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Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco (born May 10, 1992), popularly known by the mononym Charice, is a Filipino recording artist and actress who rose to popularity through YouTube. Dubbed by Oprah Winfrey as the Most Talented Girl in the World, she released her first international studio album, Charice in 2010. The album entered the Billboard 200 at number-eight making Charice the first Asian singer in history to land in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 album chart.

She released the single, "Pyramid", which featured rapper, Iyaz. It became her most successful single to-date, charting within the top-40 in a number of countries, and debuting on The Oprah Winfrey Show where she sang live vocals. Crossing over to acting on television, she joined the cast of TV series Glee as Sunshine Corazon.She has released a new lead single, "Before It Explodes", written by Bruno Mars, from her upcoming international sophomore studio album.

Early life

Pempengco was born in Laguna, Philippines. Raised by a single mother, she helped support the family by entering singing contests at age seven, from town fiestas in various provinces to singing competitions on TV.She is said to have competed in almost a hundred such contests.

In 2005, Charice joined Little Big Star, a talent show in the Philippines loosely patterned after American Idol. Eliminated after her first performance, she was called back as a wildcard contender and eventually became one of the finalists. Although she was a consistent top scorer in the final rounds, she did not win the title in the finale and only placed third.

Charice made minor appearances on local television shows and commercials, but essentially fell off the radar after her stint at Little Big Star. It was not until 2007 that she gained worldwide recognition after an avid supporter under the username FalseVoice, started posting a series of her performance videos on YouTube. These videos received over 15 million hits

Discovery (2007–2008)

In June 2007, Ten Songs/Productions, a music publishing company in Sweden, invited Pempengco to a demo-recording after producers saw her videos. She recorded seven songs – six covers and an original song entitled "Amazing".She was then invited to the South Korean talent show Star King on its October 13, 2007 edition, she sang "And I Am Telling You" and a duet of "A Whole New World" with Kyuhyun, from Super Junior.

After watching her Star King performance on YouTube, Ellen DeGeneres extended an on-air invitation to Pempengco to guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She flew to the United States for the first time and performed two songs on the December 19, 2007 episode of the show – "I Will Always Love You" and "And I Am Telling You".Following her American debut on Ellen, she made a second appearance on Star King as the "Most Requested Foreign Act" of the show. On its December 28 edition, she performed Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" and sang a duet with singer Lena Park. In January 2008, she was invited to the Malacañang Palace where she performed for Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

She returned to the international scene when she guested on the April 8 episode of The Paul O'Grady Show in London, England. Her self-titled Philippine debut album Charice was released in May 2008. The mini album, consisting of six songs and six backing tracks, was awarded gold certification in the Philippines in October 2008.The album eventually achieved platinum status in 2009. Pempengco appeared on the May 12 edition of The Oprah Winfrey Show in an episode entitled the "World's Smartest Kids", where she performed Whitney Houston's I Have Nothing. After the show, Oprah Winfrey contacted David Foster to see what the legendary music producer could do for Pempengco.

She performed with Foster for the first time as one of the entertainers on the May 17 opening of the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut. She made her debut on the international concert stage in Foster's May 23 tribute concert, Hitman: David Foster and Friends, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. She performed a medley of songs from The Bodyguard as well as her standard, "And I Am Telling You".

A CD/DVD of the concert, including Pempengco's The Bodyguard medley, was released on November 11, 2008. The show was aired several times on PBS and other public television networks starting in December 2008 under the Great Performances banner. One of the singers at the concert was Pempengco's idol, Andrea Bocelli. Bocelli subsequently expressed interest in performing a duet with her and personally invited her to be a guest on his birthday concert "The Cinema Tribute" held on July 20 at the Teatro del Silenzio in his hometown of Lajatico, Tuscany, Italy. Aside from her solo performance, she sang a duet of "The Prayer" with the famous tenor in front of more than 8,000 people.

She was invited to perform for the Feyenoord's Centennial Anniversary in the Netherlands held on September 26. Before a crowd of about 50,000 football (soccer) fans, she sang the team's anthem, "You'll Never Walk Alone." When she guested on the "Dreams Come True" episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show on September 9, Oprah referred to her as "The Most Talented Girl in the World." She sang Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" with David Foster on piano, after which Oprah surprised her with an appearance by Celine Dion via satellite, who invited her to sing a special duet at New York City's Madison Square Garden as part of Dion's Taking Chances Tour.

