Advancement of Filipino Language and Culture (GLOCAFIL) Pambansang Samahan Sa Linggwistika At Literaturang Filipino (PSLLF) University of Hawaii Filipino and Philippine Literature Program (UH-FPLP) celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino announce the 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FILIPINO AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE Aug. 3-5‚ 2012 Angelo King International Center College of St. Benilde Hotel‚ Malate‚ Manila CALL FOR PROPOSALS Theme: Filipino Language and Culture
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Filipinos as Consumers Philippines is considered as one of the countries with the lowest economic status‚ thus most Filipinos earned low or insufficient income to sustain their needs or wants. The insufficiency of their income made them to become wiser when purchasing the products. Some preferred to choose products with affordable prices while others stick to their loyalty to a specific brand. Practically‚ the Filipinos also prioritize their basic necessities than purchasing other unimportant products
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Poverty and the Filipino Drug Mules Introduction Among the most admired Filipinos today are the Overseas Filipino Workers or OFWs. They have been dubbed as New Heroes or Bagong Bayani by no less than the late Corazon “Cory” Aquino because of the way they willingly leave their families and the comforts of home to pursue high-earning jobs abroad. An estimated 8.2 to 11 million Filipinos or 11% of the total Filipino population work in other countries to support their families and to make their dreams
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that devastated the livelihood and lives of many people in our country. In just a year we become exposed to numerous calamities that left holes and trauma to Filipino people. As much as we seek for peacefulness and contentment in life‚ we cannot alter the nature’s revenge to the mankind. But this would not be the end of the lives of Filipino people. We all know that our days of seeking progress and livelihood become minimal as we face different phenomenal catastrophe in a year. Imagine the numerous
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often fade into obscurity in spite of tremendous momentary fame‚ Filipino novelty songs are so unique because of our famous and distinctive Pinoy humor that is incorporated into these songs. There are three features in the formula of Filipino novelty songs. The first feature is the heavy use of double meanings and entendres. The second is a reference to a number or a food which is used in relation to the first feature. Lastly‚ the Filipino novelty song‚ like any other in the world‚ has to have a catchy
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HAVING AN OFW PARENT Jean Alyzza E. Villaver Chapter 1 I. Introduction Overseas Filipino Workers are lauded world-wide for their heroism. Much has been said about the economic contributions of these modern day heroes‚ but it is also equally important to look into the effects that migration has on their children left at home. On the positive side‚ it is expected that children of migrant workers have better living conditions than their counterparts from non-OFW families. This children experience
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“The Indolence of the Filipino” When we talk about indolence it’s being about the laziness of Filipinos. We all know that many Filipinos are now indolence here in our society. But most of them are hardworking persons. And in my opinion I do not think that Filipinos are lazy because we are hardworking and independent group of people. And some of us are working in abroad just to raise our family in poverty especially to provide the basic needs of family the clothing‚ shelter and food. And because
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Our Filipino Values: A Connotation to the World What are Filipino values? What is distinctly Filipino in our value system? The Filipino value system arises from our culture or way of life‚ our distinctive way of becoming human in this particular place and time. We speak of Filipino values in a fourfold sense. First‚ although mankind shares universal human values‚ it is obvious that certain values take on for us a distinctively Filipino flavor. The Greek ideal of moderation or meden agan‚ the
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Health Disparities: Focus on the Filipino-American Population in the USA As a Filipino-American nurse living in Los Angeles‚ California‚ this writer has been a witness and an active participant in the multifactorial influences/aspects that affect the Filipino-Americans‚ in health and illness. Being a grandmother of wonderful grandkids has brought me further exposure to the plight of elderly Filipino-Americans in the United States of America. The Institute of Medicine’s Report on Unequal Treatment:
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Filipinos Reaction towards Papal Visit: More on Filipinos or by Pope Francis presence? Philippines is one of the two Catholic predominant countries in Asia‚ other than East Timor and it is the third largest Catholic country in the world after Brazil and Mexico. As the religion acquired by Spanish colonization with the wonder of its tradition and style and despite of the fact that the country has different languages‚ 80 percent of the Filipinos are Roman Catholic that shared a common way of life
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