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Childhood Quarantine: Pagsusuri sa Akdang Ang Misteryo sa Patong-Patong na Damit ni Hulyan Bilang Radikal na Kuwentong Pambata sa Panahon ng Pandemya sa Pilipinas (Childhood Quarantine: Literary Analysis of "Ang Misteryo sa Patong-patong na Damit ni Hulyan" as Radical Children Story in Time of Philippine Pandemic)
Get PDFLiterature became a medium, in any form and kind as a reflection of society at a particular time. One of these is children’s literature, a literary work whose reader is a child or children. Children’s literature has also become an instrument to show children as well as adults the real situation of the world in which they live. Radical children’s literature also known as progressive children’s literature encourages the reader to participate in social change. This study wants to present a radical children’s story during the pandemic and a heinous crime happening in some homes in the Philippines. By using textual analysis as its methodology, The Mystery Behind Hulyan’s Layered Clothes, is a radical children’s story published during the pandemic. The study wants to show the intensifying Online Sexual Exploitation of Children in the Philippines and the dark experience of a child as a victim. Some objective situations of the Filipino children during the pandemic will also be discussed to raise awareness in inventing radical children’s literature in the future
Pagsasaespasyo at Pagpopook sa mga Pagkaing Pilipino sa New South Wales, Australia (The Spatialization and Localization of Filipino Foods in New South Wales, Australia)
Get PDFThe main objective of this study is to trace the roots of the relationship between the Philippines and Australia—one that goes beyond the conventional frameworks focused mainly on diplomacy, politics, and other state-to-state or nation-to-nation concerns—frameworks that often leave behind and fail to give adequate voice and attention to the significance of the people as a whole. The dominance of Western perspectives in Area Studies and Regionalism Studies has constrained the emergence of a distinctly Filipino-Asian identity. Therefore, to elevate and center the people, this study adopts a perspective grounded in the framework of Araling Kabanwahan and Kasaysayang Kabanwahan to examine the connections or linkages between the Philippines and lands overseas.
In this case, the research focuses on the spatialization and localization of Filipino foods in New South Wales, Australia, as a way to represent and perform the “Filipino nation” on the stage of a “foreign land.” Likewise, this study contributes to the ongoing enrichment of the concept of Kalutong Bayan (People’s Cuisine or National Cuisine). Apart from the researcher’s direct participation in the Australian context, the study also employs indigenous Filipino research methods—such as pagtatanong-tanong (informal interviewing), pakikipagkuwentuhan or pagpapakuwento (story sharing), patikim-tikim (tasting), pagtingin-tingin (observing), and pagsusuruy-suroy (wandering or immersing)—which have long been cultivated in the field of Filipinization
Mga Saysay ng Nalalabing Tagulaylay sa Malayo: Salin ng mga Piling Tula mula sa Caribbean at Latina Amerika
Get PDFThe paper aims to document the translation process and give a preliminary perspective on the practice of translation studies of the selected poems from the Caribbean and Latin America, nations who, like ours, experienced colonialism and continues to struggle and heal from the scars left even at present. The paper is divided into three parts. First is a discussion of the literary and translation relation of the Philippines to the said regions. Second, it discusses the challenging nature of poetry translation, review of different approaches and considerations in the significantly challenging kind of literary translation. And third, it narrates the experiences, considerations, and decisions on the actual translation process, and presentation of the translation output. The paper contributes to the field of translation and translation studies, particularly in the practice of actual process documentation, and most of all, to the internationalist spirit especially that the said areas are undeniably experiencing continuous struggle for the life and honor of their people
Ang Industriya ng Niyog sa Pilipinas Pagkalipas ng EDSA at ang Kalagayan ng mga Magniniyog sa Kanilang Panitikan
No full textOn January 22, 1987, about a year since the start of President Corazon C. Aquino’s incumbency, many farmers marched on the streets of Manila to protest the lack of land reform promised by Aquino when she began her term as a president. The Aquino administration responded with bullets from an M-16 that killed 13 farmers and wounded 51 protesters near the Malacañang palace, specifically in Mendiola. Among the dead were some coconut farmers. The purpose of this study is to present and analyze the literature of coconut farmers in the Philippines, specifically in the Bondoc Peninsula which is part of Quezon Province and to present the status of the coconut industry in the Philippines since President Corazon C. Aquino’s term
GASÁ SA GAZA: PANITIKAN AT PANININDIGAN SA PANAHON NG DIGMA
Get PDFMatindi ang hamon ng taong 2023.
