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v. t. e. Philippine English (similar and related to American English) is a variety of English native to the Philippines, including those used by the media and the vast majority of educated Filipinos and English learners in the Philippines from adjacent Asian countries.
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 ...
Filipino proverbs or Philippine proverbs [1] are traditional sayings or maxims used by Filipinos based on local culture, wisdom, and philosophies from Filipino life.The word Sawikain proverb corresponds to the Tagalog words salawikain, [2] [3] kasabihan [2] (saying) and sawikain [3] (although the latter may also refer to mottos or idioms), and to the Ilocano word sarsarita.
The styles and themes used in Philippine literature were born from a combination of the country’s history, mythology, culture, and foreign influences, evolving throughout different periods while also adopting common writing philosophies and movements of the time.
The Department of Labor and Employment ( Filipino: Kagawaran ng Paggawa at Empleo, [ 2] commonly abbreviated as DOLE) is one of the executive departments of the Philippine government mandated to formulate policies, implement programs and services, and serve as the policy-coordinating arm of the Executive Branch in the field of labor and ...
Philippine English vocabulary. As a historical colony of the United States, the Philippine English lexicon shares most of its vocabulary from American English, but also has loanwords from native languages and Spanish, as well as some usages, coinages, and slang peculiar to the Philippines. Some Philippine English usages are borrowed from or ...
The indigenous language of the Tagalog people is Tagalog, which has evolved and developed over time. Baybayin is the indigenous Tagalog writing system. In the modern day, few people know how to read and write in baybayin; it is instead is artistically expressed in calligraphy, drawing new forms and from old writings. [83] [84]
The Labor policy in the Philippines is specified mainly by the country's Labor Code of the Philippines and through other labor laws. They cover 38 million Filipinos who belong to the labor force and to some extent, as well as overseas workers. They aim to address Filipino workers’ legal rights and their limitations with regard to the hiring ...