Essays on Philippines

I grew up in a small town in the mountains of the Philippine Islands, in a culture that emphasized the importance of food, family, and alcohol. In my household, the family is the number one priority. You work to provide for your family. You go...

Abstract Mental health situation in the Philippines has been deeply influenced by diverse culture from people during the pre-colonial era, Spanish and American colonization, and Japanese occupation that transpired in the past. This study aims to answer the problem of reluctancy of Filipinos to seek...

Filipinos queuing for hours to get their government-issued food supply. Citizens having to spend fewer bills to save money. Poor people getting a lower chance of acquiring food. Locals venting out their opinions on social media. These are the typical scenes we get to see...

I am against the war on drugs imposed by the Duterte administration that promised the whole nation six months to ward off drugs that only resulted in extra judicial killings and blood-stained streets. We have two stances in which we explain why we are against...

Political power is the ability to control or influence the behavior of people, and the bigger your sphere of influence, the more political power you attain. In the Spring and Summer of 1898, the United States went to war with Spain. The Americans were victorious,...

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) report shows the country’s overall unemployment rate fell from 6.6% in January 2017 to a low of 5.3% in January 2018. However, unemployment in the Philippines remains the highest among the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. This...

Throughout the decades, poverty and inequality have been the main challenges the Philippines has been facing. Poverty incidence has increased from 24. 4% in 2003 to 26. 9% in 2006, affecting over 4. 7 million Filipino families (World Bank 2014) with 36% of those living...

Philippines is now one of the rising and developing countries in the Asian region, that is in terms of economic development. Far and wide industrial development is booming so much so that even in the farthest area from the north to the south high rise...

An endemic has been plaguing Filipino society for a while now, frequently making its appearance in Facebook walls, twitter feeds, and the Reddit scene. This disease to society being the widespread of fake news, slander, and disinformation throughout social media notably made popular by none...

Per 100,000 people, the country who has the highest murder rate in Southeast Asia, Philippines, has a murder rate of 9.84 for 9,784 recorded cases according to reports from the year 2014. And if one would ever wonder, how many of these cases can actually...

Philippine news media is a powerful tool that is used by different organizations to connect, inform, and influence its subscribed audiences. Although this has plenty of potential for its users, it is often used to convey biased information to persuade its audiences to a stance....

The Philippines is a polyglot society with 181 existed as distinct languages (Mandane, 2014). Accordingto McFarland (2004) the languages in the Philippines can be further group into a few language families which are a northern group (Ilokano, Pangasinan, and Kapampangan) and central group (Tagalog, Bikol,...

The issue that I will be addressing in this essay is the epidemic of teen pregnancy in the Philippines. I chose this topic because I am the product of a teen mother. My mom was pregnant with me most of the time she was 14...

Food is an important part of our lives, which is why the way it is grown, manufacture and transported is worth understanding and improving. The food industry causes a series of industrial activities directed at the processing, conversion, preparation, preservation and packing of foodstuff. This...

The Republic of the Philippines is a lower-middle class archipelago country in Southeast Asia. The Philippeans has one of the most rapid growing economies worldwide and this can be attributed to the many factors that play into this country’s overall composition. To describe the Philippines,...

Abstract Rice importation has been the short and immediate solution of the government to the rising gap between supply and demand caused by problems of production, and increasing population that consumes rice as a staple food. Republic act 11203 or also known as Rice Tariffication...

Filipinos have a deep regard for education. It is viewed as one of the pillars of society, influencing the nation’s culture, economics, and policies. In fact, the Department of Education (DepEd) has the highest allocation from the previous year’s national budget (2017 General Appropriations Act)...

Illegal Mining is one of the environmental issues in the Philippines. Historically, mining has been known in the Philippines as early as 1521. It was common belief that before the arrival of foreign invaders, native Filipinos have been panning gold and other mineral deposited in...

Teenage pregnancy had always been a cause for alarm in the Philippines, despite it being a country that is almost 80% Catholic. But as of recent, the Philippines had slowly increased its number of teenage pregnancies, resulting in the Philippines being the top country with...

In the Philippines, Spanish was the official language for many years starting from the 16th century until 1973. The Philippine constitution designated English and Spanish as official languages in 1935, but mandated the development and adoption of a common national language based on one of...

Child labor is work that deprives the children to live their normal childhood and their potential to do more to help them to grow as a better person. it is also harmful to physical and mental development of a child. in the Philippines where child...

Anyone who has studied history has been asked the question: “Why should we study history?” And has asked himself a similar question — albeit one with a much different tone — “Why do I have to study history?” To answer those questions, we first need...

Asian countries are known for their rich culture and traditions. They are still very much connected with their customs that are passed on from previous generations. Although there have been various modern technologies and other development, some traditions are still maintained. Japan is a first...

Our national heroes really played an important role in achieving our country’s freedom. One example of a national hero that fight for the Filipinos is Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro who sacrificed himself to obtain freedom from our Spanish colonizers. Yet to this day we...

“All of you who are into drugs, you sons of b*tches, I will really kill you,” promised Rodrigo Duarte, now President of the Philippines, on his campaign trail. He was not afraid of how these comments would be received, or at least he wouldn’t show...

The Catholic Church called him as a womanizer, corrupt, a sinner. And the President started throwing back and even cursing them for condemning him. With the knowledge of who and what is our President, he have a sharp tongue, easy to say curses, straight forward...

Local Literature According to CNN Philippines, a company´s style of management is a leading cause of unhappiness among Filipino employees. CNN Philippines also said that the online employment portal Jobstreet presented its 2017 Happiness Index report last October 25, 2017, saying that the lack of...

It all started in the centuries of Spanish rule over the Philippines. The revolutionary forces took steps to form a functioning government called the Republic of Biak-na-Bato. However, it was never fully implemented. Finally, after several battles between the Spanish and Philippine Revolutionary Army, a...