Poverty in Philippines Essay

Sadly in today’s economy everywhere you look you will see texting, the dominance of the human soul, but nevertheless have people noticed the influence it has on our literacy and social interactions as teenagers. Texting shortens and simplifies the English language while it degrades it as well. It is also a big distraction that makes people become irresponsible and lazy. The article “ Texting Gone Wrong” by Turake is ineffective because it gives evidence but it mostly lacks support for the…

The Debut (2000) was a film presenting the positive aspects of the Filipino culture, using the real problems and relatable issues that teenagers face. This film is one of the first films I’ve viewed which portrays an Asian culture as what it truly is. Unlike many other films and scenes in Hollywood cinema, this film did not use negative stereotypes or derogatory topics as its main base. Director Gene Cajayon is from the Filipino agency and grew up in its heritage; this reflects on the films true…

often even without realizing it, and sadly for those people who doesn’t like doing it including myself ended up not not being able to deliver the speech very well. But, what is there to be afraid of public speaking? I was born and raise in the Philippines until 2008 of December when my family and I migrated in the United States of America. Although many foreign people think that we use English as our second language, this is not the same case for everyone. English language are widely known and…

cold. But for someone who had never experienced cold weather, the weight of that counsel was negligible. Those first steps out of Raleigh-Durham International Airport were an instantaneous external shock to the system. As a tropical country, the Philippines has only two seasons — wet and dry. Hence, hot and humid, with occasional rain is the climate in a…

After the Spanish-American War, America annexed the Philippines in 1898. During the American control, America had economically developed the Philippines as a place for agricultural exports, such as sugar and coconut oil. Because of the relationship between the US and the Philippines, many Filipinos immigrated to America. Many of these immigrants were young males who sought and education and work (especially labor in…

cooperation. Anarchy is a structure that states follow unconsciously, however it doesn’t suggest that states are all similar. In the mid-90s, china was caught secretly building structures on reefs, unaware from the Philippines navy. China, later on, had to sign an agreement of conduct with the Philippines to establish stability in the south china sea due to this incident. The ASEAN is able to work with states in conflict Cooperation between states is only possible under similar interest, in…

Metro-Manila, the central city of the Philippines, the traffic is unbelievably horrendous: crowdedness of all types of vehicles, narrowed structure of the streets, and the great lack of discipline from the drivers. What makes matters worse is that the city of Manila is heavily overpopulated. Due to the fact that Philippines is a tropical nation, there are reoccurring rain storms and hurricanes that cause floods within the city. This is a major issue in the Philippines, but there is a lack in…

fact, the Philippines has a “history of strong political families across generations” (Niu 92) which sets it apart from many other countries in the region. Before the Philippine’s version of an elite class of well-connected political families was established in a more modern time,…

1. In response to the analogy that the US’s “Monroe Doctrine” over the Caribbean Sea and China’s claim to the South China Sea, the US should point out that the circumstances of China’s claim is different to the US when the Monroe Doctrine was declared. Obviously, the United States and the claimants of these areas have special interest in the area in the same way that China has. Also, when the US stated the Doctrine, the states affected by it accepted it and was not opposed to American…

position. Not to mention, the suppression of Texas and American settlers God given rights, the issue led America to war, that resulted in many Americans losing their lives. Therefore, I pose this to the American people. If the government leaves the Philippines and grant Filipino sovereignty without any governmental measures, what stops a neighbouring nation to conquering it, and thereby threatening America 's interest in the Pacific and possibly threatening our Oregon and California…