She performed her promised duet with Celine Dion on September 15. They sang "Because You Loved Me," dedicated to Pempengco's mother. The performance received rave reviews in The New York Post and The New York Times The duet was eventually featured on the September 19 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show.She would then perform at the Andre Agassi Grand Slam for Children Benefit Concert at the Wynn Las Vegas casino resort. In November, she and David Foster guested on Good Morning America to promote Foster's tribute album, Hitman: David Foster and Friends. She performed The Bodyguard medley and "I Will Survive."

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The Beautiful Places/Sceneries of the Philippines

1.Banaue Rice Terraces

Banaue Rice Terraces, which is also referred to as “Hagdan Hagdang Palayan,”

The Banaue Rice Terraces

is also found in the Philippines. It is widely regarded as the 8th wonder of the world because of its magnificence and grandeur.

A mountain formed by traversing stairs, Banaue Rice Terraces is a 2,000-year old landmark, carved by the Ifugao natives.

This man made structure is also known as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

2.Bohol

Bohol is one of the loveliest islands of the Philippines. It is full of diverse wildlife as well as blue beaches.

Chocolate Hills of Bohol

A popular attraction in this province is the world renowned Chocolate Hills. This tourist spot is composed of more than 1,200 perfect cone shape hills, which are, unusually, all the same size! The name Chocolate Hills was derived from the color of the hills. During the summer the green grass that covers the hills turns brown.

The true attraction here is that these lush green and brown hills are not manmade, but are, in fact, a masterpiece of nature!

3.Vigan

If you are wondering what the Philippines looked like during the Spanish regime, then you should pack your bags and head to Vigan.

The Spanish Houses in Vigan

Vigan is a World Heritage Site, renowned for a perfectly intact Spanish architecture. Experience what it was like to walk during the great times of Spanish era as the streets of Vigan are laid with cobblestones. The entire town is also fused with unique and elegant architectural designs.

There are also “calezas” or carriages that complete the experience.

4.Cebu

Cebu, or the “Queen City of the South,” is definitely a great place to go to in the Philippines.

The Heritage Monument in Cebu

This region is a fantastic fusion of urban metro and rural province. Cebu is filled with breathtaking beaches colored by the clear blue sea and powdery sands. Enjoy yourself in its serene cool waters or you frolic in the sun while beholding the captivating horizon.

If you head to the city, you will be welcomed by skyscrapers, malls and hotels!

5.Boracay

You haven’t seen paradise until you have arrived on one of the most beautiful beaches in the world: Boracay!

It is not surprising that the seas of Boracay have been named several times as the world’s loveliest beach. Who wouldn’t fall for its azul waters lined by velvety white sand?

The Beautiful Beach of Bora

After you’ve enjoyed the beach, treat yourself to a palatable experience as there are numerous restaurants that serve authentic Filipino dishes while some offer a fusion of Asian and European cuisines.

At night, you can party your heart out as the picturesque and quite beach is transformed into one big party place!

6.Palawan

If there is one world to best describe Palawan it would be the world magical.

The El Nido Beach

Indeed Palawan tops our list as its exotic beauty remains unparalleled! It is a sanctuary graced by spectacular lime stone formations and cliffs. To top it off, Palawan is laced with emerald clear waters unlike any other.

Among the most popular resorts include El Nido, Coron and the world class and exclusive Amanpulo.

This relaxing place is also abundant with rare flora and fauna. .

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Final 'Potter' film is sad and satisfying

If last year's 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1' marked the beginning of the end with a gripping feeling of doom and gloom, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2' wraps things up once and for all on a note of melancholy.

