Country Essays

Enemy. When one hears this word, people tend to automatically relate this to negative emotions such as sorrow, despair, anger and hatred. By definition, an enemy is a person we feel hatred for, foster harmful designs against, or engage in antagonistic activities against; an adversary or opponent. Most people think …

The Philippines is currently the largest importer of rice in the world, importing around 1.8 million tons of rice in 2008 (World Rice Statistics). Three main factors explain why the Philippines imports rice: Land area: The Philippines has around 300,000 square kilometers, of which around 43,000 square kilometers of harvested …

Nowadays tourism is widespread throughout the world. Millions of people travel to different countries all year round seeking rest, new experience, and impressions. Lately tourism has become quite a profitable business, which also brings benefits to a country’s economy and thus the well-being Philippine tourism is a significant sector of …

As early as the 1900’s , agricultural Filipino workers were recruited to Hawaii to fill temporary labour needs in the agricultural sector, which are now known as , OFW’s. When the Martial Law was formalized, President Marcos created three government agencies to attend to the needs of what were then …

Work Experience – editor-in-chief of the university paper The Varsitarian – staff of Commonwealth , a Catholic magazine – assistant editor of the United States Information Service (USIS) – managing editor of the Sunday Times Magazine – editor of Comment – managing editor of the Hong Kong-based Asia Magazine – …

United Airlines is an American key airline whose headquarters is based in Illinois Chicago. The United airline operates mainly in the United States and across other regions such as such as Japan and Guam. The airline handle and average of about 45,000 passengers on daily basis and employs over 88,000 …

Between the late 1500s and mid-late 1600s, there was a huge boom in the interests of colonization in the Americas. The British, French, and Spanish had sought after these new found lands for many different reasons. The intentions of the British and Spanish were similar in that most of their …

1. The “discovery” of America was one of the “most important events recorded in the history of mankind,” according to Adam Smith. With Columbus arriving, immense changes arrived with it too. Columbus arrived in 1492. No one else has been to the Americas before that except the people from the …

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson depicts that wherever there is good, there is evil as well. The note included by Larson, ¨Evils Imminent¨ depicts this: ¨Beneath the gore and smoke and loam, this book is about the evanescence of life, and why some men choose to …

Exploration Period, 1492-1607 Characteristics The first European writings about North America are written in this period. European writings describe the explorers’ travels and impressions of the continent and its Native people. Major Writers or Works Prose: Christopher Columbus, Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Thomas Harriot, and …