Of living the American dream: Implication of the Filipino Diaspora Toto waved goodbye to his family‚ wide-eyed with the promise of a bigger salary and vast opportunities abroad. They watched him slowly disappear in a sea of people queuing up for the next flight. It was a painful sight but it was a sacrifice he needed to make in order to give them a better life. Every day in the Philippines‚ hundreds of its human resources fly abroad to seek greener pastures due to the lack of employment‚ dissatisfaction
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Article: Cesar Guarin: “The first Filipino Global Runner”” Will you gamble your own welfare for the sake of others? Cesar Guarin‚ a 56-year-old entrepreneur and the first Filipino‚ first Asian and fourth person in history to run around the world proved that with a strong determination and with a purpose to help‚ anyone can bring their dream into reality. Guarin is known as the “Father of the Philippines Ultramarathon”. He joined Global Run which considered as one-of-a-kind marathon and the toughest
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THEMES OF FILIPINO KOMIKS SHORT STORIES: A CONTENT ANALYSIS ABSTRACT This study is a content analysis of the various themes‚ sub-themes and the types of endings contained in the short stories in Filipino comic books‚ thereafter referred to in its vernacular form‚ "komiks." The study sampled 30 komiks from two of the top komiks publishers in the Philippines. There were 10 samples of EXTRA (Special) komiks by the Atlas Publishing Company‚ thereafter referred to as "Atlas Publishing‚" and 20 samples
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The Filipino Seafarer A Life between Sacrifice and Shopping by Gunnar M. Lamvik Dept. of Social Anthropology Norwegian University of Science and Technology Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirment for the Dr. Art. degree 2002 Contents Acknowledgements Part I Introduction 1 Part II Migration – a Philippine specialty 8 Part III 2.1 Different perspectives on migration 2.2 The Filipinos – a people in motion 9 14 Why do people go and who are actually leaving? 19 3.1 Inducements
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Economy and Filipino Families Since television came out in the Philippines in the 1950s‚ it has become “the most accessible and most influential medium to the society” (SEECTV‚ 2012). The television has become such an integral part of homes in the modern world that it is hard to imagine life without television. Not just for entertainment value‚ but TV is also a valuable resource for advertising and different kinds of programming (Jezek Geno‚ 2014). The TV affects many lives of Filipino people. One’s
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ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFW) IN TACLOBAN CITY ______________ A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Graduate School _______________ In Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for The Degree Master of Arts in Administration and Supervision _______________ By Jeanilen T. Salubon March 2014 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION` Background of the Study The academic performances of pupils differ
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Literature 1 (Midterm Project) Submitted by: Romano Guerrero AB Psychology Submitted to: Ms. Bibiana Jocelyn Cuasay Estrella Alfon Estrella D. Alfon (July 18‚ 1917 – December 28‚ 1983) was a well-known prolific Filipina author who wrote in English. Because of continued poor health‚ she could manage only an A. A. degree from the University of the Philippines. She then became a member of the U. P. writers club and earned and was given the privileged post of National Fellowship in Fiction
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the Philippine economy to produce high-paying jobs especially for women has pushed Filipinos to marry foreigners as a way to provide for their families‚ the study Country Gender Assessment by regional lender Asian Development Bank said. The number of Filipinos marrying foreigners has also tripled in just a span of eight years from 7‚819 in 1998 to 24‚954 in 2006. It is also estimated that currently‚ 300‚000 Filipinos‚ 92 percent of whom are women‚ are married to foreigners mainly from the United States
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every people’s life and people cannot go through their life or day without socializing with other. People use Agents of Socialization‚ Race/Ethnicity‚ Socialization‚ Stereotype‚ and Life Chances to socialize with other people. As we use this concepts to socialize with other people‚ at the same time we learn what it truly meant in our society. One of the Agents of Socialization is Family. As a child growing up my family has told me a lot of things about politics. That is why I would say that my
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Chapter 1 Introduction In a very literal way ‚ a home is the child’s first school. A home as defined by the Webster Dictionary is “ the place where something originated and developed ” Therefore‚ a home is where a child gains his first exposurte to the skills‚ values and attitudes which would enable him to succeed. Much of his success and achievement in the school is the attached directly to the kind of experience occurs in a home. A home will never be called a home without its members –
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