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    Helping distressed OFWs bounce back TO WHAT extend are you willing to earn a living? Ronald Espiritu, a 33-year-old oversea Filipino worker (OFW) based in Miami, Florida endured hunger, fatigue, and worse, a measly salary—way below the minimum wage—just to make a living, according to a report in Pinoy-OFW.com. Along with a group of fellow Filipino workers, Espiritu may have had never seen daylight outside W South Beach hotel, Lincoln Road’s Quattro Italian restaurant, and Admiral’s Cove country

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    The Filipino American War was sparked by the unprovoked shooting of Filipino soldiers by American sentries stationed in a suburb of Santa Mesa in February 1899. Pimentel (1999) describes “on a hot, humid night of Feb 4, 1899, American sentries patrolling the Manila suburb of Santa Mesa opened fire on Filipino soldiers walking near a bridge over the San Juan River (Pimentel 1999. Pg. 1).”The war lasted from February 1899 until July 1902. The war was noted as one of the “bloodiest conflicts in U.S

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    focus on the integration of the good characteristics that the Philippines can offer. There should be a focus on the beautiful beaches or other places in nature that can only be found in the Philippines. It should focus on how warm and welcoming the Filipino people are. It should focus on how conducive it is for international clients to invest in properties or start up businesses in the Philippines. A good PR message can take away the focus of the foreigners from the bad issues that are prevalent in

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    altruistic is concerned with the welfare of others without expectations of anything in return. ABS-CBN’s slogan: In the Service of the Filipino Worldwide comes off as very altruistic. I mean, they are for the service of all Filipinos with no intention of getting anything in return right? Maybe. Maybe not. This is not to say that ABS CBN does not actually care for the Filipino people. As with many psychological theories and concepts, the psychology of helping is complex and multi-faceted. For one, there

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    Reaction Of Heneral Luna

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    Heneral luna is a 2015 Filipino historical film. The movie is directed by Jerrold Tarog and starring John Arcilla as General Antonio Luna. It is an important figure in the Philippine-American war and one of Philippine history's most prominent figures. Antonio Luna is known as one of the most brilliant military men in Philippine history. Set in the war between Americans and Filipinos. The Americans are invading the Philippines until the Filipinos give up, this includes killing the lives of the innocent

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    At present, Filipinos conform their way of dressing, as a result of the influence of what is shown by the media on television, cinema, and fashion shows, among others. Filipinos are fashionable and loves to keep up with trends, so many entrepreneurs in the Philippines ventures into apparel and footwear business. Due to climatic reasons, Filipino prefers to wear T-shirts combined with jeans trousers for men and skirts for women

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    reserved The Philippine-American War started on February 4, 1899 and was officially proclaimed by President Roosevelt to have ended on July 4, 1902. Although General Aguinaldo was captured on March 25, 1901, there followed no mass surrender of other Filipino revolutionary generals. Fighting went on in Batangas, Pampanga, Tarlac, the Ilocos, and the Visayas. In Samar, General Lukban 's control had been set and was holding firm. Kill everyone over ten. "Kill every one over ten." - Gen. Jacob H. Smith

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    Tokyo proved to be quite the opposite, as I was able to ascertain a much deeper understanding of the Japanese culture because of it, and at the same time was able to reflect on the differences and similarities of my Filipino heritage. From what I was able to gather, the Japanese and Filipino cultures have quite a few significant differences, but have more similarities than I originally anticipated. As the name would suggest, Little Tokyo is fairly little, with its borders

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    However, other groups of people like Filipinos have a complicated notion of nation. For those Filipinos that came to the United States, they do not know where “home” or “nation” is. To give a bit of background on the complicated understanding of nation for Filipinos it all comes down to their once political standing as a colony of the United States. Many Filipinos grew up with American movies and television shows and with the mentality that they were Filipino Americans. Their English teachers encouraged

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    1. What were the motivations behind US overseas imperialism? Numerous motivating factors contributed to US overseas imperialism, but the fundamental underlying cause was the fact that powerful men within the US government, military and business strata craved power, expansion, wealth, and most of all, world dominance. It began subtly, as prominent businessmen like Rockefeller and J. P. Morgan began to realize that US consumership alone would not sufficiently sustain the growing industries, volume

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