REVIEW
Oh, it's dramatic, to be sure: gorgeous, somber and startling as the young wizard faces his destiny and fights the evil Lord Voldemort. But the end of this staggeringly successful movie franchise, an epic fantasy saga spanning eight films over the past decade, provides a necessary emotional catharsis for Harry and for us. Even those who aren't ardent Potterphiles -- who aren't waiting in a line around the theater with their homemade wands and hand-drawn lightning scars -- might find themselves getting unexpectedly choked up a couple of times.
That's always been the real magic of the series, based on J.K. Rowling's novels: that mixture of the exotic and the everyday, the otherworldly and the utterly relatable. No longer the innocent children they were when they entered Hogwarts, Harry, Ron and Hermione are growing up and moving on, and so must we. That the future of the wizard world hangs in the balance in this final installment is only part of the tale.
Still, director David Yates has accomplished the difficult task of bringing it all to a close in satisfying fashion. Having directed the last four of the eight films, Yates has provided a momentum and cohesion to the 'Harry Potter' canon, which has gotten progressively darker and more mature. And Steve Kloves, who's written all but one of the screenplays in the series, has once again risen to the challenge of trying to please purists and casual viewers alike in adapting Rowling's revered writing.
It's hard to imagine how complicated this must have been, given the density of the mythology, even though the final book was divided into two films. (Although the epilogue, which features some of the main characters decked out in grown-up makeup, does seem a bit cheesy and hasty and it might inspire a few giggles.)
At the same time, because it took two films to depict the action in the last installment, this second half doesn't feel overstuffed or overlong. It moves with great urgency toward the final showdown between Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes, deeply disturbing as usual); danger infuses every moment, and it never overstays its welcome.
Much of that has to do with the look of the film, both in its attention to inventive detail and to the sweeping, elaborate set pieces. The cinematography from Eduardo Serra, who also shot 'Deathly Hallows: Part 1', is once again richly ominous and beautifully bleak. Here, Hogwarts isn't a warm, bustling place full of possibilities but rather a fearsome fortress swarming with Death Eaters, where Professor Severus Snape (the deliciously icy Alan Rickman) rules as if leading his own fascist regime.

Facebook

Facebook
is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc As of July 2011, Facebook has more than 750 million active users. Users may create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile. Facebook users must register before using the site. Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups, organized by workplace, school or college, or other characteristics. The name of the service stems from the name given to students at the start of the academic year by university administrations in the United States to help students get to know each other better. Facebook allows any users who declare themselves to be at least 13 years old to become registered users of the website.
Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow computer science students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. The website's membership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University. It gradually added support for students at various other universities before opening to high school students, and, finally, to anyone aged 13 and over, but based on ConsumersReports.org on May 2011, there are 7.5 million children under 13 with accounts, violating the site's terms.

Computer

A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem.

Conventionally a computer consists of some form of memory for data storage, at least one element that carries out arithmetic and logic operations, and a sequencing and control element that can change the order of operations based on the information that is stored. Peripheral devices allow information to be entered from an external source, and allow the results of operations to be sent out.

A computer's processing unit executes series of instructions that make it read, manipulate and then store data. Conditional instructions change the sequence of instructions as a function of the current state of the machine or its environment.

ADVANTAGES 

1. Faster Communication
2. Massive increase in productivity
3. Multiple functions in work and entertainment
4. Keeps kids quiet and destroying the house
5. Massive Storehouse of information

DISADVANTAGES

1. Addiction
2. Minor increase in cancer due to radiation (though unproven)
3. Uses a lot of electricity
4. Increases Child maturity at ages far below average
5. Risk of credit card and ID theft.

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Amaya is a Philippine historical fiction and period drama created and developed by Suzzete Doctolero, with Marian Rivera in the title-role. Directed by Mac Alejandre, it premiered on May 30 on gma network  and on June 1, 2011 on GMApinoytv.
This show is all about Philippine history prior to the conquering of the Spaniards. It is set in Panay Island in the mid-1500s.
The show had a primer which was aired on May 28 in the Philippines and May 29 on GMA Pinoy TV 
worldwide


