Essay About The Philippines
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Republic of the Philippines, also known as the Philippines, has a very colorful past, culture, and people. This essay discusses the Philippine nation and its people to better inform the American military personnel on what to expect during interaction with this nation in times of either peace or war. Subjects covered in this essay include: geography, infrastructure, military conflicts, weather considerations, civil considerations, and people of the Philippines.
Geographically, the Philippines consist of 7,107 islands in the Philippines, South China, Sulu and Celebes Seas and the Luzon Straight. Most of the islands are smaller than one square mile and only one-third of them are named. Most of the islands have a terrain that is mountainous with large to narrow coastal lowlands.
The infrastructure in the Philippines is in tatters. The Philippines is considered in the bottom three percent in the world in comparison to other countries. A lot of their people do not have running water or electricity because the government has a hard time committing to repairing the infrastructure in the past years. In 2013 they spent 9.6 billion dollars, the highest ever, to try to bump up their infrastructure. Their focus was on upgrading their airports, roads, and ports. As of right now, their economic future is concerned with telecommunications and shipping. According to the World Development Indicators (2000), “The Philippines has been recognized as the global capital for text messaging.”
The Philippines has the same of communication capabilities as the United States (US). The main way to communicate is by cell phone, but they also use telephone, TV, radio, satellite phones and the internet. The main companies for landline and internet...
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... is the main language of the Philippine government to this day. A lot of the schools on the Islands are taught in English and most of their textbooks are written in English.
In conclusion, the Philippine culture and people are very diverse and are made up of different languages, religions, and nations having a significant resemblance to the United States of America. It is considered to be one of the worst in countries for infrastructure. The Government is also ran much like the United States but is full of corruption which provides more opportunity for smuggling and the loss of billions dollars. The Country has been using Guerilla war fare since the Spanish first colonized the Philippines back in the fourteen hundreds and still use it to this day. There are many languages that are spoken in this country but English being used for school systems and government.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the philippine-american war began in 1899 and ended in 1902 when president emilio aguinaldo was captured. the us occupation of the philippines lasted from 1898 until 1946.
- Explains that japan occupied the philippines from 1942 to 1945. the japanese attacked clarks airfield, cavite, and bataan.
- Explains that the philippines has a colorful past, culture, and people.
- Explains that the philippines' climate is tropical and humid with relatively hot temperatures. the philippines is one of the largest importers of rice in the world.
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- Explains that the 1991 us military withdrawal from the philippines was expected to cause a "power vacuum" that would have adverse economic and political effects on the former us colony.
- Analyzes how the american military presence influenced the politics and economy of the philippines, and what the philippine government has done to compensate for the power vacuum caused by us base closures.
- Explains subic bay was designated as principal us naval station in the philippines in 1901, and fort stotsenberg, renamed clark air base in 1947, was established in pampanga province.
- Explains that us and philippine authorities signed a military bases agreement in march 1947, eight months after the philippines obtained nominal independence. the truman doctrine was proclaimed and the us campaign to "contain communism" began.
- Explains that clark and subic played a key logistical role in support of the us forces in the korean war from 1950 to 1953.
- Describes the deployment of subic-based naval units to the indian ocean and arabian sea during the iranian revolution, north yemen-south yemen border war, and soviet intervention in afghanistan.
- Explains that the anti-dictatorial movement was gaining strength and led by the slain senator's widow, cory aquino. marcos called a snap election in 1986.
- Explains that marcos was deposed in a popular uprising led by aquino, ramos, enrile and cardinal sin in february 1986. a new constitution was adopted after the bases treaty expired in september 1991.
- Analyzes the economic impact of the us bases on the philippine economy. the us military spent over $500 million a year in the country on salaries, the purchase of supplies and services, and other military and economic aid.
- Explains that direct filipino employment on the u.s. bases only amounted to some 5% of the total 1.18 million filipinos employed by the philippine government at that time.
- Explains that the philippines' jose w. diokno foundation makes the point that bases' contribution to the philippine economy was actually consumption of "commodity items" and not "capital investment."
- Explains that the legislative-executive bases council (lebc) was created to formulate a comprehensive program to convert former and existing facilities into alternative productive civilian uses.
- Explains the lebc's alternatives to the economic activities that would suffer upon the removal of the u.s. bases. subic naval base could become a national park with its natural resources and wild creatures.
- Explains that san miguel communications station could be converted into a national and international communications enterprise, contributing to the upgrading of the philippine telecommunications network.
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- Explains that the former clark air base, renamed clark special economic zone, is rising from the ashes and catching up with subic freeport.
- Analyzes how the termination of the military base agreement (mba) devastated bilateral security ties with the u.s.
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- Explains that the philippines relied on the united states for assistance in the development of the afp's internal capabilities. national concerns relating to the cpp, mnlf, and military renegades focused these development efforts on counter-insurgency.
- Explains that the focus on the insurgency and the capability of the afp to fight it had long-term consequences. the philippine navy and air force, the services reared for external security, amounted to almost nothing when dealing with external defense.
- Explains that the philippine navy has 21 patrol ships, 22 transport and service vessels, and about 64 small craft with an average of 41 years in service to protect the country's territorial waters and its exclusive economic zone.
- Explains that the philippines air force (paf) is in an even worse state, having relied on the united states for as much as 61% of its operational needs.
- Explains that the philippines-u.s. security relationship remains in place because of the mutual defense treaty signed in 1951.
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- Explains that the u.s. believes the spratlys and any conflict arising from them fall outside the jurisdiction of the mdt.
- Explains that the philippines believes the united states is bound under the mdt to come to its defense in case of an attack on its claimed territory in the south china sea.
- Analyzes how the spratly debate casts light on the relationship between the mba and the mdt.
- Explains that the visiting forces agreement (vfa) has been the subject of controversy in current philippine politics. the future of philippine-american military relations remains to be seen.
- Opines that the u.s. military presence in the philippines has had a profound impact on philippine politics and economy.
- Opines that the philippine government is plagued by internal strife against the countless rebel groups dissatisfied with the political agenda.
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