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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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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needs to implement compulsory military training for Filipino Men. Our country is facing national security issues and we need a stronger and more powerful force to address the issues immediately. We have interviewed SPO2 Theodore Rivera and he stated that the forces of AFP is only 175‚000 while for PNP‚ it is only 150‚000 . Our population is 101‚802‚706 (as of 2015) and there are only 375‚000 who will defend our country. If we add qualified Filipino men starting at ages 18-30 to our military force‚
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Running head: THE FILIPINO MIND-SET IN COMPETITION 1 The Competition and the Roots of Filipino Crab Mentality Amante‚ Mayca Joy M. Adamson University Author Note Mayca Joy M. Amante. Department of Industrial Engineering‚ Adamson University. This research should be addressed to Mayca Joy M. Amante. Department of Industrial Engineering‚ Adamson University San Marcelino
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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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“A Filipino dish called Kare-kare” In general‚ Filipinos are known to be food lovers. This results in varieties of recipes that were either borrowed or produced. And among these is one of the most popular Filipino dishes named “Kare-kare”. But why “Kare-kare”? What does it possess that others are lacking? Well‚ to know the reason behind this‚ let me bring you to the colourful world of “Kare-kare” dish. From a far‚ you can feel the heat coming from the pot as the pork leg bathes itself in
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while to the right‚ a woman is crouched and seemingly in sorrow. The painting shows a tragic event‚ definitely. But it also shows a deeper meaning‚ especially for the Filipinos during the time of the Spanish colonization (which lasted over 400 years!). According to art experts‚ the fallen gladiators who are being dragged are the Filipino people‚ while the men dragging them into the darkness are representative of the Spanish rule. The woman crouched on the right side of the painting is believed to be
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The Philippines. The Pearl of the Orient Seas‚ a country full of wonderful places‚ places being visited of tourists from different countries. A great country with great people called Filipinos. Filipinos‚ people with such nice traits. Tan‚ the color of their skin‚ the color that makes many foreigners envy them. They have rich black hair that flows naturally. Twinkling eyes some have black ones‚ some have hazel brown. They have such lovable characteristics. They are hospitable ones‚ close friend
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us upon entering the hall. The super- sized painting depicts dark hollow beneath the Roman arena referred as the Spoliarium where the bodies of slain gladiators are being dragged away for disposal. For Luna‚ the lifeless gladiators represent the Filipinos during the Spanish period. Across the Spoliarium is the stunning painting by Hildalgo of The Assassination of General Bustamante and His Son. The painting depicts the murder of the governor in the hands of the friars and supporters and it was also
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Filipino Insurrection During the Spanish-American War the Filipinos were allies to the United States and helped them fight against the Spanish. After the war the United States decided to maintain possession of the Philippines‚ which angered Aguinaldo. This led to Aguinaldo organizing an insurrection against the U.S. Since the Filipinos were outnumbered by American Soldiers they had to use guerilla warfare. The Filipinos that fought in the insurrection believed they were fighting for the same
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