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known as one of the fastest growing countries. The philippines and the United States have had what is known as a special relationship throughout the last few decades. In fact a research done by Research Center Global Attitudes Project says that Filipinos have a 85% positive view of Americans and America. The same Philippine respondents have also claimed that America has had a great deal of positive influence in their country. 1. Krizel, a co-worker/friend, was born and raised in the Philippines

Political Environment To begin, the political environment of the Philippines should firstly be addressed. In the modern day Philippines, they have established a multi-party democracy which has an elected president along with its legislature. Their democracy is set up exactly the same as ours in the United States. They have the framework of where the president is both the head of state as well as the government in general. Similarly their system is composed of the three independent branches which

of Voting and Housing among Filipino Americans in Los Angeles Filipino is the second largest Asian ethnic group in the United States and the largest Asian ethnic group on California. In 1925, the governments accepted Filipinos’ citizenship with a condition of serving up to three years in the U.S Navy (Cee at el, 2015). After years of fighting, in 1946, Filipinos were able to become U.S citizens and to vote and own properties (Cee at el, 2015). Even though, Filipinos-Americans were eligible to vote

In the Second Edition of Servants of Globalization: Migration and Domestic Work, Rhacel Parreñas examines all of the challenging aspects of the lives of migrant Filipino domestic workers. Throughout the interviews that are included in this novel, the author was able to analyze different cases filled with personal struggle and familial support using the perspectives of many determined women across the diaspora, mainly focusing on those to travel to work in Western Countries. In this paper, I will

riddles, popular sayings, fables, captivating tales of legends and mythical stories from different regions of the Philippines. It is the key to understand the imaginative minds of Filipinos and the key to its nationalism and its beliefs. The Philippine folklore is the reflection of hopes, dreams and aspirations of the Filipinos. Furthermore, Philippine myths and tales shape the beauty of Philippine culture and society. These myths and tales are about magical creatures and entities and different perspectives

Filipino Traits By: Sir John V. Dela Cruz, 2nd Tri-semester, MBA, Section 3 Keywords: Traits, Hospitability, Bayanihan, Faithfulness, Politeness, Thriftiness, Family-Oriented, Crab mentality, Mañana habit, Tardiness, Ningas Kugon, Bahala na, Gossiping Traits is a distinguishing quality or characteristics, typically one belonging to a person. It is a person’s behavior that is assumed to serve as an explanation of his/her enduring personal characteristics. Filipinos have positive traits that mark

Lecture 1- Stories: a core demand? Saturday, February 8, 2014 2:42 PM   Stories: a core demand? Children constantly ask to be read stories The need for narrative may not be as core as. Three parts Minority Literature Minority literature The concept of minority has been central to the very founding of American life and government Metaphors of minorities Invisibility : lock of recognition Notion of otherness: radical difference WEB Dubois, the souls of Black Folk (1903) Historian and

The U.S. colonized the Philippines between 1900 and 1934. This had a significant impact on the mass immigration of the Filipinos. The Filipino immigrants were then made U.S. nationals and granted the opportunity of settling in the U.S. and protected by its law and constitution. The increase in demand for labor in California farmlands and Hawaiian plantation led to a surge of Filipino immigrants seeking these jobs (Abraham 14). They mostly came from the provinces of Cebu and Ilocos. The demand for labor

report of every citizen is too much to ask. Maybe, a checklist with statements such as, “I shall include all my assets, liabilities and net worth in filling this report”, “I shall honestly fill our all necessary information for the common good of the Filipino people”, requiring them to check this boxes before filing out the report sheet may somehow prevent the people from writing false amounts. Curing this spreading illness in the country has no one time solution. It is a process, a difficult but attainable

Chinatown Before the 1960s, the era of the Civil Rights Movement and People of Color Movements, ethnic towns were formed due to the anti-ethnic legislation, which forced many people of color to live in certain areas of the city. After the relaxation of some anti-ethnic legislation, especially in residential segregation, these ethnic towns changed. No longer are these ethnic groups forced to live in segregated areas due to legislation, but rather because of economic and cultural survival due