Philippine Society and Culture

For the past couple of years, life has been so hard for people across the globe: the COVID-19 pandemic, armed conflict in some parts of the world, human-induced and natural disasters, and hunger brought about by the effects of the pandemic has caused us emotional, physical and psychological distress.  Sadly, many people are not emotionally strong enough to face and deal with these challenges in life. In contrast, there are people who are emotionally and psychologically strong enough to deal with life’s unfortunate events, one of them is the Filipinos who are able to withstand and weather through life's challenges.  Undeniably, the Filipinos are a different breed of people on earth. They possess these exemplary virtues that they use as their potent weapons in dealing with unfortunate circumstances in life.  The Filipinos are no strangers to life's difficulties and hardships. They have gone through all forms of difficulties in life and they face these misfortunes head-on. In the