The Philippines is a country of 7,107 islands is situated in the Southeast of Asia and has a population of more than a hundred million; its archipelago is vast ranging from the south of Taiwan up to the north of Borneo, Malaysia and Indonesia. The Philippines is quoted as the ‘Pearl of the Orient’ due of its strategic location, rich culture, biodiversity, and God-crafted environment. The location is proven to be defensibly strategic and economically gifted, but is also a location prone to a number
WEF Resources Case Study No. 1 - Taniguchi et. al (2015) analyzed security measures based on the amount of resource, self-production, and diversity of sources of each resource. Diversity for all the three resources is also analyzed using surface water and groundwater for water sources; hydro power, geothermal power, solar, and biomass for energy; and cereals, vegetable, fruit, meat, and fish for food. They find a high diversity of sources of water in the US and the Philippines, and a low diversity
It is the risks that the Philippines has to deal with—the risks before, during and after the disaster. PHIVOLCS together with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has undergone with the Metro Manila Earthquake Impact Reduction Study (MMEIRS) which was implemented last 2002-2004. The project is both a study and a plan, and has two goals: (1) Evaluate seismic hazards, damages and vulnerability
1. The Future of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Philippines – What can be expected and what are the trends that would shape CSR in our country for the next ten years. Due to the slow growth of the Philippine economy, Corporate Social Responsibility was being implemented and practiced by the corporations. It is based on the Philanthropic stage or what we call “kawang gawa”. Philippine CSR practices are generally manifested through donations or gratuitous activities and the public views
Global Perspectives: Individual Research Education for All How far can education be granted to those who can’t afford it especially children? Education has a vital role in a child’s development. Through it, children would learn the things they need to attain a bright future. They would also achieve knowledge, from basic to elaborate, that they could use in their daily lives. Furthermore, they as well need education to progress, develop, and grow as wise individuals. Hence, every child has the right
of the Philippines located in Region IV-B MIMAROPA region. Its capital is Boac. Marinduque lies between Tayabas Bay to the north and Sibuyan Sea to the south. It is located south and west of Quezon, east of Mindoro, and north of Romblon. Marinduque is touted as the heart of the Philippines which is attributed to its being at the center of the archipelago besides the island's heart shape. The colorful traditions and cultural identity distinct from any other island cultures in the Philippines made
seek out and exploit chances which took the opportunity to develop, stimulate the creation of human beings, in order to create a competitive environment drastically, thereby screening filtration and selection of outstanding members, motivate the development of each occupations, each field or each locality. Moreover, the groups and social groups which are rich thanks to do business lawfully have guidelines for how to do business; they also increased welfare opportunity for people (health, education
First with terrorism, responses at regional include regional law enforcement and national security enhancement. The Anti-Terrorism Pact signed in 2002 by Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines is a law enforcement to neutralize terrorist threats and set up measures to deal with money laundering, illegal trafficking of women and children and other transnational illicit actions[24]. At national level, individual countries also designed
Studies additionally show that the government's child support grant and the old age pension may help decrease child labor .On the other hand, children in South Africa keep on engaging in child labor in agricultural as well as domestic service. In addition
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Dengue is an arbovirus disease complex which includes dengue fever (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and its subsequent dengue shock syndrome (DSS). It is caused by four serotypes of dengue virus. A dengue virus infection may be asymptomatic or it may lead to undifferentiated viral fever syndrome, dengue fever, fever hemorrhagic fever or dengue shock syndrome. (World Health Organization 2003) The disease is often, though not exclusively