Introduction Unexpected events with adverse results such as drought, typhoons, disease infestation, or earthquake can cause risks in farming activities. The Philippines is very much vulnerable to these production risks. The Philippines ranks 8th among the top 10 countries that are most exposed to natural hazards or multiple hazards (Regalado, 2010). Almost annually, heavy crop damages have been reported as caused by typhoons, droughts, and other natural calamities. However, risks and uncertainties
central bank is to manage or to supervise the state or country’s money supply through keen commitment such as administering interest rates, demonstrating as a lender of last resort to the banking sector during financial calamity or crisis and establishing the reserve requirement. In the Philippines, BSP acts as the country’s central bank .It was initiated on July 3, 1993 following the presentation of Republic Act
Yolanda (home and property completely destroyed), people heavily affected by the typhoon Yolanda and received aid by others (friends, family, neighbors) in the Barangay, they also share the relief goods and assistance with reconstructing the community, and people heavily affected by typhoon Yolanda and received humanitarian aid by any organization (distribution of relief goods, financial and reconstruction assistance from outside of the community. The participants have to transfer each of these specific
Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, China, South Korea and Japan from the Malaysian perspective. It starts off with a background of the study and continues with a problem discussion to create knowledge about the relevant of this research study. This chapter also determines objectives of the study, significant of study and the scope and limitation of the study. 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The issue of stock markets linkages has been extensively investigated in the literature of financial economies
Results and Discussion The population of farmers in the Philippines is declining and aging. According to a study recently conducted, the average age of Filipino farmers is already 57 years old. Moreover, Filipino youths are increasingly dissuaded in pursuing opportunities in the agricultural sector due to the persistent poverty levels seen in agricultural areas (Santiago, 2015). This view has been reinforced by other factors such as its perceived hardships as described in a famous Filipino song “Magtanim
force of military authority (Merriam Webster, 2018). According to Klitgard (1972) martial law occurred at the darkest time in the Philippine history under President Marcos. People living in the country unite for one serious action. However, it seems that Martial Law was accepted by the majority of the Filipinos. He appeared on national television to declare that Philippines are now under on his implemented law (Francisco, 2016). The undesirable happenings during the reign of Ferdinand Marcos
President Trauman announced that they will aid France with weapons and military personnel. The US, thinking that Vietnam is just a weakling country, decided to disregard Vietnam’s plea on independence along with that US also made Vietnam a part of the Cold War. When France was about to lose the French War, United States decided to support the regime of
evident that for a parent to send their children to reputable educational institutions, it would entail great financial responsibility. On the other hand, underprivileged children coming from average-earning or meager-earning families are left with no option but to avail of public school systems. Secondly, a number of Filipino graduates are unemployed or underemployed as per Philippine Statistics Authority’s Yearbook of Labor Statistics (2010-2014). The number of available jobs cannot sufficiently
budget, for central level activities is being provided from DoH. In 2012, the operating expenditure for the dengue control program with other diseases, including emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, food and water-borne and HIV-AIDS was 223 797 000 Philippines Pesos (PHPs). The CHD at the regional level is also being financed by the DoH. It has been described by the key informant as sufficient to accomplish the activities within the program at this level. However, in the local level, they
In a globalized world, workers can freely move from one country to another to seek jobs. For example, in 2015, UK faced a shortage of nurses and was able to hire nurses from Philippines, India and Pakistan (Drury, 2015). This would benefit both the businesses and the economy as gaps in the labor market will be filled as well as unemployed individuals in foreign countries will be given more opportunities to be employed. Individuals