WHAT IS FILIPINO NATIONALISM? - Mrs. Leticia R. Constantino Nationalism has had a long history in our country. In our struggle for freedom‚ there have been periods when strong nationalist feelings fired our people to action and other periods when nationalism seemed to be forgotten. Not only did nationalism as a sentiment have its peaks and valleys‚ nationalism as a political concept has been espoused at one time or another by different sectors of society which projected particular nationalist
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Early Filipinos are believed to have been dull-minded if it weren’t for the Spaniards who invaded their country who taught how to make pottery‚ boats (banka) and houses. Spaniards say that they would’ve been nothing if it weren’t for them‚ that Filipinos would not have a religion‚ or that Filipinos would not have improved their lifestyle or that Filipinos would have stayed barbaric and dull-minded. But‚ this is false‚ the Bangang Manunggul or the Manunggul Jar is made by the Filipinos before
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The Top 10 Filipino Entrepreneurs By the way‚ this list is ranked in no particular order‚ age‚ net worth or achievements. 1. Henry Sy – SM Malls Henry Sy Henry Sy is a Chinese Filipino entrepreneur and founder of SM Group. You’ll be hard pressed to not find an SM Mall around the Philippines. Henry Sy started building his own small business called “Shoe Mart” and eventually turned it into a major corporate identity. Henry Sy inspires many people that you can start small and grow it into a massive
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The Filipino Today By Alex Lacson‚ 2010 After the August 23 hostage drama‚ there is just too much negativity about and against the Filipino. "It is difficult to be a Filipino these days"‚ says a friend who works in Hongkong. "Nakakahiya tayo"‚ "Only in the Philippines" were some of the comments lawyer Trixie Cruz-Angeles received in her Facebook. There is this email supposedly written by a Dutch married to a Filipina‚ with 2 kids‚ making a litany of the supposed stupidity or idiocy of Filipinos in
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Man or Pithicanthropus‚ the Aeta‚ Agta‚ Balaga or Dinagat‚ as were called by the Spaniards as Negritos‚ have reached these islands. They were described as the smallest people in the world (below 5 feet tall)‚ with flat noses. Their primitive culture belongs to the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age). Indonesians The next group of people who came was the Indonesians during the New Stone Age. They obtained their livelihood by hunting‚ fishing and crude farming (kaingin)‚ which made them form an organized
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"Filipino uprisings" Chapter VII (INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL OF FILIPINO UPRISINGS) HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF FILIPINO UPRISINGS The early missionaries learned the language of their flock and even their customs and traditions. They lived among the people as the father and mentors of the community. At times they took the sides of the natives against tax exaction of the state. They worked through the chiefs and established themselves as an additional authority. Greater power together with the decline
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comply. The 4P’s only covers a period of time and locations that have schools and health centers. In that period‚ families develop much dependency to the government’s promise of subsidies for education and health. What is the 4P’s for our fellow Filipinos in areas that do not even have schools with teachers or even buildings‚ and government hospitals/health centers with doctors? What is it for the beneficiaries of the program after the allotted period for them to “enjoy” the program? The government
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[pic] BONIFACIO MONUMENT Filipino sculptors came to be known in the middle of the 19th century. Classical Philippine sculpture reached its peak in the works of Guillermo Tolentino (1890-1976). His best known masterpiece is the Bonifacio Monument‚ which is a group sculpture composed of numerous figures massed around a central obelisk. The principal figure is Andres Bonifacio‚ leader of the revolution against Spain in 1896. Behind him stands Emilio Jacinto‚ the brains of the Katipunan. The Bonifacio
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Rise of Filipino nationalism The opening of the Philippines to world trade rapidly developed the Philippine economy. Many Filipinos prospered overnight. Everyday Filipinos also benefited from the new economy with the rapid increase in demand for labor and availability of business opportunities. Some Europeans immigrated to the Philippines to join the wealth wagon‚ among them Jacobo Zobel‚ patriarch of today’s Zobel de Ayala family and prominent figure in the rise of Filipino nationalism. Their scions
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The Filipino Family Introduction The Filipino Family is the basic unit of Philippine society. Education is merely an extension of the family circle. There should be strong child-parent-school relations through cooperation‚ coordination and transparency. Courtship and Marriage Every society has some kind of courtship‚ system which precedes marriage. Society’s mores and values change due to certain influences which impinge on our social processes. Courtship is either arranged by parent or kinsmen;
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