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2017: What is in Store for Filipinos in Britain

December 27, 2016 The Mail Man 0

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<span style="font-size: large;">2016 is about to end. There are Filipinos who work and reside in the UK and with the Brexit vote last May 2016, this 2017 may seem to be a year of uncertainty in many aspects. It was an unexpected vote and it turned medium and long term plans awry for Filipinos who reside there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">& months have passed and the whole world was witness to the largest companies lost more than US$200 billion in a matter of days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While they wait for Article 50 to be finalized with uncertainty, Filipinos here and in the UK wait with bated breathe on what 2017 holds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 2005, the Peso – Sterling Pound Exchange Rate was Php100 = 1 Sterling Pound. The devaluation impacted immediately and after a day the Sterling Pound lost 10% of its value. It is forecasted that a £500 remittance will now be lower by approximately PHP 4,000. This will translate to around PHP 50,000 over 12 months (assuming exchange rates stay at the current rates).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are 300,000 Filipinos in the UK and the loss of the value of remittances will tell on consumer spending of their dependents here in the Philippines. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As with remittances, the cost of vacations by UK based Filipinos would tend to be more expensive for them. A $3,000 trip across the Atlantic to New York will now set them back by almost £300 more. But those planning on visiting Jolly Old England can do it cheaper than before. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As anticipated by many, the Bank of England has further reduced the base rates to 0.25% (from the previous 0.5%, which has been the standing rate since March 2009). While the continuing low interest environment is great for keeping the monthly mortgage payments low for homeowners, it may still be worth exploring the market for even better deals. The losers from this, as we know, are the savers and the pensioners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One critical component of Brexit is that of immigration policy. But there are factors such as the points system would favor Filipinos of professional qualifications. But this can also be counteracted by more points being given to EU national.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">GDP slowdown is expected but not worse than during the 2008 crisis. This will also affect jobs generation since investor confidence on new businesses and expansion will be greatly affected. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2017 is still filled with hopeful signs and indicators though. Large corporate transactions are still taking place and others in the pipeline. London launched the #LondonIsOpen social media campaign wherein London is depicted as a city filled with opportunities for investors and visitors. </span></div>
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‘The Woman Who Left’ by Lav Diaz Wins 73rd Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion

September 11, 2016 Tech Reporter 0

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<span style="font-size: large;">VENICE, Italy — “The Woman Who Left,” a revenge drama by Filipino auteur Lav Diaz about the struggle of a wrongly convicted schoolteacher in the outside world after 30 years behind bars, is the winner of the 73rd Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion.<br /><br />Shot in black and white and lasting nearly four hours “Woman Who Left” was praised by Variety critic Guy Lodge as a “powerful and, by his [Diaz’s] standards, refreshingly contained moral study.”<br /><br />“This is for my country, for the Filipino people; for our struggle and the struggle of humanity,” said Diaz, as he thanked the jury headed by Sam Mendes.<br /><br />“The Woman Who Left,” is also a comeback for Charo Santos-Concio, in a remarkable return to the screen after two decades in the production realm and as media executive, host, occasional actress, television and film producer, and host of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maalaala_Mo_Kaya" title="Maalaala Mo Kaya">Maalaala Mo Kaya</a></i>, the longest-running television drama anthology in Asia. <br /><br />In the movie, for Horacia (Charo Santos-Concio), the Philippines of the late 1990s is not the same country she knew 30 years before, when she was sentenced to life in a women’s correctional facility for a murder she did not commit. She’s unexpectedly released when fellow inmate and best friend Petra (Shamaine Centenera-Buencamino) suddenly confesses that she, coerced by Horacia’s ex-boyfriend Rodrigo, framed her for the crime all those years ago.<br /><br />Working once more in rich but unromantic black and white, Lav Diaz’s cinematography is the film’s other most constant reward.<br /><br /></span><br />
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Euro Pinoys Part 2

