of UP (June 18, 1908) Act #2706 Private School …

There was this guy who was always keen about his trip on the Manila Light Rail Transit System [LRT]. As the train passes by, he would take note of some variables; time, train operator, train number, model, etc. Even though there exists an unprecedented problem when it comes to passenger …

I.INTRODUCTION A. Basic Information Fortune-telling has been practiced for millennia. Humans have always yearned to know what the future has in store for us. Who doesn’t want a glimpse — even if only for a few moments — of the cosmic plan to see if our destiny lies in riches …

POLITICAL HISTORY Nacionalista Party leader Ferdinand Marcos dominated the political scene of Philippines for two decades after his election to presidency in 1965. In 1967, Philippines became a founding member of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). He became the first President to be re-elected in 1969. In 1972 Marcos …

One of the aims of the Department of Education is to prepare the students to be globally competitive. The continuous deterioration of the quality of education in the Philippines has prompted the k to 12 program DepEd to push for the implementation of the K to 12 programs, which entails …

In 2003, leaders from the ASEAN bloc of nations agreed to establish an ASEAN Community by 2020, comprising three pillars, namely the ASEAN Political-Security Community, the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community, and the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). Subsequently, they decided to hasten the establishment of the AEC to 2015. The AEC is …

POSITIVE VALUES Close Kinship – a Filipino considers family as an important social structure that they must love and care. Close family ties results to the family still being intact regardless that the children are old and with families of their own. Respect for Elders – the use of “po” …