Amaya was born with a twin snake who is destined to defeat the Rajah (the leader of a land) in their time because of his misuse of power. In the beginning, Amaya was taken away from her mother's side by his father to give her the good life. She became a princess (Bai or Dayang) however, her stepmother was jealous that Datu Bugna, the leader of their land was giving her the love and attention that she and her two children wanted. She then went to Amaya's room (Bukot) and started to harass her and question her about what's so special about her that she is favored by her husband. Bugna came and hurled her away from Amaya. After the event, she went to the Puod of Rajah Mangubat, the one that rule their Banwa, and told that Bugna was planning a rebellion against him. He then decided to invade Bugna's territory and kill the leader. On the other hand, while the invasion is on its way, Amaya's twin snake visited her, however she doesn't have any idea at the time that although she can speak to it that its her twin. The snake foresaw an attack and warned her. Amaya in panic, went down her room and told everyone about the warning. They didn't believe her until the guard sounded the warning siren. Bugna then meets up with the invaders and was surprised that his wife had betrayed him. Mangubat then demands for his beloved Princesses. Amaya on the other hand hid her youngest sister and along with her older step sister, they were taken to the shore where the current battle is happening. Amaya then stepped on the ground, which is forbidden because it's a disrespect to her father and that it represents cleanliness. She ran and gave him a big hug, however, the emperor took her as a hostage and bargained for her life. Bugna then said that he'd rather die than see her beloved princess die and admitted to his "crime". He was killed and hostages were taken into their place. Meanwhile, her stepmother asked him to give her the authority over Amaya. He said yes, and the following day, she took Amaya out of the Coral (Animal room) and started undressing her symbolizing that she is no longer a princess but an uripon or a slave. The episode then ended Amaya meets the son of the Rajah that she once met and thought that she liked, and rejected her feeling towards him due to the blood relation of him and the person who killed her father.



The story is set in Central Visayas in the 1500s, during the time of Rajah Mangubat's reign. He was not only known as a good warrior, but also as an undefeated one. Nobody stood a chance against him especially with his extraordinary battle skills and his magical amulet. Not long after, a village priestess or babaylan prophesizes that he would be killed by a woman one day.
Rajah Mangubat becomes anxious about the prophecy not only because he will eventually be killed, but also because the person who will take over his power is a girl - a girl who has a snake for a twin. With this, he orders all pregnant women in his own village tribe and also in others to be killed. Datu Bugna's village is the only one that survives Rajah Mangubat's terror because they have long been friends and alliances.
What Rajah Mangubat doesn't know is that the baby girl that he has been looking for to be killed has been born in Datu Bugna's territory. Amaya is Datu Bugna's daughter from Dal'lang, an uripon. And because he wants to protect Amaya, he hides her in a secret chamber as a "binukot" and tells her that Dal'lang, is already dead. Amaya's twin snake is thrown away to the forest and is told that it may only come back if Amaya is in dire need of help.
Amaya has once attempted to escape from her chamber when she wanted to see the outside world for the first time. That was when she saw Prince Bagani for the first time. They immediately fell in love with each other. No matter the distance and the years that have passed, they still have not forgotten that day when they first met.
Because of Dian Lamitan's evil desire to get rid of Amaya, she betrays her husband Datu Bugna and tells Rajah Mangubat her husband's plan of revolt. Rajah Mangubat's men take Amaya from her chamber and use her as blackmail to make Datu Bugna confess. He eventually does and Rajah Mangubat kills him in front of Amaya.
Rajah Mangubat takes Amaya to his village and there, turns her as one of his new slaves. Amaya sees the treacherous Lamitan and becomes enraged with her father's double-crossing wife. She promises that she will do anything to avenge her father. But Rajah Mangubat still has no idea about Amaya's true identity - the girl with the twin snake
Amaya is surprised to see her long lost love, Bagani, but is devastated to find out that he is Rajah Mangubat's son. Bagani is shocked as well when he finds out that the girl he once fell in love with is now a slave. In spite of this, he still remains in love with her. However, Amaya tries to get rid of her feelings for him all for her plans' sake.
Will she succeed in her battle against true love? Will she be able to finally avenge her father? Will her prophecy come true?

