Philippines Term Papers Samples For Students

Analysis - America Is In The Heart by Carlos Bulosan

Carlos Bulosan's 1946 book America is in the Heart is a hard-hitting, revolutionary and eye-opening work that examines what it meant to be a Filipino in early-to-mid 20th century America. This was a time when racial segregation, particularly of Filipinos, was rampant, and becoming a profitable, hard worker was difficult if your skin was the wrong color. During this time, Bulosan worked in the Philippines, working hard and pawning personal items in order to help Macario, his brother, finish school. Moving from there to America in 1930, he hoped to find work and a new life there; what he found was much uglier. In ...

- Ayala Land, Inc. Company Description
Ayala Land, Inc. (or ALI for short) is the largest property developer in the Philippines. It is a fully integrated corporation that performs master-planning and development roles for mixed-use developments that include residential, retail, commercial, and hotel among others. ALI was incorporated in 1988 and offered shares to the public in 1991(the company was listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange or PS) in that year). Since then, ALI has been the leader in strategic land bank management, in development of properties for residential, retail, commercial and other corporate uses, and has developed a ...

Introduction

Asians Americans are those members of the American population whose origin can be traced back to the Middle East and Asia as a whole. It is pertinent to note that this group of the American population identifies itself as Chinese, Indian, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and many other Asian affiliations . It is, therefore, clear that Asian Americans are drawn from various national backgrounds. Consequently, these immigrants speak a variety of languages and conduct practices that give them a cultural and social identity. This paper seeks to highlight Asian American immigration trend, challenges and contribution to the wider American society.

How Asian Americans came to the United States

The people who ...

Introduction

There are several international alliances and organizations that countries may opt to be a member of. One of which is the ASEAN or Association of South East Asian Nations. The objective of this paper is to cover and discuss different key topics about the ASEAN and its member countries.
How does it operate as an international organization recognized by different countries? How do its member countries interact? What ties these countries together? Do the member countries actively participate in the discussions, forums, meetings and different projects and agenda of the organization? These are some of the questions that will ...

The Mugwumps were a political activist group that emerged in 1884. They were affiliated with republican cluster, but they were known to bolt from the Republican Party and supported Grover Cleveland, a democratic candidate, in the 1884 presidential elections (Oakes 19.2). The term Mugwumps is an Algonquian associated which means an important people or a war leader. Thus, they were an influential group in the society at that moment.
The Mugwumps changed party since they were unsatisfied by the financial credibility of the republican candidate at that moment, Oakes. G. Blaine. The Mugwumps made a differential and substantial change ...

Migratory History It is said that ethnic Chinese first appeared on the western shores of North America during the period of the Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines, which is about between 1521 to 1815. They had accepted commissions as being businessmen, sailors and fishermen on the Spanish galleons that traversed the Pacific Ocean between the Philippines and Mexico (Brownstone, 2). Several numbers of ethnic Chinese were able to reach California as this state was still the territory of Mexico until 1848. Future expeditions to Vancouver by John Meares, a British fur trader, brought more Chinese into Vancouver around ...

Abstract

The mission of the United States police force on terrorism and threats from countries in the Middle East such as Afghanistan is to foster peaceful coexistence within states and other nations. Their involvement in the provision of humanitarian support to the civilians in Libya during the military crackdown in 2011for instance was contributed to by the foreign policies that arose after the Second World War (Beasley, 2013).

There are international incidences that have involved operation of the United States police force in the past five years include:

- Provision of humanitarian support to the Libyan civilians during a military crackdown in response to the uprising curfew in Gadhafi’s reign.
- The war and threats against nuclear terrorism in ...

Policemen of the World

Introduction
Since it has gained its independence after the Civil War, the United States of America became the force to be reckoned with as the world’s dominant force in the international arena. Many nations look up to the United States in any given issue: may it be political, economic or social in nature. Considering these circumstances, the US is often regarded by many as the world’s “policemen” and for the US, such responsibility is done in full confidence and dedication each time an issue arises around the globe. Only recently, the US has deployed its forces ...

Storm heading towards Alaska is “Sandy” of 2012, bringing cold to Canada. The headline that flashed on November 7, 2014 in Global News portrays a worrisome image of entire Canada. During, the period of October 1, 2014 to November 15, 2014 Canada encountered drastic weather changes resulting from an amalgamation of number of weather phenomena. Playing the role of protagonist, Nuri and Gonazalo were the primary cause of a number of weather changes in Canada. Interestingly, Nuri having its origin from North Pacific Ocean struck the American continent from eastern end. Even, more interesting fact being that both of them were ...