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The Philippines ( Filipino Pilipinas [p?l?'pin?s]) officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. To its west across the South China Sea is Vietnam. The Sulu Sea to the southwest separates it from the island of Borneo and to the south the Celebes Sea from other islands of Indonesia. It is bounded on the east by the Philippine Sea. An archipelago comprising 7,107 islands, the Philippines has the 5th longest coastline in the world. [9][10] The islands are broadly categorized into three main geographical divisions Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. [3] The capital city is Manila. With an estimated population of about 92 million people, the Philippines is the world's 12th most populous country.[11][12] It is estimated that there are about 11 million overseas Filipinos worldwide, equivalent to about 11% of the total population of the Philippines.[13] Multiple ethnicities and cultures are found throughout the islands. Ecologically, the Philippines is one of the most diverse countries in the world.[14] Its national economy is the 47th largest in the world, with an estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP nominal) of over US$ 168.6 billion (nominal).[15] Primary exports include semiconductors and electronic products, transport equipment, garments, copper products, petroleum products, coconut oil, and fruits.[3] Major trading partners include China, Japan, the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Thailand, and Malaysia.[3] Its unit of currency is the Philippine peso (PHP). In ancient times the archipelago was populated by successive waves of Austronesian peoples who brought with them influences from Malay, Hindu, and Islamic cultures. Trade introduced Chinese cultural influences. The arrival of Ferdinand Magellan marked the beginning of an era of Spanish interest and eventually dominance. The Philippines became the Asian hub of the Manila-Acapulco galleon fleet. Christianity became widespread. At the start of the 20th century, after the short-lived Philippine revolution, Spanish-American War, and Philippine-American War, the United States replaced Spain as the dominant power. The United States bequeathed to the Philippines the English language and its democratic presidential system of government. Aside from the period of Japanese occupation, the United States retained sovereignty over the islands until the end of World War II when the Philippines gained independence. Since independence the Philippines has had an often tumultuous experience with democracy, with popular "People Power" movements overthrowing a dictatorship in one instance but also underlining the institutional weaknesses of its constitutional republic in others.
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1. Fun-Filled Holidays with Cheap flights to Manila
November 06, 2009
Rejuvenate and refresh yourself by planning a holiday to Manila. Manila is a popular international tourist destination in South East Asia for most of the travelers and holidaymakers. Vacations in Manila will fill you with one of the most fun and frolic experience. Being a vibrated and cosmopolitan destination, it is also the largest and capital city of the Philippines.
For a budget and low cost holiday, you can look for Cheap flights to Manila with low price air tickets and low airfares. With cheap flights, the saved money thus can be spent on shopping or with other things and activities... (read more)
Author: Richard Johnes
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2. Blooms on your Wedding Day: Top 5 Wedding Flowers
November 06, 2009
During the Roman era brides would carry bouquets of flowers, herbs and some spices in with their outfits to ward off evil spirits and bring luck to the union. The softness and fragility of a flower has always been compared with the beauty of a woman thus possibility popularizing its propriety in the wedding rites.
Other ancient peoples such as the Greeks favored the use of Ivy in the belief that it was a sign of everlasting and unbreakable love and in the middle ages, the Arabs known as called Saracens used Orange Blossoms as it meant happiness and fulfillment for them. In the 1840’s the... (read more)
Author: timothy spencer
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3. What does a Groomsman do in a Wedding
November 06, 2009
Philippine Flower Delivery. We hope you enjoyed this article and encourage you to visit our website. Through Island Rose, you can find a Philippine Flower Shop or simply browse through our blog for more informative articles.">To properly understand the role of the groomsman we need to bring you back centuries, to the time when the Anglo-Saxon civilization was basically made up of small nomadic tribes spread over vast lands. Being nomadic carries the fact that your tribe would always move about never really settling in one place. Farming was not yet a practiced concept so in order to survive e... (read more)
Author: timothy spencer
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4. Home Sweet Townhouse or Condo?