Main cast

• Marian Rivera as Amaya, the daughter of Datu Bugna and Dal'lang
• Sid Lucero as Bagani, the son and heir of Rajah Mangubat
• Mikael Daez as Lumad, an uripon/panday of Atubang
• Glaiza de Castro as Binayaan, the second daughter of Datu Bugna and Dian Lamitan. Her name, Binayaan comes from the word biya which means left alone/forsaken. Unloved by her parents (they are expecting a male child), she will pretend as Amaya when Dal'lang found her during the invasion of Rajah Mangubat.
• Rochelle Pangilinan as Marikit, the first daughter of Datu Bugna and Dian Lamitan
• Gardo Versoza as Rajah Mangubat, a great ruler of a Puod(a collection of banwa). Legend tells (revealed in the pilot episode) that Rajah Mangubat aged to adolescence on the very same day he was born

Timawa, Tumao, and Babaylan

• Ryan Eigenmann as Angaway, the grandson of Uray Hilway and a relative of Rajah Mangubat, has lustful intentions towards Amaya
• Irma Adlawan as Mantal, the umbo of Dian Lamitan
• Ayen Munji-Laurel as Rahu Linangan, the wife of Rajah Mangubat
• Robert Villar as Banuk, the young brother of Bagani
• Angie Ferro as Hilway, the High Priestess of the Puod of Rajah Mangubat. She has the ability to communicate with a diwata or an umalagad by letting them possess her body
• Mon Confiado as Songil, a warrior of Rajah Mangubat
• AJ Dee as Paratawag, a warrior of Rajah Mangubat
• Rob Sy as Paragahin, a warrior of Rajah Mangubat
• Mia Pangyarihan as Silay, an alabay of Uray Hilway
• Daniel Fernando as Atubang, second-in-command to Rajah Mangubat and in charge of the armory
• Janina San Miguel as Hiyas
• Jan Manual as Usbog
• Maybelyn Dela Cruz as Asinas

Uripon

• Roy Alvarez as Awi, the brother of Datu Bugna. Being an ally to Rajah Mangubat in the past, he was not killed but turned into an uripon/panday
• Sheena Halili as Ahak, in the past, she was the hayohay of Amaya. Currently the uripon of Atubang
• Ana Capri as Agang, an uripon in the Banwa of Datu Bugna
• Ana Feleo as Bayang, a former alabay and the hayohay of Bagani
• Roxanne Barcelo as Kayang, the hayohay of Marikit
• Dion Ignacio as Kuling, an uripon of Atubang
• Pancho Magno as Agul, an uripon/panday of Atubang
• Dindo Arroyo as Badu, an uripon that kidnapped the young Amaya (with commands from Dian Lamitan). Killed by the twin snake of Amaya

Guest cast

• Raymond Bagatsing as Datu Bugna, (before he became a datu, he was a timawa who was forced to be married to Lamitan, a daughter of a datu)
• Perla Bautista as Uray Digan
• Rustica Carpio as Digan
• Edelweiss Jhyreele Tuzon as Young Amaya
• Julian Trono as Young Rajah Mangubat
• Sheila Rose Nuñez as Young Marikit
• Francheska Salcedo as Young Binayaan
• Carlo Lacana as Young Bagani
• Abby Bautista as Alunsina
• Bituin Escalante as Epic Chanter
• Sarah Lahbati as Nibulan (the wife of Lumad)

Diwata

• Aubrey Miles - Manguayen (a diwata that transports the dungan of a dead person to Sulad)
• Tanya Garcia - Pandaki (a diwata that can return a dungan into the mortal realm and give a person a better fate)

