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Modern theories of the peopling of the Philippines islands are interpreted against the wider backdrop of the migrations of the Austronesian peoples. They comprise two major schools of thought, the "Out of Sundaland" models and the "Out of Taiwan" model. Of the two, however, the most widely accepted hypothesis is the Out-of-Taiwan model, which ...
The Philippine Immigration Act prescribes fourteen different visas grouped into two broad categories: Section 9 visas (non-immigrant visas), for temporary visits such as those for tourism, business, transit, study or employment. Section 13 visas (immigrant visas), for foreign nationals who wish to become permanent residents in the Philippines.
Huâ-hui-lîn. Chinese Filipinos[ a ] (sometimes referred as Filipino Chinese in the Philippines) are Filipinos of Chinese descent with ancestry mainly from Fujian, [ 4 ] but are typically born and raised in the Philippines. [ 4 ] Chinese Filipinos are one of the largest overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia.
Press release on the 2004 Survey on Overseas Filipinos, Philippine Statistics Authority, on OFWs: 1.06 million Overseas Filipino Workers. 33.4% are unskilled workers, 15.4% are Trades and related workers, 15.1% are plant and machine operators and assemblers. 49.3% are males, 50.7% are females.
Peter Bellwood received his BA and PhD from Cambridge University (King's College) in 1966 and 1980 respectively. His areas of specialization include the human population history of Southeast Asia and the Pacific from archaeological, linguistic and biological perspectives; the worldwide origins of agriculture and resulting cultural, linguistic and biological developments; and the prehistory of ...
The Philippine Commonwealth was established in 1935, as a 10-year interim step prior to full independence. However, in 1942 during World War II, Japan occupied the Philippines. The U.S. military overpowered the Japanese in 1945. The Treaty of Manila in 1946 established the independent Philippine Republic.
Migration studies is a relatively new specialism, consequently many universities and colleges have yet to develop degree programmes which formally address the topic. [27] Whilst migration studies rarely exist as an available major for undergraduate study, Master's degrees which focus on migration and international movement are increasingly ...
F. Landa Jocano. Significant body of work within the field of Philippine cultural anthropology, widely recognized as "the country's foremost cultural anthropologist" [1] during his lifetime. Proponent of the Core Population Theory of the peopling of Southeast Asia [2] Felipe Landa Jocano (February 5, 1930 – October 27, 2013) was a Filipino ...