should filipino health care providers stay and serve first the country before going abroad?
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They should go where there is a need and wherever it makes sense for them to be. Working in the Philippines often times do not provide enough money to make a decent living, whereas to do the same job in other countries could more than provide for the rest of the family.
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cultural immersion,but be sure and get a vaccination first.
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Goverments should do it. They are set by the people to take care of the people? Unless of course you live in America.
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Before you do anything, check out the local filipino community and see if they can help with advice.\n\nIf you want to go there, do your homework on where you're going. If, for example you intend to settle in Palawan or Mindoro the chances are you'll get kidnapped unless you have bodyguards. Manila is OK but again, areas are dangerous expecially at night. Best option is somewhere like Baggio, Tagatay, Quezon City or Angeles City. you can live very well there on a monthly income of £400, as long as your accomodation is paid for, i.e you own a decent house. Remember the PI is a developing country so theres no constant electricity, Water is pulled up from a deep well and utilities are unreliable.\nEnglish is very widely spoken in PI, mostly at basic level but certainly enough so you don't have to learn Tagalog. The traffic, corruption and way of life suits some, but not all. Best advice is to go there a few times yourself, bring her here on a tourist Visa a couple of times (you need to provide funds in her A/C for that) and go from there.\n\nMake sure you have all the Visa regs sorted out, an overstay makes her persona non grata. for you ging there , there are visa rules but there are ways around it through corruption.\n\nIf she comes here and improves her English then she can qualify for a work permit after 2 years (I think) and find gainful employment. Local filipino communities are very helpful and easy to find, pin a notice up in your local hospital where there are probably numerous Filipino nurses, or simply ask someone.\n\nAlso, if you bring her here she will want to call home all the time (boredom, homesickness) so get a load of cheap international phonecards. \nGood luck
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TO ALL THOSE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT FILIPINO POLICIES:\n\nI never see answers to these questions. You are more likely to get an answer if you post a link to the policies you are questioning. As most Yahoo! Answers members do not reside in the Philippines, we have no idea what you are talking about. A link would allow us to at least look at it.
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i think it is the masses. so that if they are already educated and became intellectuals, they would go abroad to work, so that they could send money to their families back home and be called "new heroes". new heroes because the dollars they sent helps the economy.but the politicians go abroad spending government money or should i say, peoples' money? why do some doctors in the philippines study or take up nursing courses so that they could go abroad?\ni think it's disappointment.
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Just like anything else in life, practice, practice, practice. You also have to make the right connections with people. And, of course, there are tons of philipino nurses in the United States.
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I think the i.d system would work for Filipinos because of the terrorist organisations over there that seem to be just a face in the crowd. the N.P.A or New Peoples Army hide themselves as upstanding citizens but now and then blow up the odd bus or ship. You also have Moro Islamic Liberation Front that are in peace talks and the Abu Sayaff Islamists which are not. The only thing is that if you get asked for your i.d card in Filippines, you cant say sorry i left it at home as you are likely to get beaten and thrown in a filthy prison for months before they get around to confirming your i.d. Oh i forgot also that your cute
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they have to choice if they want to be in the united states or that country
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as a whole I see my country a very cultural place to be in because you discover many things from just visiting one place.Sadly our country has been divided by many groups who cannot settle on one idea to improve the country most politicians want their power just for their own self interest and not for the people. Theirs too much politics. Well at least I see a good a future under the PGMA's governance, our economy is appreciating. I see the Filipino citizens very LAZY and that one factor why the country is not improving, also another is the poor education.
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come here to the philippines!
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She's trying to enter America LEGALLY.  She can always reschedule.  It's not the Philipinos that are the problem, though.  The do speak our language as well as Tagalog and other Dialects, and are highly intelligent.  If she's a Nurse, she can get a Visa with no problem.  As you know we are low on Medical Personnel.
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Be patient.  If you have only been working on it for weeks you are ahead of the game.  I have been advised that it is going to take me a year or more to bring my Filipina wife to the US.
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might want to check with the foreign ministry or comparible agency in the phillipines before doing this. might also want to seek competent legal advice on the advisability of doing this. fiancee should check the phillipine embassy or consulate of the country they live in if they are thinking of getting phillipine passport.
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It is okay. Works on both sides of the business. The operators get cheap services by redirecting these calls to these 3rd world countries and the workers get a job and a good pay at it!\n\nSo far I have heard no bitter complaints in the Philippines (yes I am from here!) except the night shift schedules.\n\nI believe in the competence of these call center employees because they would not get hired in the first place if their english grammar, pronunciation or accent is poor and they went through rigid trainings to get in that spot. Besides they are trained to observe strict work and phone ethics so no matter how irate and wild the callers will be, they extend their patience a thousandfold and still accomodate these and remain lowly and humble as would a true blue customer service representative.\n\nSo far so good. This is a good example that all things work together if the 1st world countries tap the resources in the 3rd world countries, form better partnerships with mutual benefits for economic cooperation and unity and drag each other towards progress. =)
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It depends on the patient's and extended family financial situation, and where they live.\n\nFor instance Doctors without Borders works pro bono. (see link)\n\nInternational Assn. for Humanitarian Medicine (see link)\n\nCheck with your local AMA chapter (see link)\n\nGodspeed
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Rights and duties vary from country to country. I would suggest that you secure some books such a Civil Code,a Family Code, and a book on Rights of Women and Children. In the Philippines, here, these are the best sources for answers to your question. But if you are not in the Philippines, buy some books which are similar in nature to the ones I mentioned.