I. Introduction Occidental Bank is one of the largest banks in the Philippines and is the flagship company of the Occidental Group‚ the country’s first billion dollar bank in terms of net worth. It was established in 1962 in Ermita‚ Manila by a group of businessmen‚ led by Ms. Lean Cayanan‚ who is currently the bank’s chairman and single biggest shareholder. Its present headquarters are at Occidental Place‚ located along Paseo De Roxas‚ Makati City‚ and the Philippines’ financial center. The
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Republic of the Philippines Department of Education Region VI-Western Visayas DIVISION OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL Cottage Road‚ Bacolod City Division Unified Examination in English Grade II – Second Grading Period TEST I: LISTENING DIRECTIONS: Listen as the teacher reads pairs of words. If the pair of words has the same initial consonant sound‚ write S and if it has different initial consonant sound‚ write D. 1. 2. 3. DIRECTIONS: Listen to sentences the teacher will be reading. Write
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Gliricidia Sepium is known as Madre de Cacao or Kakawate. Madre de Cacao is common here in the Philippines. This plant has a great benefits in treatment on the skin and also it is use for antimicrobial. This plant is a natural insect repellant. It is toxic to humans when it mixed with rice or maize ( also known as corn ) which is use as rat killer. The researchers choose this kind of plant is because it has a capability to kill parasitic
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I heard. This memoir is based on a moment that occurred in the childhood stage of the writer. The protagonist was about six years old when this event occurred. He was playing outside‚ in the yard of his house when his father came with some inner tubes. They started to play with the inner tubes jumping on top of them like a trampoline. While they were playing with the inner tubes‚ he decided to use one of the inner tubes as a motorcycle. He went down the road inside the inner tube thinking that his
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the group i want a talk about its the sierra club‚ it was found in 1892 the sierra club is the oldest grassroots environmental organization in the united states. the organization was founded in may 28‚ 1892 by a san francisco group of proffersors‚ businessmen and other professional led by john muir‚ john muir was a Scottish-born American naturalist‚ author‚ and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States‚ the sierra club serves to protect land primarily in the united states
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Sierra Leone is a diverse country which offers many crucial resources. Some of Sierra Leone’s natural resources include: diamonds‚ titanium ore‚ bauxite‚ iron ore‚ gold‚ and chromite. Rice‚ coffee‚ cocoa‚ palm kernels‚ palm oil‚ and peanuts are just some of the agriculture products located in Sierra Leone. Its main imports are machinery and transport equipment‚ foodstuffs‚ and fuel. Its exports are mainly gold and diamonds. Sierra Leone being known for its “blood diamonds” or “conflict diamonds”
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Sierra Leone’s bloody civil war‚ for instance‚ could not have continued without profits from diamond sales‚ which funded the murderous Revolutionary United Front (RUF). For this reason‚ in early July 2000‚ the United Nations (U.N.) imposed an 18-month ban on diamonds imported from that west African country. A week later‚ De Beers‚ the world’s largest diamond seller‚ announced a number of changes in its practices‚ and a week after that‚ an international gathering of the diamond industry called for
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Sierra Leone (Above: The Sierra Leone flag) (Howard‚ James L. Flag of Sierra Leone. Digital image. Flagpedia.net. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2013) Sierra Leone. A small country‚ smaller than South Carolina in the U.S‚ it’s located along the Western side of Africa between Guinea and Liberia and besides the North Atlantic Ocean. Sierra Leone is ran by a president‚ who is both chief of state and of the government. Whoever is elected president; will serve to a maximum of “5-year terms” () The current
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The Sierra Nevada mountain range stretches across the eastern side of the state of California. The range begins in the south at the Tehachapi Pass near Bakersfield and stretches north to Lake Almanor. The Sierra Nevada range is 400 miles long‚ north-to-south and has an average width of 70 miles wide. It was formed through subduction when the Pacific plate slid under the North American plate. The range is made up of deeply imbedded rock otherwise known as batholiths. The eastern slope of the mountains
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Santiago Sierra Santiago Sierra (Madrid‚ 1966) is one of the most controversial artists in the international art scene. He has become famous for his critique of the contractual economy through a series of remunerated actions where people – typically immigrants‚ casual workers‚ or even homeless wanderers – are paid to perform some pointless task which is then documented on video and through black-and-white photographs. Poor people and minorities are Sierra’s art supplies. He has them perform some
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