Manila Research Papers Samples For Students

Values Systems in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Summary

Dom Pedro is one of the largest land owners in the Brazil and was also one of the founders of the local Rural Democratic Union (UDR) which strongly opposed the notion of bringing land reforms in the Brazil. Dom Pedro who was critically ill and was expected to die soon had a son Raoul, who now faces the dilemma of whether he should gift the lands to poor and announce it publically or not. Raoul unlike his father was in favor of the land reforms and he now wants to distribute 20,000 hectares of their land to 2000 ...

I. Introduction

More and more foreigners contemplate to retire overseas. They want to retain their citizenship but they want to retire abroad. This idea is enticing. Financial consideration is the main concern. Others include the political conditions in the targeted retirement destination, taxes, cost or standard of living, among others (Todd, 2010). They eye overseas retirement as they want to enhance the value of their retirement money.
In this case, they need to carefully assess their options. For instance, Americans who want to retire in cost effective, exotic place should address many financial planning issues, including taxes, insurance, investments and ...

In the Philippines, the Army of Liberation was already in control of most of the country by the time 12,000 U.S. troops landed in Manila in August 1898, although as in Cuba most Americans do not remember that a revolution was already underway in these Spanish colonies long before the U.S. became involved in conventional or counterinsurgency operations (Silbey, 2007, p. 215). From the American point of view, it was “a messy unanticipated war” and one that was never popular at home (Linn, 2011, p. 156). President William McKinley had sent the troops to Manila with no clear plan, orders ...

Located to the north-east of Philippines Capital City, Manila’s Pataya dump site is not any more normal dump site with multiple stories of waste and refuse from around the country. The dump site has been the reason behind establishment of one of the world’s innovative and appreciated chic brand, Rags2Riches. The brand has reached international boundaries and is just not like an ordinary brand as the handbags and other products are made from the garbage rags by Filipino women. However, the trend of transforming recycled scrap fabric into rugs was started in the nation a decade ago but ...

The Spanish- American War of 1898 began with the issuing of the Wilson- Gorman Tariff. This tariff was instituted in 1894 and became known as the American Tariff. This tariff placed restrictions on any sugar imports to the United States of America. As a result, the economy of Cuba was severely hurt. At that time, Cuba’s economy was based on producing and selling sugar as the main cash crop. This led to uproar and the rise of a group of angry nationalists known as the ‘insurrectos’. This group of nationalists began a revolt against the then ruling Spanish colonial regime.
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