WHY US, Ph will always be BFFs

Phil.-Am. Friendship Day Celebration. by Google Image

WHY US, Ph will always be BFFs

February 20, 2016

By: Joana Pagurayan

The so-called Great Cultural Divide is, admittedly, overrated and misunderstood.  This cannot be truer than in the case of Americans and Filipinos.  Even cultural anthropologists are puzzled as to why some Filipinos are more American than Americans and why some Americans are, well, more Filipino.

Phil.-Am. Friendhip Day Celebration Day by Google Images

There is something unbreakable about a more than half-century bond forged between cultures that fought and died together against common enemies.  It is no wonder that Filipinos embraced the American way of life willingly. After three centuries of slavery and oppression under Spain and Japan, who can blame the Filipinos?

Today, Filipinos and Americans are great partners in business and trade. Sharing the same language and having great commonality in culture have made it easy for both the Filipinos and Americans to work harmoniously together.

In fact, an association of American and Filipino businessmen which aims to strengthen economic ties between the longtime allies was created in June 2012 called the US-Philippines Society (USPS).

In a speech delivered before the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines and the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, USPS Chairman John Negroponte representing American business leaders reaffirmed alliances with Asian countries like the Philippines, noting that despite the economic crisis, the US remains to be the world’s largest economy. Particularly, the investment support of the United States in the country is highly felt in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry as the Filipino business sector looks into expanding businesses and investing in the US as well.

This only goes to show that the relationship between the two countries continues to grow.

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