November 05, 2009
The Philippines is a beautiful place with business districts bustling each day of the year. In Makati, the streets are never lonely and quiet. Due to the increasing amount of outsourced businesses, employees work in the buildings even through the late hours. Also, due to the rise of industries such as these, Makati real estate market has surpassed the Manila real estate. Several people began buying homes or simply rent in Makati. But, most renters and buyers are torn between opting for a Makati condominium or a townhouse. They seem to be unaware of the dissimilarity including the pros and co... (read more)
Author: Andy Fox
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5. Manila Real Estate is on the Rise
November 05, 2009
Manila Real Estate. Andy is also a practicing in Ortigas Real Estate.
The author is also a specialist in the foreign venture real estate market, concentrating in property and real estate through manilaestates.com; a site that covers major property investment real estate markets in the Philippines">The Philippines Real Estate business was only able to recover from the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis in 2004. Since then, the industry has slowly picked up its momentum and is now moving on towards success. Condominiums are sprouting up everywhere, demand for houses and office spaces have been sk... (read more)
Author: Andy Fox
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6. The Dynamics of Survival of the Offshore BPO
November 05, 2009
India has revenues of 10.9 billion USD from BPO and 30 billion USD from IT and total BPO. India thus has some 5-6 per cent share of the total BPO Industry, but a commanding 63 per cent share of the offshore BPO component. This 63 per cent is a drop from the 70 per cent offshore development centers share that India enjoyed last year. Despite the industry growing 38 per cent in India last year, other locations like Eastern Europe, Philippines, Morocco, Egypt and South Africa have emerged to take a share of the market. China, ever nipping at India’s heels, is also trying to grow from a ver... (read more)
Author: fanatix power
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7. Importance of Business Directories
November 05, 2009
There is a lot of competition amongst businesses these days. As a result, it is necessary for every business to get more visibility in the market. You might have seen many companies reaching out to their potential clients through television and print ads, marketing campaigns & many more mediums. In the era of cut throat competition, some businesses have however realized the importance of brand identity in the success of their company. They are reaching out for website development and SEO processes to have maximum visibility on the Internet. But, it is true that a website alone can't make mu... (read more)
Author: John Paul Maclang
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8. Indo ASEAN FTA - Challenges and Opportunities
November 03, 2009
For Kerala, which is a similar country to Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore etc, there are opportunities of benefiting from this ASEAN FTA. More than FTA, the Kerala Government is to be dreaded.
What Keralites should do is to face the challenges thrown by ASEAN FTA. The business equation of Globalisation is ” Compete or Die “. So we should compete with the ASEAN countries in products and services and use the opportunities for our benefit.
There is fear in the Keralite mind about the challenges posed by ASEAN countries. Even though the Center... (read more)
Author: Govind Kumar
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9. Philippine Flowers For Medicine
November 03, 2009
Popular philippine flowers today such as sampaguita and the ylang-ylang flowers are known for their unique sweet scent. Though laking in physical appearance compared to other popularly marketed flowers such as roses, these unique flowers are commonly used in ways that their scents could be beneficial.
The sampaguita flower is widely known in the Philippines because of its use as ornamental as well as for its use as a main ingredient in a traditional Chinese tea, the Jasmine tea. The ylang-ylang flower is also known for its use in aroma therapy. The oil from ylang-ylang is also widely use... (read more)
Author: Sheena thornbird
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10. A Flower From Dangwa
November 03, 2009
Dangwa Flower Market is one of the most popular places in Manila in terms of philippine flower shops. Flowers are usually found inside shopping centers and malls. Shopping centers such as Farmer's Plaza in Cubao is one of the many popular places for a Filipino to buy their flowers. Malls such as Robinsons and SM are also popular places to buy unique and beautifully designed floral arrangements. But other than these places, Dangwa Flower Market is also a popular place for a Filipino to buy flowers, but there are several differences between Dangwa and these other venues.
