Cebu Essays

  • Importance Of Tourism Spots In Cebu

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    Cebu City is one of the finest travel destinations in the Philippines. It is the main center of commerce and industry in Visayas. Goods are cheap in Cebu that the reason for vistors stay in this place. Basilica De Santo Niño Cebu is one of the best tourist spots in Cebu City and one of the oldest churches in the Philippines. The location where the Santo Niño was found is where Basilica De Santo Niño is standing today. Fort San Pedro, one of the known tourist spots in Cebu, is a Spanish camp built

  • Voters Turnout Essay

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    FACTORS AFFECTING VOTER TURNOUT IN CEBU CITY (2013 LOCAL ELECTION) I. Introduction Rationale of the study Every time there is an election, whether in the local or national levels, a basic question always arises: How many registered voters will flock to their respective precincts to exercise their right to suffrage? This question implies knowing the percentage of voters who actually showed up in the polls or what is commonly termed as “voters turn-out.” Understandably, such knowledge is important

  • Essay About Bubble Soccer

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    THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE INTRODUCTION In the world we are living today, most people prefer staying at home and spend their time in watching movies, surfing the net or playing electronic gadgets rather than being outdoors and spend their time in playing sports or going out with their friends. As a result to this, people nowadays do not have the time anymore to interact with other people and most importantly their health and lifestyle are greatly affected as they tend to become more prone to health

  • 2go Travel Case Study

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    The Industry that we are studying is about the passenger vessels that are travelling directly from Cebu to Manila vice versa. Big names in travel firms such as 2GO Travel (a part of 2GO Group) and Sulpicio Lines (Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation) have their passenger vessels travelling at the same route. This specific market has a competition not just only by vessel but also in air travel and from the other provinces that have buses who goes to Manila. The competition on the same type of

  • Swot Analysis Of Philippine Airlines

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    > Founded in 1941 and based in Pasay City, The Philippine Airlines is the country 's ultimate flag carrier and oldest airlines. The monopolization of the airline occurred in 1995 when Lucio Tan, an affluent Chinese-Filipino businessman purchased the airline and became its chairman and CEO. . Global competition in the industry > Threat to new entrants: In spite of the low switching costs and the absence of proprietary goods and services, generally speaking, there is a low threat to new entrants

  • Voter Turnout Essay

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    FACTORS AFFECTING VOTER TURNOUT IN CEBU CITY I. Introduction Rationale The scientific investigation of elections is called psephology; this term exudes from the Greek word for "pebble." (In antediluvian Greek city-states, individuals voted by depositing hued pebbles into containers.) We are solidly fascinated with discovering patterns in electoral behavior. What sorts of individuals, for instance, vote for the various parties competing for power? One response to this perpetually topical inquiry

  • Essay About Donna Cruz

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    spectacular success thus making Donna Cruz the youngest artist to ever reach platinum in the Philippines. Education Despite being busy being a mom and doing several product endorsements, Donna successfully finished her Computer Science degree from Cebu Doctor’s College on October of 2003. Family Donna Cruz Yrastorza was born on February 14, 1977 to parents Renato Yrastorza and Yolly Cruz. She has an older brother named Jomar. In February 1998, Cruz became engaged to Potenciano "Yong" Larrazabal

  • Ferdinand Magellan In The Philippines

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    the natives including Rajah Humabon and convinced them to convert to Catholicism. In Mactan, he was defeated and killed on April 27, 1521, because he got involved in political rivalries between Lapu-Lapu and Humabon, chieftains of Mactan Island and Cebu respectively. However, some of his men survived and left the Philippines by the order of the new commander of the expedition, Juan Sebastián Elcano. His fleet continued sailing westward and returned to Spain in 1522. Thus, completing the first circumnavigation

  • Compare And Contrast Spain And France During The Age Of Exploration

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    The age of exploration changed the world in many different ways. During this time, many countries participated in exploring vast parts of the world. Ranging from the islands of southeast Asia to the jungles of South America. The age of exploration started in the 15th century and ended in the 17th century. The greatest countries during this time were Portugal, Spain, Britain and France. Out of all these countries, Spain had contributed the most towards the age of exploration. While Spain had the greatest

  • Graduate School Application Essay

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    Having lived in the Philippines most of my life, I have always been curious about the part of me which I have yet to fully explore and embrace. This yearning is so deep-seated and it compels me to set aside my complacent life in the Philippines and pursue my academic and professional dreams in Japan to grow further as a person and as a citizen of the world. My desire to learn more about my Japanese ancestry has motivated me to apply to the School of Global Japanese Studies at Meiji University. I

