10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JEEPNEY»
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JEEPNEY— A PRODUCT OF FILIPINO INGENUITY Carmen Guerrero Nakpil [
Jeepney is a word coined to designate a passenger vehicle. It is derived from the
...
The Filipino as Thinker Just as the clothes or home decoration of a person
reflects the personality of its owner, the same applies to the jeepney into which
the owner infuses his cultural and individual personality.20 Because most
jeepneys are ...
Leonardo N. Mercado, 1994
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Culture and Customs of the Philippines
The jeepney holds about seventeen people — the driver and two passengers in
the front and then seven, or more, passengers on each of the two long bench
seats. After the original jeeps went the rusty way of all vehicles, Filipinos
continued ...
4
Informal Transport in the Developing World
Table 5.1 Trends in Routes, Terminals, and Vehicles Among Major Common
Carriers, 1983 to 1996, Metro Manila Tricycle Jeepney Bus Source: Metro Manila
Urban Transport Integration Study Team, Metro Manila's Transportation and
Traffic ...
5
A Handbook of Philippine Folklore
First, let us examine the jeepney, that moving psychedelic assemblage of signs
and symbols, fetishes and decorative motives, that serves as a public means of
transportation in Manila and other towns. Rattling along the urban streets of the ...
Mellie Leandicho Lopez, 2006
6
The Evolution from Horse to Automobile: A Comparative ...
Life and Culture, rev. ed, ed. by Cynthia Nograles Lumbera and Teresita
Gimenez-Maceda [N.p.: National Book Store, Inc., 1983]); Nestor Torre, Jr., “
Jeepney Soul,” The Philippines, 1983, 48. 40. Torres, Jeepney, 36–37; Randy V.
Urlanda, ...
7
Philippine Law on Torts and Damages
swerve the jeepney to his right to prevent an accident. The speed at which the
approaching bus was running prevented David Ico from swerving the jeepney to
the right shoulder of the road in time to avoid the collision. Thus, even assuming ...
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English for a Better World Ii' 2007 Ed.
driver zigzags through the thick traffic, seemingly oblivious to the fact that he just
missed another jeepney by only a few inches. Where did the jeepney come from?
The jeepney owes its birth to surplus jeeps, left over from the World War n, ...
9
Subic Bay Travel & Diving Guide
A Public Utility Jeepney (PUJ), or simply called jeepney, plies routes just like
buses do in most major cities in the world. The jeepney is a product of the
Filipinos' ability to reuse things. Originally from the remains of damaged WWII
U.S. Army ...
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principles of economic
I never knew the jeepney would be King of the Road," he said. "I was happy just
being able to send my children to school." He said he never advertised his
product but sold jeeps by word of mouth. He also boasted that all innovations
made on ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JEEPNEY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
jeepney is used in the context of the following news items.
IBP STANDOFF, DAY 5 | COURAGE officer's watchers harassed, too
COURAGE said the van “hustled” the jeepney along EDSA, near the Trinoma mall. “They were able to shake-off the van at Monumento,” the ... «InterAksyon, Jul 15»
Last-gasp Global XI seeks key victory | Inquirer Sports
GLOBAL seeks to stay in the title hunt when it clashes with Manila Jeepney while Stallion and Green Archers square off in what is expected to ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
More potential stars currently competing in 'PBB' | Inquirer …
Another interesting point: Quite by chance, we were recently able to watch installments of an early “PBB” tilt on the Jeepney channel, with the ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
Monuments and 'muelles' of Manila | Modern Living, Lifestyle …
I had not used this tunnel in decades. Apparently it still is a regular jeepney route to Aduana Street. The underbelly of the city is dank and gritty. «Philippine Star, Jul 15»
Kennon Road now open to traffic after landslide
A van and a passenger jeepney were buried in a landslide along Kennon Road in Tuba, Benguet early this week. Carrabacan said DPWH ... «Manila Standard Today, Jul 15»
20 injured in accident
Twenty persons were rushed to a hospital after their jeepney fell into a ditch at Sofia-Gonzaga Avenue in Barangay Estefania, Bacolod City, ... «Visayan Daily Star, Jul 15»
How not to lose your cellphone
I asked why the driver couldn't stop the jeepney in front of some policeman? I advised my students to have two cellphones on their person: one ... «BusinessWorld Online Edition, Jul 15»
FIRST PERSON: I am not just gay...but am I a freak? | Lifestyle | GMA …
In the final presentation after the acting workshop, I played a pregnant woman riding a jeepney, a girl possessed by the diwatas and a male part ... «GMA News, Jul 15»
Movement for a Livable Cebu tells mayor not to remove trees
A number of Facebook users noted that traffic is caused by abusive jeepney drivers who pick up passengers away from PUJ stops; illegally ... «Sun.Star, Jul 15»
From texting to browsing, from many to two
Pump prices at service stations have once again teetered near new low levels, brightening up the smiles of jeepney drivers and vehicle owners ... «Philippine Star, Jul 15»
