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TALIPAPA
ni M. Evangelista
The First Loan
DID YOU
KNOW…
...that in keeping with its quasi-public
character, El Banco Español Filipino de Isabel 2, the first bank to be
established in the Philippines and Southeast Asia, granted the Spanish
colonial government in the Philippines with an interest-free loan amounting
to 200,000 pesos fuertes in 1864?
.
…that the amount was equivalent to half of the
bank's authorized capital at that time?
.
…that although the government specified that
the loan be subject to a 6 percent interest, it was the bank's stockholders
who decided to give the government the funds at no cost?
.
…that this loan was the first of a number of
accommodations extended by the bank to the colonial government in the
Philippines?
- adequate - sapat
- always - lagi
- annoyance - pagkayamot
- attention - atensyon
- bad service - hindi magandang serbisyo
- broken - sira
- to claim - umangkin
- complaint - reklamo
- courteous - magalang
- courtesy - paggalang
- customer - kliyente
- damaged - napinsala
- defective - depektibo
- delay - antala
- to detect - magmanman
- dissatisfied - hindi kuntento
- to exchange - ipalit
- expired - nawalan ng bisa
- fast - mabilis
- to fix - ayusin
- for your service - para sa iyong serbisyo
- free of charge - walang bayad
- good service - magaling na serbisyo
- helpful - matulungin
- impolite - hindi magalang
- lost and found - nawala at natagpuan
- pleasurable - kalugod-lugod
- to repair - ayusin
- return - balik
- rude - walang galang
- to send - ipadala
- service - serbisyo
- stained - nabahiran
- to take measure - sukatin
- to please - magbigay-lugod
- waiting - naghihintay
- warranted - garantiyado
- without reason - wala sa rason