 Glossary

• Abba/Laon - God
• Anito - sacrifice,a ritual or ceremony which is conducted by a babaylan
• Alabay - Babaylan apprentice
• Bai - princess
• Bunga - Betel nut
• Babaylan - shaman,priestess
• Baba - father
• Balay - house
• Banwa - territory,community
• Baroto - boat or canoe
• Bata-bata - dolls made from wood
• Batuk - tattoo
• Bakunawa - the guardian of Sulad; a mythological creature that is believed that ate the 6 moons and punished by Abba and now still believed that tries to eat the last moon.
• Bankaw - spear
• Baladaw - short broad dagger
• Binukot - young women(usually the daughters of a datu or rajah) who were kept inside the house away from public eye
• Bingil - virgin
• Bunggaitan - a diwata that cannot be easily defeated (diwatang Hindi papatalo sa sinumang kalaban)
• Bugay - dowry
• Bulawan - gold
• Datu - Chief or a lord of vassals
• Dada - Auntie
• Dalanganan - a powerful diwata and babaylan
• Diwata - Goddesses (but usually known as fairy)
• Dungan - Willpower, Inner Strength
• Gahat - to raid by land
• Gubat - general term for warfare
• Haop - Datu's following (barangay)
• Hayohay - a low class uripon (slave)/a slave that lives on its master's house
• Hilugo - blood price
• Himalad - palm reading
• Husay - gold comb/hair accessory. The Pre-Hispanic women value their hair very much they will never cut it and no one should ever touch their hair without permission, by giving a husay to any man signals her affection to him.
• Ilawod - downstream
• Iloy - Mother
• Iraya - upstream
• Kadatoan - from a lineage of a Datu or any nobility
• Kalag - soul/higher spirit
• Kampilan - a heavy pointed cutlass or sword
• Karakoa - warship
• Kandu - poem
• Kunggit - Sungka/Mancala
• Kiral - lewd or a prostitute
• Kalis / Kris - sword
• Kunggit - sungka
• Kapid - kambal
• Lalangban - spiritual river
• Maaram - midwife
• Mabaw - child out of wedlock
• Mangayaw/Pangangayaw - to raid by sea
• Pag-agawad - the process/ceremony of putting one's batuk
• Pag-unong - suicide
• Pag-aanito - an act of sacrifice
• Pangasi - rice wine
• Pamamangkaw - engagement ceremony
• Panday - blacksmiths, general term for carpenters ,boat-builders and jewellers
• Pulo - island
• Rajah - ruler
• Sandil - secondary wives
• Silat - a kind of toothbrush made of vegetable husk for cleaning and polishing the teeth
• Sulad - land of the dead/purgatory
• Saad - paradise/heaven
• Tagna - prediction of an alabay/babaylan
• Timawa - freeman
• Tinubos - redeemed or ransomed
• Oyo - a polite term of address of an older brother to his younger brother
• Umalagad - ancestor spirits
• Uripon - slave, a women is a topless which their long hair covered with their breasts with wearing a skirt.
• Umbo - term for older sister
• Yoyo - uncle

• Lani Mercado as Dal'lang, the uripon mother of Amaya
• Gina Alajar as Dian Lamitan, the wife of Datu Bugna.

PHILIPPINES

PHILIPPINES

President: Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino (2010)

Land area: 115,124 sq mi (298,171 sq km); total area: 115,830 sq mi (300,000 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 99,900,177 (growth rate: 1.9%); birth rate: 25.7/1000; infant mortality rate: 19.9/1000; life expectancy: 71.4; density per sq mi: 791

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Manila, 10,677,000 (metro. area), 1,581,082 (city proper)

Other large cities: Quezon City (2000 est.), 1,669,776 (part of Manila metro. area); Cebu (2003 est.), 761,900

Monetary unit: Peso

Geography

The Philippine islands are an archipelago of over 7,000 islands lying about 500 mi (805 km) off the southeast coast of Asia. The overall land area is comparable to that of Arizona. Only about 7% of the islands are larger than one square mile, and only one-third have names. The largest are Luzon in the north (40,420 sq mi; 104,687 sq km), Mindanao in the south (36,537 sq mi; 94,631 sq km), and Samar (5,124 sq mi; 13,271 sq km). The islands are of volcanic origin, with the larger ones crossed by mountain ranges. The highest peak is Mount Apo (9,690 ft; 2,954 m) on Mindanao.

