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  2. Endo contractualization - Wikipedia

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    Endo (derived from "end-of-contract") [1] refers to a short-term de facto employment practice in the Philippines.It is a form of contractualization which involves companies giving workers temporary "employment" that lasts for less than six months (or strictly speaking, 180 calendar days) and then terminating their employment just short of being regularized in order to skirt on the costs which ...

  3. On the Job - Wikipedia

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    In the Philippines, Mario and Daniel are prisoners who are frequently released and paid to commit contract killings.Mario spends his earnings on Tina, his daughter, and Lulette, his estranged wife, while Daniel sends remittances to his family and spends the rest on goods and privileges in prison; he has come to see Mario as a mentor and father figure.

  4. Traditional games in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Players decide on the starting line and the distance between holes. The first to complete the circuit wins the game. Players can knock other player's holen (marble) away using their own marble. Generally the distance between holes allows for several shots to arrive at the next hole. The players shoots from where the prior shot landed.

  5. Filipino American theater - Wikipedia

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    The main theme of sarsuwela revolves around the love story between different social classes which made the dramatization more interesting. [1] Dalagang Bukid (1919), was the most popular piece of sarswela within the culture. During the 19th century, Spain introduced drama which is a play that is usually done within one act.

  6. Comedy in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines performing arts have a long history of using comedy to comment on various aspects of Philippine life. Political satire became part of the scene early on, allowing writers to poke fun at Spain and other colonial powers, and later on the Japanese. [ 7 ]

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  8. Contract bridge - Wikipedia

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    East-West are competing in spades, hoping to play a contract in spades at a low level. 4 ♥ is the final contract, 10 tricks being required for N-S to make with hearts as trump. South is the declarer , having been first to bid hearts, and the player to South's left, West, has to choose the first card in the play, known as the opening lead .

  9. Baybayin - Wikipedia

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    There are attempts of modernizing Baybayin such as adding letters like R, C, V, Z, F, Q, and X that are not originally on the script in order to make writing modern Filipino words easier such as the word Zambales and other provinces and towns in the Philippines that have Spanish origins.