“President Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino” María Corazón "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino (January 25‚ 1933 – August 1‚ 2009) was a Philippine politician who served as the 11th President of the Philippines‚ the first woman to hold that office‚ and the first female president in Asia‚ though not the first female Asian head of state. Aquino was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution‚ which toppled the 20-yearauthoritarian rule of President Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy to
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Asian countries as well for these. How was that? Before those things occurred‚ we are already internationally acclaimed due to a lot of interesting events that always put our country to the covers of international news and magazines. Before Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo‚ there was Imelda Marcos. And then again‚ there was Ferdinand Marcos. Our country’s been famous for being the spring for news which‚ more often than not‚ shocked the world. The "incident" in Maguindanao was nothing but an icing in the cake
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False Democracy: Political Dynasty The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines dynasty as a powerful group or family that maintains its position for a considerable time. In the Philippines‚ according to a research by the Center for People Empowerment and Governance‚ we have about 250 political families who have dominated Philippine politics at the national and local level. This is 0.00001667 % of the country’s 15 million families (CENPEG‚ 2007). They comprise a little‚ among the represented Filipinos
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DON HONORIO VENTURA TECHNOLOGICAL STATE UNIVERSITY BACOLOR‚ PAMPANGA SY 2013-2014 LOCAL TOURISM OFFICE OF APALIT (COMMITTEE ON TOURISM) Submitted by: Submitted to: Angeles Elaiza Kay M. Ms.MARIE CHLOE DE GUILLA Bustos Sharmaine M. Cabangon Danielle F. Ocampo Rogine S. Tongol Jenine B. HRM-3C Apalit is a first class municipality in the province of Pampanga‚ Philippines. It is situated in the Luzon Island. According to the 2010 census‚ it has a population
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Constitutional Law Case Digest People vs. Perfecto Facts: Perfecto was convicted by the municipal trial court as editor of La Nacion for publishing libelous statement pursuant to Article 256 of Spanish Penal Code. Issue: whether article 256 of the Spanish Penal Code‚ punishing "Any person who‚ by . . . writing‚ shall defame‚ abuse‚ or insult any Minister of the Crown or other person in authority . . .‚" is still in force. Ruling: 1. Effect of the Philippine Libel Law‚ Act No. 277‚ on article
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Green Revolution refers to a series of research‚ development‚ and technology transfer initiatives‚ occurring between the 1940s and the late 1970s‚ that increased agriculture production worldwide‚ particularly in the developing world‚ beginning most markedly in the late 1960s.[1] The initiatives‚ led byNorman Borlaug‚ the "Father of the Green Revolution" credited with saving over a billion people from starvation‚ involved the development of high-yielding varieties of cereal grains‚ expansion of irrigation
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Definition: Feminism comprises a number of social‚ cultural and political movements‚ theories and moral philosophies concerned with gender inequalities and equal rights for women. In its narrowest interpretation‚ it refers to the effort to ensure legal and political equality for women; in its broadest sense it comprises any theory which is grounded on the belief that women are oppressed or disadvantaged by comparison with men‚ and that their oppression is in some way illegitimate or unjustified
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NARRATIVE REPORT Presented to The Faculty of School of Business University of Rizal System Pililla‚ Rizal In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the subject In NSTP-CWTS ANA KATRINA D. BELLIDO DCS 1-A March‚ 2013 APPROVAL SHEET This narrative in NSTP - CWTS prepared and submitted by Ms. Ana Katrina D. Bellido‚ in partial fulfillment of the requirements in NSTP-CWTS is hereby recommended for approval. MRS. MA. CECILIA L. SANTOS Date NSTP-CWTS Instructor URS Pililla
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APPLYING THE PLURALIST THEORY OF THE STATE TO THE PEOPLE POWER PHENOMENON IN THE PHILIPPINES A research paper submitted by Leah Marie O. Tumlos MA in Political Science to Dr. Julio Teehankee Professor‚ Political Science Department De La Salle University - Manila In partial fulfilment of the requirements for Theories of the State (POL760M) on August 25‚ 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Background and Context of the
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Josh Davies looks at the history of the Philippines‚ from its domination by the Spanish to its present day Maoist insurgency The modern history of the Philippines has been defined by the domination of outside powers and resistance to them. The Philippines was a formal colony of Spain until 1899 and then de facto a colony of the US until the Second World War. Thereafter it suffered under semi-colonial domination - formally independent but with regimes that did the every bidding of the US. Nevertheless
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