History

The Philippines' aboriginal inhabitants arrived from the Asian mainland around 25,000 BC They were followed by waves of Indonesian and Malayan settlers from 3000 BC onward. By the 14th century AD , extensive trade was being conducted with India, Indonesia, China, and Japan.
Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain, explored the Philippines in 1521. Twenty-one years later, a Spanish exploration party named the group of islands in honor of Prince Philip, who was later to become Philip II of Spain. Spain retained possession of the islands for the next 350 years.
The Philippines were ceded to the U.S. in 1899 by the Treaty of Paris after the Spanish-American War. Meanwhile, the Filipinos, led by Emilio Aguinaldo, had declared their independence. They initiated guerrilla warfare against U.S. troops that persisted until Aguinaldo's capture in 1901. By 1902, peace was established except among the Islamic Moros on the southern island of Mindanao.
The first U.S. civilian governor-general was William Howard Taft (1901–1904). The Jones Law (1916) established a Philippine legislature composed of an elective Senate and House of Representatives. The Tydings-McDuffie Act (1934) provided for a transitional period until 1946, at which time the Philippines would become completely independent. Under a constitution approved by the people of the Philippines in 1935, the Commonwealth of the Philippines came into being with Manuel Quezon y Molina as president.
On Dec. 8, 1941, the islands were invaded by Japanese troops. Following the fall of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces at Bataan and Corregidor, Quezon instituted a government-in-exile that he headed until his death in 1944. He was succeeded by Vice President Sergio Osmeña. U.S. forces under MacArthur reinvaded the Philippines in Oct. 1944 and, after the liberation of Manila in Feb. 1945, Osmeña reestablished the government.

Local Government Leader and Ally of President Accused of Organizing Massacre

The government declared a state of emergency in November 2009 in the southern province of Maguindanao on the island of Mindanao following the massacre of a group of 57 people who about to fill out election nomination forms for a local leader who was challenging rival Andal Ampatuan, Jr., in the race for provincial governor. Officials and relatives of the victims blame Ampatuan's father, Andal Ampatuan, Sr., for organizing the attack. Ampatuan, himself a a former provincial governor, is an ally of President Arroyo. In February 2010, police arrested nearly 200 people, including both Ampatuans, in connection with the attack.
In elections in May 2010, Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino, a senator and the son of former president, Corazon Aquino, was elected president. He won about 40% of the vote. Former president Joseph Estrada placed second in the race, with about 25%. Aquino campaigned on a promise to crack down on corruption, which he said would help to reduce poverty.

anime

Anime is commonly defined as animation originating in Japan. , an abbreviated pronunciation in Japanese of "animation", pronounced in Japanese, but typically or /ˈɑnimeɪ/ in English.) The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, anime is also referred to as "Japanese animation".

While the earliest known Japanese animation dates to 1917, and many original Japanese cartoons were produced in the ensuing decades, the characteristic anime style developed in the 1960s—notably with the work of Osamu and became known outside Japan in the 1980s.

Anime, like manga, has a large audience in Japan and recognition throughout the world. Distributors can release anime via television broadcasts, directly to video, or theatrically, as well as online.

Both hand-drawn and computer-animated anime exist. It is used in television series, films, video, video games, commercials, and internet-based releases, and represents most, if not all, genres of fiction. As the market for anime increased in Japan, it also gained popularity in East and Southeast Asia. Anime is currently popular in many different regions around the world.

Pabor ba ang karamihan sa DIVORCE?

Divorce (or the dissolution of marriage)                                                                                                                    is the final termination of a marital union, canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties (unlike annulment which declares the marriage null and void). Divorce laws vary considerably around the world but in most countries it requires the sanction of a court or other authority in a legal process. The legal process for divorce may also involve issues of spousal support, child custody, child support, distribution of property and division of debt. Where monogamy is law, divorce allows each former partner to marry another; where polygyny is legal, divorce allows the woman to marry another.

As of 2011, only Malta, the Philippines and the Vatican City do not allow for divorce. Malta voted in favour of its introduction in a facultative, non-binding referendum held in May 2011. From 1971 to 1996, four European countries legalised divorce: Spain, Italy, Portugal and the Republic of Ireland.

"Divorcing one's parents" is a term sometimes used to refer to emancipation of minors.

 Resulta ng botohan kung payag ba ang karamihan sa divorce.

             The survey reported that support for divorce increased overall compared to 2005, according to ABS-CBN. In 2005, only 43 percent of adult Filipinos backed divorce while 44 percent disagreed. In Metro Manila, support also increased from 44 percent to 52 percent this year. Even among social classes, Class E respondents who agreed with the statement rose from 37 percent to 45 percent. In Class D alone, the number of those in favor of divorce moved up from 42 percent to 52 percent.