Dangwa Flower Mar... (read more)
Author: Sheena thornbird
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11. The Advantage Of Online Agent Flower Sites
November 03, 2009
Online flower shops became popular because of its advantages. In the past, OFWs could only send other gifts like toys or clothing through packages or usually known to the Philippines as Balikbayan boxes. Sending flowers are next to impossible. But because of the internet, OFWs are now allowed to send flowers to their loved ones back home through online philippine flower delivery services. The only thing that an OFW would do is to ready their back accounts, and choose from a wide array of flowers to be sent to their loved ones in the Philippines. But there are something that OFWs and other peo... (read more)
Author: Sheena thornbird
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12. Sending A Flower Through The Internet
November 03, 2009
Sending gifts philippines is one of the many ways in which an OFW or overseas Filipino worker could relay their love, caring, and longing to their loved ones back home. This is usually done with the use of Balikbayan boxes. Balikbayan boxes are over-sized boxes in which an OFW uses to put their belongings and gifts when returning home, hence the name balikbayan (returning to his/her homeland). These boxes then became popular when an OFW would send their gifts or any other items back to the Philippines.
What made it popular is that compared to sending separate boxes, a balikbayan box is m... (read more)
Author: Sheena thornbird
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13. Philippine's Own Flowers
November 03, 2009
There are many kinds of flowers in the Philippines today. Majority of those found in the market were only introduced from other countries such as roses, tulips, orchids, chrysanthemums, gerberas, zinnias, or anthuriums. Popular wild flowers such as the santan flower, Dama De Noche (or Lady in the Night), and the Kalachuchi flower. But there are some species of flowers philippines which are known to be native in the Philippine soil. Although some of these are native to other countries, these flowers are nevertheless considered as Philippine's unique flowers.
Jasmine From Arabia One of the... (read more)
Author: Sheena thornbird
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14. Flowers For Expression
November 03, 2009
What is the best gift when it comes to conveying one's feelings for someone, like a confession of love? In the art of courting, particularly in the part in which the man would profess his deep love for the woman, the use of flowers have always been very popular. Why is it that flowers are the kind of gift that a man would give to a woman in confessing his love? Is it because flowers are more appropriate as a gift for a woman? Or is it because it has been tradition for a man to give flowers to a woman in times of professing?
Many may already know this but the real reason is that flowers we... (read more)
Author: Sheena thornbird
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15. Philippines' Unique Flower
November 03, 2009
Philippines is one of the many countries in Asia which is known for their collection of unique and wild flowers. One in particular is the sampaguita. The sampaguita is considered as one of the most popular species of philippine flowers. Although sampaguita is native to the Philippines, the flower is also pandemic in most Asian countries. Sampaguita is also known as the Arabian Jasmine which is the name commonly known around the world as well as in Arab.
Another, such as the Ylang-Ylang, is also a native in the Philippines. The name ylang-ylang is derived from Tagalog, either from the wor... (read more)
Author: Sheena thornbird
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16. The Kalachuchi Flower For The Dead
November 03, 2009
Flowers, such as roses, became popular in the market because of its elegance as well as its meaning in traditional events like Valentine's Day. But in the Philippines, less known flowers compared to roses have also been popular in most occasions. One example is the use of the Kalachuchi flowers philippines for funerals.
The kalachuchi, or Plumeria acuminata, is one of the few flowers cultivated around the Philippines. What made the flower popular in many parts of the Philippines is because of its simplicity. The flowers are usually large, 5 to 6 centimeters long. They are white or purplis... (read more)
Author: Sheena thornbird
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17. Cyclone Heads to Vietnam After Killing 14 People in Philippines
November 01, 2009
Tropical Storm Marinae is heading toward central Vietnam after lashing the central Philippines, where authorities say it killed at least 14 people.Residents wade through floodwaters brought about by typhoon Mirinae at Santa Cruz, Laguna province, south of Manila, Philippines, 31 Oct 2009The Philippines National Disaster Coordinating Council said Sunday most of the deaths were reported in Camarines Norte province. It says four people remain missing.Marinae made landfall over the Philippines on Friday as a typhoon, triggering floods and displacing thousands of people still recovering from storms... (read more)
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18. Typhoon Smashes Philippines, Killing at Least 7
October 31, 2009
Residents wade through floodwaters brought about by typhoon Mirinae at Santa Cruz, Laguna province, south of Manila, Philippines, 31 Oct 2009A powerful typhoon smashed through the Philippines early Saturday,
killing at least seven people and bringing new floods to areas still
recovering from two earlier storms.Officials in the Philippines
say the immediate danger from Mirinae, locally known as "Santi," is
over. The total number of dead and missing is still being determined.
