Essays Tagged: "Manila"

Mount Pinatubo, the volcano itself.

he island of Luzon in the Philippines, only 90 kilometres (55 miles) northwest of the capital city, Manila. Up to 800 people were killed and 100,000 became homeless following the eruptions, which clim ... the Luzon arc on the west coast of the island. The arc of volcanoes is due to the subduction of the Manila trench to the west. The volcano experienced major eruptions around 500, 3000, and 5500 years ...

(4 pages) 56 0 3.5 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

Analysis of "Evaluations" and "When Done for Thee" by Alfredo Litiatco

Alfredo Elfren Litiatco was born on July 9, 1908 in Manila to Kapampangan and Tagalog parents. He was a poet, an essayist, a short story writer, a criti ...

(2 pages) 17 1 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Poetry

A subjective comparison between Wolfgang Mozart to dictator Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines

ntation of the Cold War give way to peaceful negotiations. He was host to the Vietnam allies at the Manila Summit of 1966, and embarked on intense personal diplomacy throughout the ASEAN (Association ... trapped between the entrenched oligarchy, which controlled the Congress and the firebrands from the Manila student movement in the peasant regions of Luzon.As a result of this, the writ of habeas corp ...

(3 pages) 22 0 4.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Fortune Telling: Can the Towns go Crazy?

Maria Cristina Mondares University of Santo TomasEspana, ManilaAcknowledgementsOur sincere thanks are due to the following persons and institutions that help ... To show the survey result.4. Emphasize to the reader the effects of fortune telling in Manila.5. To enumerate and explain the major transition and problems regarded with fortune t ...

(38 pages) 63 0 3.7 Aug/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Fortune Telling: Can Towns Go Crazy (Edited)

n Jesus E. VasquezRaymond M. UgalinoMaria Cristina Mondares University of Santo TomasEspana, ManilaAcknowledgementsOur sincere thanks are due to the following persons and institutions that help ... ilippines.3. To show the survey result.4. Emphasize to the reader the effects of fortune telling in Manila.5. To enumerate and explain the major transition and problems regarded with fortune telling i ...

(38 pages) 47 1 4.3 Aug/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Jose Rizal Trial and Execution

isoner in Barcelona, Rizal was ordered by General Eulogio Despujol that he would be shipped back to Manila via the transport ship Colon. On board the vessel, Rizal was told that the Madrid newspapers ... eas corpus. The writ, however, was denied and Rizal remained prisoner in the ship.The Colon reached Manila on November 3, 1896 and Rizal was then quietly transferred to Fort Santiago. The preliminary ...

(4 pages) 39246 0 4.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

A Different Beach Experience

anay Island, Aklan province, in the Visayan region of the Philippines, approximately 187 miles from Manila, the Philippine capital. We took a flight to Manila to Kalibo airport. From Kalibo airport, w ...

(3 pages) 100 2 4.9 Oct/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Emilio Aguinaldo

d at San Juan de Latran. After that private tutors taught him. When a cholera epidemic broke out in Manila, Emilio returned to Kawit. He quit school for good at the age of 13. Emilio's father died in ... ed during this event. He didn't know that other Katipunans, led by Bonifacio, were captured outside Manila in San Juan Del Monte.

(1 pages) 3075 0 0.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Without Seeing The Dawn

(2 pages) 5 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Pretender By F. Sionil Jose

and told his father that he will soon be married to Carmen Villa, a member of an affluent family in Manila whom he met in the United States.Carmen's mother did not like Tony because he is poor while h ... own hands.Betty Sister of Tony. Now married with two children. They live in Antipolo Street, Tondo, Manila where they have migrated from Iloilo after their father was sent to prison. She was the one w ...

(10 pages) 20471 0 3.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Streets of Manila

I was told that the streets of Manila represent dreams, ambitions, and success. A lot of people from different corners of the count ... y?The mass had started, and I went for a little walk just behind the church grounds, the streets of Manila, and at that moment, I wept. I wept because my father is dead, I wept because my mother alway ... it’s the last. I smile, hoping to meet the architect who designed these streets, soon.appendix:Manila = Capital of the Philippinesinay = Tagalog(Filipino) for motherbagoong = salted shrimp frybuk ...

(5 pages) 17 1 4.0 Dec/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

American Son          A Love between a mother and her

es place in the 1990¡¯s California. A mother comes with her two sons Tomas and Gabe from Manila and works two jobs to provide for them. Tomas the older son associates himself with Mexicans ... y when trying to rescue him. The biggest way that she hurts Tomas is when trying to rescue him from Manila and was moving to America. She wanted her sons to have a better life than she had and she tho ...

(5 pages) 3149 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

People face numerous obstacles throughout their lives. Their success and

f his newborn son's condition. He moved my family from a province in the Philippines to the city of Manila where he quickly made arrangements to fix my deformed ear. Despite his attempts to make arran ...

(6 pages) 1297 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A Book Review in Literature 3 (Luha ng Buwaya) Amado Vera Hernandez

the son of Juan Hernandez and Clara Vera. He began molding his brilliance in Gagalangin, Tondo, the Manila High School and at the American Correspondence School where he earned his baccalaureate degre ... unbearable predicament of an individual socially discriminated. He'd worked also as a councilor in Manila and his concern for the people---for the working class grew into strong identification with t ...

(6 pages) 14 0 0.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

F.Sionil Jose's My Brother, My Executioner. This essay analyzes the character's conflicts.

heart belonged there. This is where it all changed.Luis was able to study and finish high school in Manila. He was able to obtain knowledge and wisdom. Though he has not finished his BA, he was a writ ...

(5 pages) 4 0 0.0 Jul/2011

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

How technology influences students

(1 pages) 6 0 0.0 Sep/2014

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

The Story of Stuff

(1 pages) 0 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology