to the 2012 National Statistics Office (NSO) Survey‚ an estimated 2.2 million Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) are abroad. Undeniably‚ Philippines is one of the countries in which unemployment is a consistent problem that is why many Filipino migrants take risks and settle to other countries for labor as their means of improving their lives and in gaining new learning experiences. In fact‚ the number of Filipinos who work abroad continue to increase as the years go by. Many moves across different countries
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The locals of the Philippines are called Filipinos. Their primary ancestors are the Malays who came from the southeastern Asian country or what is now called Indonesia. Before the Europeans discovered the country‚ Filipinos have had connections with China that resulted to a mixed Chinese-Filipino descent. Spanish-Filipinos came out during the colonial period and Filipino-Americans added a few percentages as well during the American occupation. They are easily distinguished by their fairer color‚
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II‚ in his message for the 1992 World Migration Day said‚ “Migration related to underdevelopment is a challenge‚ which we must face with courage and determination.” In the Philippines‚ underdevelopment and poverty are the main causes of migration within and from the country. It was in the early 1900s that the Filipino people started their plight in search for greener pastures in foreign lands. In 1972‚ the promising new labor market‚ prompt the Filipino government to formally adopt the Overseas
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Joy Arguillas Department of Sociology University of the Philippines Quezon City Lindy Williams Department of Development Sociology Warren Hall Cornell University Ithaca‚ NY 14853 Abstract This paper examines the consequences of overseas labor migration of parents who leave children behind in the Philippines on those migrants themselves and on their children. We draw on two sources of data‚ semi-structured interviews with parents who migrated to Ireland in response to opportunities created during
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Filipinos Speech Purpose:|To inform the class about Filipinos and their culture| Thesis:|Today I am going to talk to you about Filipinos customs‚ food and family activities.| Introduction I.|Filipinos have many customs such as the etiquette they have to do when meeting someone new.| II.|Filipino food has many influences towards their ingredients and type of dishes.| III.|The family is the center of the social structure and includes the nuclear family‚ aunts‚ uncles‚ grandparents
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I am a Filipino I am a Filipino‚ and I’m proud to be a Filipino. And what happens to our ancestors in the past. From the Malayan pioneers sought our land and live on their own. Make home on what they see on the nature‚ land‚ hills‚ mountain and seas‚ hoping to have a better life with their family in the nature. How they care to their nature is what I will pass to the next generations. I’m proud to be a Filipino‚ to our ancestors who became a hero. They battle against the aliens who want to
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typically pay one hundred to one hundred and fifty dollars per week look attractive to families living in poverty. In the US‚ Filipino nurses earn more in one day than they do for a whole month in the Philippines. Naturally there is a tremendous amount of competition for these coveted overseas jobs. To find professional employment overseas‚ Filipinos have to be more qualified than the other applicants. This means studying and more studying. Of the 28 members of my paramedic
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The Filipino Shoe Industry The shoe industry in the Philippines is modest in size‚ is made up largely of very small units of production with low levels of capitalization‚ pays meager wages‚ even by local standards‚ and is characterized by much informalization of employment structures. The industry is strongly concentrated in geographic terms. The National Capital Region‚ which includes Marikina City‚ is by far the dominant center of the industry with 39.3 percent of all establishments and 53
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Educated Filipino? (Francisco Benitez) (From an address before the General Assembly of the University of the Philippines‚ 1923.) The educated Filipino should‚ first‚ be distinguished by the power to do. The Oriental excels in reflective thinking: he is a philosopher. The Occidental is a doer; he manages things‚ men and affairs. The Filipino of today needs more of this power to translate reflection into action. I believe we are coming more and more to the conviction that no Filipino has the right
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FILIPINO CHEMISTS 1.) William Padolina William Padolina‚ Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology‚ is a man of exceptional vision who sees clearly the whole socio-economic panorama unfolding and understands the implications of the crests and troughs in the pre- millenium landscape. The contributions of William Padolina in chemistry include research into the derivatives of coconut fatty acids. He is also well known for his many awards and years teaching. 2.) Clara-Lim Sylianco
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