Bago matapos ang taon, lumantad sa ating lahat ang lagim na matagal nang nangyayari sa Gaza—ang paglipol ng Israel sa mga Palestino, ang sistematikong pagpapaalis sa lupaing marapat namang para talaga sa mga katutubong Palestino. Ngunit hindi sa kaso ng Israel na kinasasapakat ng imperyalistang Estados Unidos upang tuloy-tuloy ang opensibang militar laban sa mga inaakusahang teroristang Hamas, pinalalabnaw ang rebolusyunaryong diwa ng pagbawi para pulbusin ang hindi naman mapupulbos na adhika at tapang ng mga Palestino na ipaglaban ang kanilang lupa at lahi. Wika nga ni Yahya R. Sarraj, ang mayor ng Gaza, sa kanyang maikling artikulo sa The New York Times, “Palestinians deserve to be free and have self-determination. Gaza’s emblem is the phoenix, which rises from the ashes. It insists on life” (2023).
Hindi na ito usapin na lamang ng relihiyon. Lupa at lupa pa rin ang dahilan kung bakit may digmaan. At laging ang mga bata, kababaihan at matatanda ang unang nasasawi sa ganitong lagim. Tuloy-tuloy rin ang digmaan sa pagitan ng Ukraine at Russia. Tila ba nasa bingit tayo ng napipintong pagkawasak at ang tanging nagagawa na lamang natin ay sumaksi sa mga nangyayari at maaari pang mangyari.
Ngunit kung saksi lamang tayo sa pagbangon ng phoenix mula sa abo, hindi ba’t tila kasabwat na rin tayo ng mga kaaway habang may lagim na nailalantad sa ating harapan? Gayunman ang maibabato ng karaniwang tao: ano ang magagawa ng tulad kong maliit sa ganito kalalaking pangyayari?
Dito marahil pumupuwang ang panitikan. Dito nagkakaroon ng kahulugan ang manunulat
Exploring the Anxiety Level and Emerging Issues of WFH Mothers Amidst the Pandemic
Get PDFThe COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, as does the understanding of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the response needed to control the spread and impact of the virus (WHO, 2022). The global public health risk was very high in WHO’s most recent global rapid risk assessment, conducted on 07 January 2022. The spread of COVID-19 has thrown work and life into terribly uncertain waters. The lockdowns and work-from-home setups brought the already precarious position–family balance into direct conflict for many working parents, with even more significant impact on mothers.
A mixed-method convergent parallel design was utilized to examine the anxiety level using the Burns Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and a questionnaire to explore the issues of work-from-home mothers amidst the pandemic. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected simultaneously and weighed equally in the analysis phase. This study used the epistemological lens as its theoretical contribution to understand and help working mothers cope with stress and be used as a basis for implementing mental health programs amidst and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants for the quantitative and qualitative phase included work-from-home mothers (N = 276) affiliated in the academic sector in Metro Manila, Philippines.
Results showed most of the respondents scored from (11-20), 57 or 20%have Mild Anxiety while (5-10) 51 or 18% have Borderline Anxiety, followed by respondents (31-50) 50 or 18% with Severe Anxiety, and 24 or 8% of therespondents scored (51-99) with Extreme Anxiety or Panic. This means that despite the challenges brought about by the pandemic, the majority of thework from home mother respondents still managed to cope and keep upwith the work-life difficulties, with only 8% of the sample population suffering from Extreme Anxiety or Panic. The results of this study are expected to give insights for management as it provides care for the mental health of the mother employees through effective and sustainable mental health programs amidst and beyond the pandemic. Emerging issues were time management, explicitly setting boundaries between mother roles and work, non-conducive workspace, and technology-related issues. However, mothers appreciated the opportunity to spend more time with family the convenience and safety of working from home
Open Space for the Third Other in Levinas: Philosophy of Dialogue as Interlocution among Filipino Tripeople and Beyond
Get PDFPhilosophy of dialogue in Emmanuel Levinas’ discourses of the I, you Other, and the broader Third Other calls for opening the usual ongoing dialogue between Muslim Filipinos and Christian Filipinos into an interlocution among Tripeople, including the indigenous Filipinos. Particularly in the setting of the Bangsamoro region in Mindanao as continuing from the original Filipino people as the indigenous people who, through time, were termed as Filipino people, eventual Muslims, and Christians emerged from among those of the indigenous people who assented to such significant religions, while some remained in their indigenous beliefs. Hence, the dialogue between the I and you Other as theMuslim Filipinos and Christian Filipinos are both summoned to transcend their conversation to move towards responding to the Call of the Infinite through the Third Other than the indigenous Filipinos deserve such open space for the broader interlocution among them as Filipino Tripeople. The Call of the Infinite Goodness, however, proceeds even beyond the three of these communities among Filipinos. The hybridities emerging among them extend into their international relations as the Infinite moves even further to the Good of the human race that each of them is summoned to fulfill. The Good of the other and the third other calls for transcending the self of the I. Inherent in the original I of the Filipino person has been expressed in belonging to open communities that extend to different others, such that the kababayan in a village or barangay is not confined to kinship but to the inherent Filipino view of shared humanity. Filipino proverbs, including those of diverse ethnic groups, open the identity of the humanity of the Filipino to religiously different others. Thus, conflicts of differences would be resolved peacefully by interreligious openness to the inherent friendship to the point of siblinghood in their human interactions. Inherent traits among Filipinos then are the elements that open space for transforming violence towards a shared community that they used to blend, valuing the life of the others and shared charitable care for the others to fulfill the I of the Filipino. Respect for the natural environment as the inherent habitat of the indigenous Filipinos can move the Tripeople towards a shared vision that responds to an even further infinite call for Goodness of international relations with the entire human rac
