Filipino Americans The 2000 Census reported 2‚364‚815 Filipinos in the United States. -- The Asian Population: 2000 (Census 2000 Brief)‚ February 2002. Long Beach‚ CA is 48.9% white and largest Asian/Pacific population is Filipino (4%). In San Diego County‚ Filipino Americans are the largest Asian Pacific Islander group. Filipino Americans have been a quiet voice in promoting contributions to American society. I am Filipino American‚ born in the Philippines and want to be able to tell that “Our
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Freedom 4. Magalat’s Revolt‚ Cagayan (1596) led by Magalat‚ a Filipino rebel from Cagayan. He had been arrested in Manila for inciting rebellion against the Spanish. He was later released after some urging by some Dominican priests‚ and returned to Cagayan. Together with his brother‚ he urged the entire country to revolt.The Spanish Governor-General Francisco de Tello de Guzmán sent Pedro de Chaves from Manila with Spanish and Filipino colonial troops. They fought successfully against the rebels‚
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Filipino scientists Felix Maramba - built a coconut oil-fueled power generator Eduardo San Juan - astronomy - helped invent the Lunar Rover Charle Mar Abelo - zoologist - study about animals Jezrel Canlas - botany - study about plants Jose Cruz- electrical engineering Emerito de Guzman -work on the growth and development in vitro of the makapuno coconut embryo Caferiono Follosco - Electrical and Agricultural Engineering. Francisco Fronda H development of poultry industry
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Chapter I THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction An Overseas Filipino Worker is a Filipino who is employed in work outside the Philippines. They are Filipinos working abroad that are expected to return permanently either upon the expiration of a work contract or upon retirement. The term OFWs was officially adopted under the President Fidel V. Ramos Administration to give recognition to millions of Filipinos who sacrifice by working in other countries. A former economics professor‚ Gloria
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FILIPINO VALUES RAYMUND THE FILIPINO VALUE S SYSTEM OR VALUES REFERS TO THE SET OF VALUES OR THE VALUES SYSTEM THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE FILIPINO HAVE HISTORICALLY HELD important in their lives. These Philippine value system includes their own unique assemblage of consistent ideologies moral codes ethical practices etiquette and cultural and personal values that are promoted by their society though the values that an individual holds sacred can defer on the basis of religion upbringing and
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Common traits of the Filipinos Common Traits It is difficult to define and ascertain the very core of what it is to be a Filipino. History tells us that the Filipinos as we know now had an untraceable origin. All that we can do now is to determine the common traits that are common to all of the Filipinos. Common traits among Filipinos can be traced throughout its existence‚ from the pre-colonial era up to the present era that we have now. There is something that is particularly common and at the
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drawing potentials of these sites which can readily be sources of income within their respective protected areas. As a pioneering economic strategy‚ the GREET program is geared towards enhancing the quality of life of the community where the protection of its environment must be of paramount importance. Eco-tourism‚ as cited in the National Eco-tourism Strategy published in July 2002‚ is a significant tool in sustainable development of the country as it advocates protection of our natural resources
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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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Who wants to be a Filipino? If you were to be reincarnated and given the choice‚ would you opt to be Filipino again? It was in 1998‚ at a Forum of students of top schools at the University of Asia and the Pacific‚ that I raised this question. As expected‚ everybody‚ except me‚ gave a resounding yes for an answer. Hypocrites! I could see from the way they talked‚ from the clothes they wore‚ from their ideas of what was good and beautiful‚ that even in this lifetime they were dying to camouflage
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Revolutionizing Mindsets National consciousness among Filipinos is faced with a lot of challenges today. There is a need to revolutionize mindsets and one big factor that has a big impact in the process of revolutionary mindsets is the Media. It is unfortunate that a lot of what the media shows to the public represses transformation. A lot of soap operas that are being shown are remakes of western ones which are usually Korean or Mexican. Products like food and gadgets that are being endorsed are
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