Languages of the Philippines

In the Philippines, the concept of peace journalism is not new and has in fact, been the topic of several conferences and seminars over the years. Naturally, these seminars focus on the conflict in Mindanao with the aim of educating journalists on conflict reporting. One of these seminars, hosted by the British council with BBC journalist Jake Lynch and his wife, broadcast journalist, Annabel McGoldrick (March 2005)-whose works we have already touched on several times above focused on Peace…

difficult for me everyday having to learn a new language, which is English that I was certainly bad at, meeting people I can’t even understand and that would make fun of me because of how I speak, and just being afraid of my surroundings. It was a whole another experience that I had to face. I’m full Filipino born and raised in the Philippines so my mother tongue or my main language is Ilocano but I knew how to speak Tagalog as well. I speak these languages along with my family while having…

economic exploitation, racial superiority, and Christian evangelism. Supported by the theory of Social Darwinism and ethnocentrism, English-speaking races believed it was their destiny to dominate the globe and transform institutions, traditions, languages, and even the blood of the world’s peoples. America’s imperialistic development began with the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands quickly followed by the war of 1898 against Spain. Americans wanted Cuba to gain their independence…

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken. Sovereignty is a power to lead one state. The Philippines was once headed by America during the Spanish American War. Back in 1900, Senator Beveridge gave a speech defending America’s right to subjugate savage peoples and foreign governments. Senator Beveridge was a senator from Indiana from March 4, 1899 through March 3, 1911. He explained that America administered the Philippines, which was stated in the Constitution. He also declared in his speech how…

that/those objective/s? Answer: b. Looking at different existing societies in the 16th century Philippines, what was the general hierarchical organization of these societies? Please cite two societies and discuss their social and political structures? Answer: There three society in 16th century Philippines and these are the chiefs(datu), freeman (timawa), and the slaves (alipin). They compose the whole Philippine society. Freemen are those in the middle class. They can own farms and lands. In…

place to another. Over time I grew accustomed to moving from one country to another, however, the biggest struggle I faced was when I moved to the Philippines for high school once my father retired from the Navy. Despite being a Filipino-American, I was still faced with discrimination, which I struggled with for years. Another struggle I faced was the language barrier, as I only knew a few basic words at the time, and I constantly experienced problems adjusting to the culture as I was not…

Cristina is a normal American 15-year-old teenager. When her group`s counselor, Michelle Ferrer, says she can speak two languages, it turns out that Cristina does not have correct geographical knowledge about the Philippines.” I will put this quote in the first paragraph of my paper because it effectively demonstrates the credibility of data he shows later on. Furthermore, this quote is an illustration, one of his rhetorical choices. Also, it is positioned in the first part of “Lost in America”,…

Various Philosopher contributed in shaping the pillars of our society. Influencing politics, government, religion, science, culture, language and much more. Furthermore, these philosophers came from the different sectors but offer idiosyncratic ideas. Two of the prominent philosophers are Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas. Aristotle is known to be the father of biology and politics, while St. Thomas Aquinas is known to be the greatest theologian-philosopher in medieval time. In addition,…

Introduction The Republic of The Philippines is a Presidential Republic located in Southeast Asia. The Philippines consists of a group of over 7,100 islands, which is an area slightly larger than the state of Arizona (Factbook, 2010). With an estimated population of just more than 100 million people, The Philippines is very diverse in ethnic groups, languages and religions. The nation is also very rich in natural resources to include major deposits of copper, chromium, gold as well as producing…

Subsequently, the nationalist movements in Philippines were severely repressed by the American government. However, such repression did not help consolidate the rule of American in Philippines, nor did it unify the domestic opinions, which was not in the long-term interests of the U.S. As far as Wilson concerned, in order to introduce American products into the global…