The typhoon made landfall in the eastern province of Quezon
just after midnight (local time) Friday, strand... (read more)
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19. Watching Manny Pacquiao train in the Philippines
November 01, 2009
The next time somebody says that it’s a small world please ignore him. Take it from me, having just done a whirlwind tour to the Philippines, then to New York, followed by a trip to Tampa, it’s still a very big world.
I recently visited the training camps of both pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao in the Philippines, and WBO titleholder champion Miguel Cotto in Florida. Since my first visit was to Baguio in the northern part of Luzon, where Manny is training, I will tell you about my impressions of Manny’s preparations in this article. In my next column, I’ll do the same about Miguel... (read more)
Author: Mattt Marduk
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20. Notes from Manny Pacquiao's training camp
November 01, 2009
The door leading in to Hollywood's Wild Card Gym opened Tuesday afternoon and in walked Manny Pacquiao.
Boxing's top pound-for-pound fighter arrived back in L.A. this weekend, and although he's still recovering from the jet lag from the lengthy flight from his native Philippines where he trained for 31 days, Pacquiao is preparing to ramp up his conditioning as the days dwindle to his Nov. 14 welterweight showdown against Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas.
"He's tired right now, you can see it in his eyes," Pacquiao trainer's, Freddie Roach, said.
Pacquiao and Roach withstood typhoons th... (read more)
Author: Mattt Marduk
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21. SEO Outsourcing to the Philippines is Beneficial for Your Business
November 01, 2009
Almost all businessmen from the First World countries are gaining much from SEO outsourcing. They know that there are many benefits that could be gained from this type of business dealings. SEO Services outsourcing to the Philippine has many desirable advantages. Business deals are conducted efficiently and with ease since, the outsourcing companies in the Philippines have SEO professionals and experts in their employ. Not only that, the staff are all proficient in speaking the English language, which can result to easy understanding of what the clients want to be done.
Philippine SEO out... (read more)
Author: olive joy villegas
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22. How to Spot a Leading Call Center in the Philippines
November 01, 2009
If you have been surveying the Philippines for an efficient call center outsourcing service provider, you might have heard the same old sales pitches – quality and dedication, low cost and value for your money, etc. These are just some of the qualities that they claim to have in order to get you to sign a contract. Just like in any other industry, these companies might not be able to prove what they have bargained for – the so-called service quality you have paid for.
In order to save yourself from disappointments and broken promises, here is a guide to help you identify a call center in ... (read more)
Author: don robert
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23. Sports- is it really beneficial?
October 31, 2009
ust another curious mind lurking for more information about “Juan Dela Cruz” ( Juan Dela Cruz is a representation of all Filipinos ). Do not worry, everything will be served to your table (hot and cold). Now, just to start of, your appetizer...
The Philippines is a third world country, ( you know that right?) mainly 70% of its population is poor. It is said, that if you belong in this group you are fortunate enough to have at least one decent meal a day. A country that has been in recession for decades now. This archipelago is also an inviting destination for only 13 typhoons a year and i... (read more)
Author: mariaclara de filipina
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24. Vietnam Private Investigators, When You Need the Truth
October 31, 2009
The Vietnam along with other Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Philippines, and Indonesia have been, and continue to be major suppliers of brides to foreigners. Increased globalization and the Internet have only fueled this phenomenon, dramatically increasing both the supply and demand, mostly men from North America, Europe, Oceania, and even Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and China. While there are many success stories, this trend has also led to a rise in related fraud cases.
Before getting too deeply emotionally or financially involved, we recommend doing a background check such as ve... (read more)
Author: Allen Olczak
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25. Philippines Private Investigators, When You Need the Truth
October 31, 2009
The Philippines along with other Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia have been, and continue to be major suppliers of brides to foreigners. Increased globalization and the Internet have only fueled this phenomenon, dramatically increasing both the supply and demand, mostly men from North America, Europe, Oceania, and even Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and China. While there are many success stories, this trend has also led to a rise in related fraud cases.
Before getting too deeply emotionally or financially involved, we recommend doing a background check such as ve... (read more)
Author: Allen Olczak
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