Customer Aggression and Organizational Turnover Among Service Employees in Metro Manila, Philippines
Get PDFThe “Customer is always right” has been the motto of many service organizations for the longest time. It mirrors companies’ commitment to do their utmost best in creating a good customer environment to ensure that customers enjoy quality service. But there are instances that customers can get aggressive in social interactions with service employees. These instances do not only affect the marketing and sales aspect of the organization but can ultimately affect the service employees’ output quality and even prompt them to quit. This paper examined how customer aggression affects turnover intentions of service employees. This looked specifically on the effects of customer aggression on the emotional exhaustion, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions of service employees. Survey data was collected using stratified sampling from 328 service employees of KFC branches around Metro Manila. These data were analyzed using the GLM module in Jamovi. Results showed that customer aggression indeed influences emotional exhaustion and in turn decreases job satisfaction and increases turnover intentions. The mitigating effects of distributive justice on the customer aggression-emotional exhaustion relationship was confirmed. However, the mitigating effect of organizational pride on the job satisfaction turnover intentions relationship has been found to be significantly weak. These findings revealed the importance of having policies that communicate equity and justice, as well as the existence of rewards and recognition programs that can boost employee morale and loyalty
The Land Question and Development
No full textThere are growing concerns that the social justice provision of the Philippine Constitution where agrarian reform is embedded will be abandoned by future governments intent on market solutions to poverty and late development. This paper disagrees and argues for the need to extend the land reform program in the light of the current issues faced by the country. It contends that agrarian reform is a crucial ingredient to address the late development status of the Philippines. The paper makes it case by first tackling the role of agriculture in development. It next discusses the pathways to economic development with land reform as a vital component. Lastly it argues for the extension of the land reform program as a key component for the development of the Philippines
Personal Religious Practices of Christian Overseas Filipino Workers in an Islamic Host Country
Get PDFThis paper describes the personal religious practices of Christian Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who are situated in an Islamic host country that prohibits non-Moslem religious practices. It also explores how Christian religious practices have evolved and adapted to circumvent religious persecution. Moreover, it discusses the functions that personal religious practices have for OFWs in the Islamic host country.
The study employed qualitative research methods. The researcher interviewed Christian OFWs who are: situated in the Islamic host country as contractual workers for the duration of the study or had previously worked in the Islamic host country and are residing either in another host country or the Philippines during the implementation of the study. Moreover, since the study is situated in an Islamic host country that not only prohibits non-Moslem religious practices but also prosecutes its violators, the said host country will not be named and shall be referred to as “the Islamic host” or “the Islamic host country” in the entire manuscript. The study made use of thematic analysis as a method of data analysis.
Results showed that in terms of private religious practices, OFWs have learned to adapt to the challenges posed by the laws of the Islamic host country. Since the said law prohibits any forms of Christian worship in public, most of them resorted to praying in seclusion (e.g. at night inside their bedroom or accommodation) to avoid getting caught. Also, given the fact that the Islamic host prohibits the entry of Christian religious materials, some participants have resorted to alternatives (e.g. using one’s fingers instead of a rosary) and virtual materials (e.g. online bible, e-books, online images of Jesus and Mary).
However, it was also found out in the study that some participants knowingly violate the laws of the Islamic host country by bringing with them prohibited religious materials that puts them at risk of receiving sanctions like deportation, lashing, or even death.
On the functions of private religious practices, it was found out that it helps the participants to cope while they are in the Islamic host country. Instead of being burdened with the idea that they are prohibited to conduct their religious practices, the participants of the study continued to conduct their religious practices privately. By doing so, they can: have more intimate relations with Him, know Him more, thank Him, and apologize to Him. These personal religious practices also eased the hardships that are being encountered by the study’s participants by having God as a source of guidance, comfort, inspiration, and protection. The conduct of personal religious practices in the Islamic host country as a continuation of the religious practices initially conducted in the Philippines also reminds them of home. Lastly, these personal religious practices also provide the study’s participants with a source of enjoyment and relaxation