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Reference: https://bloomspresidents.wordpress.com/elpido-r-quirino/ Elpidio Quirino's early life was marked by his humble beginnings in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, and his determination to work while studying law at the University of the Philippines. He pursued a career in public service, serving as a congressman, senator, and various cabinet secretary roles before becoming Vice President under Manuel Roxas. As President, his administration focused on rebuilding the nation after WWII and included key achievements like establishing the Central Bank and negotiating foreign treaties, though it was also challenged by the Hukbalahap insurgency and economic instability. When President Manuel Roxas died on April 15, 1948, Quirino succeeded him as president of the republic. For his weakness in tolerating rampant graft and corruption in his party, permitting immorality in the armed forces, and neglecting the impoverished plight of the majority of Filipinos, he was very unpopular, and in 1953 he...

Reference: https://www.unicef.org/philippines/press-releases/childrens-rights-consortium-seeks-sustained-efforts-against-online-sexual-abuse Multisectoral consortium SaferKidsPH, funded by the Australian Government and implemented by UNICEF, Save the Children Philippines, and the Asia Foundation, appealed to the government to continue strengthening child protection systems during its culminating event to mark the completion of the program. The six-year program started in 2019, with the goal of reducing online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC). A study in 2022 revealed that two in ten, or around two million internet-using children in the Philippines aged 12 to 17 had experienced OSAEC in the past year alone. However, less than three percent reported these to the authorities. But encouraging signs of progress have emerged, with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) reporting a drop in cyber tip reports from the Philippines from over 2.7 mi...

Reference: https://www.iom.int/news/climate-change-adaptation-and-community-resilience-philippines At the occasion of World Environment Day, IOM Philippines launched the “Framing the Human Narrative of Migration in the Context of Climate Change” report on 4 June 2021. Despite being among the smallest contributors to climate change, the Philippines ranks as the second most affected country by the impacts of climate risks, according to the 2020 Climate Risk Index. Developed under the scope of the “Climate Change Adaptation and Community Resilience in the Philippines” project, funded by the IOM Development Fund, the report asks: What is the current state of migration in the context of climate emergency in the Philippine setting? Through a literature review and exploratory interviews with community members and local governments, the report presents two key findings: "The relationship between the climate emergency and migration is mediated by the quality of one’s livelihood as wel...

The Heritage City of Vigan is the most intact example in Asia of a planned Spanish colonial town, established in the 16th century. Its architecture reflects the coming together of cultural elements from elsewhere in the Philippines and from China with those of Europe and Mexico to create a unique culture and townscape without parallels anywhere in East and South-East Asia. An important trading post before the colonial era, Vigan is located at the river delta of Abra River, along the northwestern coastline of the main island of Luzon, in the Province of Ilocos Sur, Philippine Archipelago. The total area of the inscribed property is 17.25 hectares. The traditional Hispanic checkerboard street plan opens up into two adjacent plazas. The Plaza Salcedo is the longer arm of an L-shaped open space, with the Plaza Burgos as the shorter. The two plazas are dominated by the St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Archbishop’s Palace, the City Hall and the Provincial Capitol Building . The urban plan of the to...

During 2nd Quarter, I quite struggled a lot. But I always managed to try and work harder. I learned a lot of things this Quarter that strengthen my knowledge more. Learning about new stuffs are very fun and indeed exciting. My problems and challenges I faced are being always late in passing my outputs, being lazy and has short attention span. I always lose motivation and getting tired easily. To overcome these Challenges and Problems, I always try my hardest to keep up with others and tried my best to do better in everything, because I know that these will determine my future so I have to do everything I mean literally everything and try my best. Moving on, I will Do my hardest in my studies and I have to prevent doing unhealthy study habits and move on with my life, being the person I am, I know that I might be doing worse everytime But I promise I will do my best in the future.