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Sunday Morning ni Amorsolo
Countryside Banking
DID YOU KNOW…
...that 1897 marked the beginning of
countryside banking in the Philippines with the establishment of the Iloilo
branch of El Banco Español Filipino
on March 15, 1897?
.
…that this branch was opened in spite of the
ongoing Philippine revolution against the Spanish colonial government?
.
…that the bank opted to establish its first
branch in Iloilo because of the emergence of this region as a promising
sugar central?
.
…that it was Nicholas Loney (the British vice
consul in Iloilo from 1856 to 1869) who was credited for boosting sugar
production in Iloilo and the Panay provinces?
.
…that Loney first arranged for the direct
shipment of agricultural products from the port of Iloilo to Australia and
Europe, thus providing local traders access to cash transactions at better
prices?
- impeachment - pag-uusig sa isang mataas na pinuno
- interest - interes
- judiciary - hudikatura
- laissez -faire - laissez faire
- law - batas
- leadership - pamamahala
- left wing - kaliwang partido
- legislature - batasan
- liberalism - liberalismo
- liberty - kalayaan
- lobbying - pag-lobby
- lower house - mababang kapulungan
- national defense - pambansang tanggulan
- natural rights - mga natural na karapatan
- official speaker - punong tagapagsalita
- parliament - parliyamento
- party - partido
- pentagon - pentagon
- platform - plataporma
- pluralism - pluralismo
- politician - politiko
- politics - politika
- to poll - maghalal
- polling - paghahalal
- preamble - panimula
- president - pangulo
- presumptive privilege - presumptive privilege
- public interest - pampublikong interes
- public opinion - opinyon ng publiko
- red tape - red tape
- regulation - regulasyon
- religious - relihiyoso
- republican - republican
- right wing - kanang partido
- rights - mga karapatan
- senate - senado
- senator - senador
- social pressure - social pressure
- socialism - sosyalismo
- speaker of the house - punong tagapagsalita
- state - estado
- statutes - mga batas
- suffrage - karapatan sa pagboto
- supreme court - korte suprema
- surplus - sarplas
- taxes - mga buwis
- totalitarism - totalitaryanismo
- Treasury department - sangay ng panustusan
- unicameral - unikamaral
- upper house - mataas na kapulungan
- veto - beto
- vice-president - pangalawang pangulo
- vote - boto