2. Overview in the Philippines
• UN Helped Pablo Victims
• Government boosts Nuclear Technology’s Use
• Philippines and Muslim rebels agree landmark
peace deal
• Internet Low in Philippines Takes Effect
• Palace declares January 23 a holiday
http://www.cntraveller.com/guides/asia/phili
ppines
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28/may-28-philippine-national-flag-day/
3. UN Helped Pablo Victims
• “Pablo” is the name of
typhoon hit Philippines
last year
• It was biggest typhoon in
2012
• Hundreds people are
missing and four hundred
people died http://www.flickr.com/photos/89715795@N0
• There are still people who 2/8290149260/
has not found yet
Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/385189/un-help-pablo-
victims#.UQTs72dCcyo
4. Listening Tasks
• What is “Pablo”?
• About how many people died of “Pablo”?
• What organization helped the Philippines?
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ters/ ation/multimedia/gallery/iss034e00547
6_prt.htm
5. Government Boosts Nuclear
Technology’s Use
• The government is
stepping up initiatives
to harness the power of
nuclear technology
• They will establish the
facility with technical
assistance from the http://neurovoresnuclearnetworknews.blog
IAEA spot.jp/2011/06/nuclear-technology-basics-
part-6-heavy.html
Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/385184/government-boosts-nuclear-technology-s-use
6. Listening Tasks
• What the word “harness” means in this article?
• What “IAEA” stands for?
• What do you think about using Nuclear technology?
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technology-that-even-the-nuclear-skeptics- force-is-almost-with-us/
should-like-or-at-least-seriously-consider/
7. Philippines and Muslim rebels agree
landmark peace deal
• The Philippine government
and Muslim rebels have
taken their first steps to
ending one of Asia's
longest-running fights
• They signed a preliminary
peace deal
• They discussed how they http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2
agree that peace deal in 012/10/15/muslim-rebels-ink-
Japan philippine-pact-step-peace.html-0
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/07/philippines-muslim-rebels-peace-deal
8. Internet Law in Philippines Takes Effect
• President Benigno Aquino III
signed Republic Act to prevent
criminal harm
• It can ban common activities
like sharing Facebook and
Twitter posts
• It sets penalties for several
computer-related http://www.femalenetwork.com/new
crimes, including child s-features/10-news-highlights-of-
pornography, identity 2012/
theft, online fraud and
illegally accessing computer
networks
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/world/asia/new-internet-law-gets-hostile-
reception-in-philippines.html?_r=1&
9. Listening Tasks
• What is the name of the President?
• Under this law, can we share Facebook and
Twitter posts freely?
• How do you think the right to have “Freedom
of Speech?”
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7,2398372,00.asp hts-and-wrongs-internet-law-in-nz
10. Palace declares January 23 a holiday
• January 23, 2012 was set
as a special non-working
day in observance of
Chinese New Year
http://coffeeatbreak.blogspot.jp/2012/02/p
• The Chinese nationals all hilippine-national-symbols.html
over the world celebrate
Spring Festival, popularly
known as the Chinese
New Year
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Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/12/01/11/palace-declares-january-23-holiday