  • Summary Of Escape From Bataan By Ross Hofman

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    BOOK REVIEW Book Review Submitted to Professor Daene Liberty University Online Lisa Barton HIUS 222: Survey of American History II INTRODUCTION Escape from Bataan: Memoir of a U.S. Navy Ensign in the Philippines, October 1941 to May 1942 is a memoir about Ensign Ross Hofmann who joined the Navy as a young man during World War II. From his own eyes, he paints us a picture of what it was like to be in the Navy during the harrowing World War II. David Snead, his editor, says the book “provides

  • Roman Catholic Influence Essay

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    Definition of terms Influences- The ability to affect other people Friar- Member of a Roman Catholic religious order Introduction Over the 333 years of colonization of the Spaniard we experienced several interesting facts that have impacted our culture and people.The suffering and pain has resulted to a stronger nation and society and in this term paper I would like to specifically focus on how religion and priest who taught us, that affected our lives. The Spanish priests are the focus of

  • Baroque Art Analysis

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    The Catholic Church has employed for millennia several forms of art, most notably baroque paintings. Consequently, this served as a firm response to the rise of Protestantism due to the efforts of Martin Luther to destabilize the Church for its institutional abuses. Furthermore, the upper echelons of the clergy mandated any artwork that was to be formulated should be characteristic to the dogmas of Catholicism such as the Transfiguration of Christ and canvases that pertains to Scripture should be

  • Pizza Hut Reflection

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    On my third week and fourth week of training, there are many tasks I have accomplished. We continued gathering and encoding Pizza Hut competitors’ information and sorting it according to region and island. Consequently, we repeated working on Mcdonald’s branches because less than 200 branches only were found in Mcdonald’s facebook page and in Munchpunch.com. Based on our research across the internet, there are about more than 500 stores in the Philippines, therefore, we tried to search using Google

  • College Admissions Essay: My Life As A Volunteer Firefighter

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    commodities and life really grieved me, and more so of those who have families in the region. In response to the needs of the communities devastated by the recent calamity, I took part in different repacking programs in the city at the Mactan Airbase in Cebu. This took several weeks to complete, so I really had to balance my schoolwork with my endeavors to serve. And to assist in sustaining the quick recovery of those who were affected, I also participated in our school’s “Roof for Relief Program” which

  • Marivic Genosa Case Essay

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    The case of Marivic Genosa validly invoke the "battered woman syndrome" as constituting self defense for treachery attended the killing of her abusive, immature, irresponsible, alcoholic and violent husband while sleeping. The regional trial court in Ormoc found Marivic guilty "beyond reasonable doubt" of parricide and sentence her to death. The court however, is not discounting the possibility of self-defense arising from the battered woman syndrome for in may defined as a woman "who is repeatedly

  • Comparison Of Ancient And Pre-Scientific Communities Of A Flat Earth

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    Many ancient culture including Greece, Near East, India, and China had believed in the context of a Flat Earth. This idea was widely accepted in most of the pre-scientific societies. This paper intends to discuss the history of the hypothesis: the belief of different ancient and pre-scientific communities of what the Earth looks like and the arguments of different historians, philosophers, and poets of the assumption of the flat Earth. This paper also intends to put in the picture the journey of

  • Whale Shark Effects

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    Freshwater Ecosystems, 27(5), pp.986-994. Schleimer, A., Araujo, G., Penketh, L., Heath, A., McCoy, E., Labaja, J., Lucey, A. and Ponzo, A. (2015). Learning from a provisioning site: code of conduct compliance and behaviour of whale sharks in Oslob, Cebu, Philippines. PeerJ, 3, p.e1452. Pierce, S., Méndez-Jiménez, A., Collins, K., Rosero-Caicedo, M. and monadjem, A. (2010). Developing a Code of Conduct for whale shark interactions in Mozambique. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

  • Philippine Government History

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    Introduction As a democratic and republican country, the power of the government mainly comes from the people of the Philippines, as it is stated on Section 1, Article II of the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Because sovereignty lies in the people, a government structure should embrace to the individuals and not the individuals to a managed kind of structure. With the existence of Filipinos with distinctive influences and ethnic diversities, a decentralized manifestation of government would be more

  • Personal Narrative: My Life In The Military

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    is to defend and deter aggression around the world. This is accomplished primarily by traveling abroad. Consequently, I would get the chance to go all over the world and experience new cultures. Because of the Navy, I had the pleasure of visiting Cebu, Philippines. Initially, I was apprehensive to go out or try anything in the country, but I took a leap of faith, and it was for the best. I fully submerged myself and tried native foods such as balut and blood stew, and also sang karaoke almost every