| Global Labor Niche [Terms] | Global Labor Niche [Seafarers] | A Good Provider is One Who Leaves | One Nation, Overseas | Final Jeopardy! |
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What are remittances?
DAILY DOUBLE
Money sent to the homeland from outsourced work. |
What is a seafarer?
Filipino man that works on ships overseas.
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What are higher income and salary?
Two main reasons why Filipinos are willing to work overseas
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What is 162?
Unlike Mexicans, who flock primarily to the United States, Filipinos traveled to ___ nations in all.
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What is bagong bayani?
This term is used often to glorify the work of the Filipino seafarers.
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What are 3 stereotypical OFW jobs?
Nurses, Domestic Workers, Seafarers
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What are affairs or not being able to build a relationship with their child?
A common fear that oversea workers might face when leaving behind their spouse and children
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What is temp agency?
The Philippine leadership is embracing its role as ____ _____ to the world and structuring a political "business plan" accordingly.
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What is manilamen?
DAILY DOUBLE
This term is commonly used to describe Asiatic Seafarers because of the dominant presence of Filipino seafarers. |
What are labor jobs?
The main type of job Filipino Seafarers have on a ship
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What is the “supermaid” program?
DAILY DOUBLE
The name of the program that is a short training regimen that would lift the maid’s skills and demand a doubling of their wage |
What is OWWA (Overseas Workers Welfare Administration)?
DAILY DOUBLE
The name/acronym of the business that was responsible for moving 30,000 Filipino workers to safety during the Gulf War. |
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What is gagong bayani?
This term is used by seafarers to describe themselves due to their paradoxical nature of work.
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What is friendly, rule followers, hardworking, polite, flexible?
DAILY DOUBLE
3 characteristics that Filipino seafarers are known for |
What is “brain gain”?
The increasingly circular nature of migration means that some migrants return with knowledge and connections. This counter trend known as
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What is $15?
The minimum wage earned per day abroad under contracts approved by the federal government.
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What is the IMF (International Monetary Fund)?
Countries borrow from this in order to pay for many of their programs.
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What is “cautious masculinity?”
This term means being careful, thinking before doing, and not risk takers.
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What is sex work/prostitution?
Philippine recruiters marched army of young Filipinas through short courses in song and dance and sent them off to Japanese clubs, the Philippine government certify them as “overseas performing artists”. What kind of work did they actually do?
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What is "Look Asian, think Spanish, act American"?
The common refrain/phrase influenced by previous occupation and colonialism.
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Masculine recovery- a chance for the lower ranking Filipinos to showcase their masculinity to the higher ranking officers. It was a way of showing them that they are masculine too. They showcased their masculinities through activities like basketball and
What is “masculine recovery” and what activities did the Filipinos use to show this?
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