August 26, 2016 The Mail Man 0

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<span style="font-size: large;">When one of my graduate students (now a colleague in the faculty) had to attend a conference in Tarragona, Spain, two years ago, she found herself in a bind: Her relatives, who were living in Madrid and Barcelona in Spain and in Rome, Italy, all insisted that she visit them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In last Wednesday’s column I cited statistics from the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) reporting that there were some 866,000 Filipinos living in Europe, half of them permanently.  Spain ranks only fifth in the number of Filipino residents, surpassed by Italy, the United Kingdom, Greece, France and Germany.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some of these Filipinos have lived in Europe for many years, with children and even grandchildren and, as my opening report shows, often involve entire clans, if not barangays, who follow the footsteps of an initial pioneer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The migrants are in various professions, sometimes marked by changing demand across time. The fairly large population in Germany goes back to the 1970s when Filipino nurses were in great demand, with another ongoing exodus of nurses and midwives to the United Kingdom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I’ve wondered about our Euro Pinoys leaving an imprint in their host countries. Has the Filipino sweet tooth convinced some Europeans to go for sweet wines or sweet spaghetti sauce, for example?  If we hear occasionally of Filipino-Americans doing well in competitions like “American Idol,” I’ve also heard of Euro Pinoys making it into similar European competitions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In recent years we’ve been seeing a growing number of “balik Euro Pinoys,” mostly older ones who have come home to retire, living comfortably off their pensions, which are relatively high because of Europe’s social welfare systems.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps on a smaller scale, we’re also seeing younger Euro Pinoys coming home, usually children of intermarriages who cash in on their Eurasian features to model, or enter the movies. Then there are the Azkals, the football team, the members of which are the result of growing up in countries that appreciate football (soccer) more than the Americans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wonder what they bring home in terms of expectations shaped from their life in Europe. Do they imbibe the liberal social attitudes of western Europe toward sex and sexuality, for example? Do they get exasperated, having benefited from the generous national health services of Europe, in contrast to our own which is left pretty much to free market forces—that is, pay out of your own pocket?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wonder, too, if the Euro Pinoys are watching how Europe is dealing with tribalism and regionalism.  When European friends, usually academics, cite our regional loyalties—national elections are still marked by the “Ilokano vote,” “Bisaya vote,” or “Bikol vote,” for example—as a cause of underdevelopment, I remind them that Europeans have been even more “tribal” than we are: nations emerging within nations, rising, sometimes expanding aggressively and through warfare, only to disintegrate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It’s not just in Eastern Europe that it’s sometimes hard to keep track of countries; it also happens in Western Europe, where there are threats of secession—the Scots in the United Kingdom, or the Catalonians and the Basques in Spain.  The Italians, although on the surface united with one language, are still marked by a strong regionalism that goes back to the Middle Ages when Italy did not exist and instead there were city-states, maritime republics and papal states.  It was not until the 19th century that one Italian nation-state emerged.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not surprisingly, ultranationalist ideologies have taken off from the tribalism, and thrived. These ideologies have led to so many conflicts, including the two world wars. The European Union was in fact a response to these ideologies, an attempt to bring the “tribes” together, finding common cause in that vague concept called democracy.  I often hear political scientists saying that Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) will have difficulty surviving because its members are so different from one another. But the European Union brings together even more diverse cultures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The United Kingdom’s decision to exit the European Union should not be surprising either. While it was able to bring together England, Scotland, Wales and part of Ireland, its unity has been tense, Scotland being the most restless in recent years.  Look at the map and you will see how geography may have shaped its national mindset. Great Britain is one huge island about double the size of Luzon, and the entire United Kingdom looks so isolated from continental Europe. Geography does contribute to insularity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And insularity includes a fear of outsiders.  Brexit (Britain Exit) was a reaction to the European Union’s policies on the free movement of Europeans, with UK citizens convinced that they were being too generous with other Europeans—for example, Polish workers.  There’s irony here because it has been relatively easy to become a UK citizen (or subject, given it is still a monarchy), so the faces of the British aren’t quite white anymore.  Who would have thought, 50 years ago, that there would be a mayor of London described as coming from a “British Pakistani” family?  Might we see, in the not too distant future, references to “British Filipinos”? There are a growing number of Filipinos who carry UK passports, including some through same-sex civil unions and marriage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My point is that the political systems and governance of European countries, so different from our own copied from Mother America, just might capture the imagination of Euro Pinoys who, if they return to the Philippines, might want to introduce innovations based on European models, whether in more equitable healthcare coverage, or even more radical changes. Italy’s Parliament, for example, includes seats reserved for Italian citizens living overseas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Those, of course, are macro changes. I think change is happening on the individual level: Euro Pinoys come home with new tastes in food and architecture (with real estate companies trying to cash in, offering subdivisions with an Italian touch). Some aspects of culture are more quick to pick up than others: I don’t know if Filipino-Italians have acquired a taste for classical music and opera, for example. (I was at an affair at UP Diliman last night showcasing our athletes and dance groups, and one presentation—ballet—drew audibly mixed reactions.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I also wonder what happens to Filipinos who study in Europe for a few years and come home. Many are in government service, charting policies and implementing important projects. Does their stay in Europe give them new insights?  Or, even more radically, a different way of looking at issues and problems?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Source: http://opinion.inquirer.net/96806/euro-pinoys-2</span></div>
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Filipino Physicist Wins in Nuclear Olympics

February 01, 2016 The Mail Man 0

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Tanquintic, a young Filipino physicist won honors in the World Nuclear
University (WNU) 2015 Olympiad. Tanquintic came in second place among five
finalists for his presentation on the production of radioisotopes and their
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cum laude graduate of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering from Ateneo de
Manila University, Tanquintic’s “Nuclear Solutions for Today’s Needs” video of
digitally drawn animation shows the daily application of nuclear energy and the
positive impact of nuclear science that benefits medicine, food production and
industry.   </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Contrary
to conventional belief, nuclear techniques are commonly used today and that
these techniques are safe and beneficial and the fear of the word “nuclear” is
unfounded. It is a “Rebranding” of the word “nuclear” that is needed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Applications
of nuclear techniques such as in medicine where Cobalt-60 is cited wherein it
sterilizes over half of medical supplies in modern hospitals. Industrial
applications such as detection of defects in metal structures is conducted by
using gamma rays were also given as an example. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Pest
control in farming and food production is also a beneficiary of nuclear
techniques wherein it was used to sterilize insects thus making them incapable
of reproducing are utilized in pest control in farmlands.  </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Improved harvests are achieved by use of hereditary changes that employs mutation breeding that is radiation induced. Desirable traits are made by changing the DNA of plants by radiation thus new varieties are made.  </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">The use
of Ultra-Violet (UV) lights in vegetable compartments in refrigerators
lengthens the shelf life of the produce.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">The topic
of the nuclear olympiad for this year is “Nuclear Techniques for Global
Development”. It is an opportunity in showcasing the creativity and knowledge of
the participants with regards to Nuclear Sciences and Applications and their
impact on human lives. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">The Final
round of the Olympiad was held in Vienna, Austria.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">The
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) hosted the event on the margins of
its 59th General Conference.</span></span></div>
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