Wonder where World War III Might Break Out? Try Taiwan

A clear and troubling consensus has emerged in the American national security community that the Taiwan Strait is the most likely place for a major war to erupt between the United States and China; that it might start soon, and that such a conflict might quickly escalate into a nuclear confrontation.

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Published on 21/07/2021 by puertoparrot
Categories: History, News and Events, Politics
Tags: American, China, Chinese, Foreign, Pacific, Power, Taiwan, international

Philippine-American Friendship Day: Ties That Bind

The celebration of Philippine-American Friendship Day evolved from the previous years’ observance of the fourth of July as Independence Day. This day in 1946 marked the end of US sovereignty: the American flag was lowered just as the Philippine flag was raised in a ceremony at the Luneta.

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Published on 03/07/2021 by puertoparrot
Categories: Culture, History, Opinion
Tags: American, Friendship Day

How Filipinos Regained Their Independence and Made Spam Their Own

Spam, a canned, spiced ham, is an unlikely member of the Filipino culinary canon. It was developed in 1937 by Hormel Foods Corporation, an American company, and fed widely to American GIs around the world during World War II.

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Published on 02/06/2021 by puertoparrot
Categories: Culture, Food and Dining, People
Tags: American, spam

A Sojourner's View: Mindanao Histories and Studies

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 20 September) — A recent initiative to aggressively push for the inclusion of Mindanao’s identities, cultures, politics, languages, folkways, tales, as well as traditional conflict resolution systems, trading practices, family relations and, finally the concept of peace and development into the Philippines’ formal and non-formal educational engagements has just taken off with a proposed roadmap.

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Published on 21/09/2019 by puertoparrot
Categories: Communities, History, Lifestyle, People
Tags: American, Davao, History, History, Lumad, Manila, Mindanao, Power, colonial, indigenous, story, story

From Bahao to Breakfast

Spanish and American colonial eras influenced the earlier Philippine breakfast. During those centuries, innovations in kitchen stoves and ovens occurred globally. Lighting the day’s first cooking fire in the predawn light was demanding. With wood or coconut husk as fuel, the kalan (woodfire stove) system was surely more time consuming than turning the knob on a recently invented gas or electric stove that even had an oven for baking built into it.

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Published on 01/08/2019 by puertoparrot
Categories: Lifestyle, Society
Tags: American, Breakfast, Spanish, colonial

Dig into the American Period in the Philippines at Ateneo

For Filipino Americans in search of their roots or any serious historians studying the last 120 years of Philippine history, the American Historical Collection at Ateneo's Rizal Library is a treasure trove of fascinating information. Only the Library of Congress in Washington, DC has a larger archive of books documents and photographs relating to the long and tumultuous relationship between the United States and the Philippines.

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Published on 14/03/2018 by puertoparrot
Categories: Documentary, History
Tags: American, Ateneo, Period

Luisa Blue, One of the Highest-Ranking Asian American Union Officials

San Francisco Bay Area resident Luisa Blue, a longtime activist in the Filipino American community and prominent labor leader, made history in May when she was elected International Executive Vice President at the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

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Published on 14/03/2018 by puertoparrot
Categories: People
Tags: American, Asian, Officials

Naffaa Proudly Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

The National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) is proud to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month this May. According to the U.S.Census Bureau, Filipinos make up nearly 20% of the overall Asian American community, with almost 4 million Filipinos living in the United States.

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Published on 13/03/2018 by puertoparrot
Categories: News and Events
Tags: American, Asian, Pacific, heritage

Nina Thomas the American Woman Who Could Have Been First Lady of the Philippines

One day we found ourselves at Prospero’s Books, an antiquarian bookstore in Northern Virginia that had an unusual section: an entire shelf on the US colonial period in the Philippines. Because we did not find any title particularly interesting, we asked the manager whether they had anything else on the Philippines. By coincidence, he said, a book just came in that morning—published in 1916, written by a Filipino, and autographed.

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Published on 13/03/2018 by puertoparrot
Categories: People, Stories
Tags: American, First Lady, story, women

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial

There have been many heroes who fell for freedom during World War II, and they are remembered in many sites throughout the country in various monuments and memorials so that their sacrifices will not be forgotten. One of the largest of these is the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, located in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

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Published on 07/03/2018 by puertoparrot
Categories: Documentary, History
Tags: American, Cemetery, Manila, Memorial

Amerasian

In the Philippines, the term “Amerasian” refers to a child of an American and a Filipino. The racial background of the American parent is not essential; he or she can be Caucasian, Black, Hispanic, Native American, or even Asian. There are Amerasians in practically all socioeconomic classes.

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Published on 01/03/2018 by puertoparrot
Categories: Communities, Culture, Documentary
Tags: American, Filipino

The American and Contemporary Traditions in Philippine Visual Arts

From one colonizer to another – after more than three centuries of Spanish rule, the Americans came. They set out to conquer the Filipinos through education and governance – the public school system and a system of government.

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Published on 26/12/2017 by puertoparrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, Documentary, History
Tags: American, Contemporary, art, visual art

Philippine Literature in English

Philippine Literature in English has its roots in the efforts of the American forces at the turn of the century to pacify the Filipino people and instill in them the American ideals of “universality, practicality, and democracy.” By 1901, public education was institutionalized, with English serving as the medium of instruction. Around 600 educators who arrived in that year aboard the S.S. Thomas replaced the soldiers who also functioned as teachers.

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Published on 25/12/2017 by puertoparrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, Documentary
Tags: American, English language, Literature

Philippine Literature During the American Period

Philippine literary production during the American Period in the Philippines was spurred by two significant developments in education and culture. One is the introduction of free public instruction for all children of school age and two, the use of English as medium of instruction in all levels of education in public schools.

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Published on 25/12/2017 by puertoparrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, Documentary, History
Tags: American, Literature, Period

Philippine Dance in the American Period

In 1898, the United States colonized the Philippines. Contributory to the people’s eventual surrender was an ongoing armed struggle against Spain. Inevitably, the Americans’ entry into the country brought with it their cosmopolitan and commercial culture. Their Black-influenced music and dances appealed to the terpsichorean bent of the Filipinos.

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Published on 25/12/2017 by puertoparrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, Documentary, History
Tags: American, commercial