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determine if their residents would want to be part of the ARMM. Of these areas, only four
provinces - Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi - voted favorably for
inclusion in the new autonomous region. The ARMM was officially inaugurated on
November 6, 1990 in Cotabato City, which was designated as its provisional capital.
the Philippines. It has a per capita gross regional domestic product of only PhP3,433 in
2005, 75.8 percent lower than the national average of PhP14,186. It is the lowest among
the Philippines' 17 regions, the second lowest region has a per capita income almost
double the ARMM's. ARMM has a population of 4.1 million based on the 2007 census.
It is the country's poorest region, where average annual income was just 89,000 pesos ($
2,025) in 2006, less than 1/3 of Manila level.
ARMM is one of the country's top producers of fish and marine resources,
particularly seaweed, which is used in some toothpastes, cosmetics and paints. It has
large mineral deposits, including copper and gold.
II.
father was a military officer and her mother taught economics. Due to her fathers nature
of work, she studied in different provinces like Pangasinan, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija.
She enrolled in University of the Philippines School of Nursing but she
was not able to continue due to Battle of Manila. She later transferred to Arellano
University where she attended writing classes of Teodoro M. Locsin.
She married Juan Capiendo Tuvera. The latter influenced Kerima to write
as well. Mr. Tuvera was the executive assistant and speech writer of the then president
Ferdinand E. Marcos. They have 10 children.
became a Palanca Prize Winner. She also wrote Imelda Romualdez Marcos: biography
of the First Lady of the Philippines. Her 1952 short story, The Virgin, won 2 awards:
Philippine Literary Free Press and Palanca Awards. She was several times winner in the
Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards in Literature in different years. She was also an
awardee of the Stonehill Novel Award for her The Hand of the Enemy.
She died August 11, 2011 due to an illness. Rina Jimenez of Philippine
Daily Inquirer described Tuveras works as "unsentimental and clear-eyed depictions of
heartbreak and disillusion. But her writing was dazzling and unflinching in its honesty."
III.
Discussion
The author vividly describes the reality that being a mother is not just a
walk in the park. It entails a lot of hard work, patience and sacrifice. The story also
provides rich details of how a mother survives the crisis in a daily basis. Nevertheless,
the rewards are great that one can forget the trials and hardships experienced.
The lessons found in the story are not only applied to mothers but also for
fathers and children too.
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Reference
Philippine Literature by Saymo et. al
www.armm.gov.ph
en.wikipedia.org