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The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development ( Filipino: Kagawaran ng Pananahanang Pantao at Pagpapaunlad ng Kalunsuran ), abbreviated as DHSUD, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the management of housing and related development in the Philippines. [ 2] The department is led by the Secretary ...
Technical-Vocational Education was first introduced to the Philippines through the enactment of Act No. 3377, or the "Vocational Act of 1927." [5] On June 3, 1938, the National Assembly of the Philippines passed Commonwealth Act No. 313, which provided for the establishment of regional national vocational trade schools of the Philippine School of Arts and Trades type, as well as regional ...
Benevolent assimilation. Benevolent assimilation refers to a policy of the United States towards the Philippines as described in a proclamation by US President William McKinley that was issued in a memorandum to the U.S. Secretary of War on December 21, 1898, after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Spanish–American War. [ 1]
The National Library of the Philippines traces its beginnings to the establishment of the Museo-Biblioteca de Filipinas (Museum-Library of the Philippines), established by a royal order of the Spanish government on August 12, 1887. [1] [2] It opened on October 24, 1891, at the Intendencia in Intramuros, then home of the Manila Mint (as the Casa ...
An example is the Tagalog word libre, which is derived from the Spanish translation of the English word free, although used in Tagalog with the meaning of "without cost or payment" or "free of charge", a usage which would be deemed incorrect in Spanish as the term gratis would be more fitting; Tagalog word libre can also mean free in aspect of ...
www .dswd .gov .ph. The Philippines ' Department of Social Welfare and Development ( Filipino: Kagawaran ng Kagalingan at Pagpapaunlad Panlipunan, [ 2] abbreviated as DSWD) is the executive department of the Philippine Government responsible for the protection of the social welfare of rights of Filipinos and to promote the social development.
The Philippines' Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Filipino: Kawanihan ng Pangisdaan at Yamang-tubig, [2] abbreviated as BFAR), is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for the development, improvement, law enforcement, management and conservation of the Philippines' fisheries and aquatic resources.
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines ( PUP; Filipino: Politeknikong Unibersidad ng Pilipinas[ 4][ 5]) is a coeducational state university in Manila, Philippines. It was founded on 19 October 1904, as the Manila Business School (MBS) and as part of Manila's public school system. It was eventually promoted to a chartered state university ...