Formerly known as the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF)‚ the pork barrel is government spending for projects intended to benefit the constituents of the legislators. It has a noble intention but is at the same time an invitation to corruption. In fact‚ one may call it institutionalized corruption. Senators and Congressmen are given millions of Pesos as an automatic appropriation in the General Appropriations Act to implement projects that they think their constituents need only to have
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What to ask your agent before buying property By Tessa R. Salazar Philippine Daily Inquirer 11:30 pm | Friday‚ September 14th‚ 2012 In 2009‚ an estimated 85 percent of cases being filed with the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board legal office involved refunds of installment payments on real estate properties. The refunds of installment payments included subdivision and condominium developments in Metro Manila. What may have become an all-too-familiar scenario in the HLURB halls have been complainants
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Land tenure system in Pre-Independence Era. Very little is known about the land tenure system in pre Mughal period and the argument is confined to largely two options :the state or the peasant ownership. The peasant who converted the forest land into arable land got the proprietorship of that land. The king did not had any property rights in land except the right to share of crop produce that too in return for the “protection of his subjects”. Most of the Scholars agree that the peasant enjoyed
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Without the Senate’s consent‚ the president no longer had the power to remove from office those whom he has appointed. Convinced that the Tenure of Office Act was unconstitutional‚ Johnson removed the secretary of war‚ Edwin‚ and replaced him with a general named Lorenzo Thomas. When he did this‚ he acted under a provision of the Tenure of Office Act; however‚ he was immediately accused with violation of the law. Congressional leaders claimed that he was guilty of a “high crime and misdemeanor”
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the academic community. Consequently‚ even professors‚ lawyers and judges "are not always clear whose academic freedom is at stake. The professional standard of academic freedom is defined by the 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure which was developed by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Association of American Colleges and Universities. It is the fundamental statement on academic freedom for faculty in higher education. It has been endorsed by
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Ammons‚ David N.‚ and Bosse‚ Matthew J. “Examining the Dual Meanings of Average Tenure.” State and Government Review. 37(61). April 2005 :61-71. Question Generally speaking‚ turnover among city managers occurs at a high frequency with the average tenure for city managers lasting well under a decade. While past research on the topic sought to explain factors such as the causes of city manager turnover‚ its consequences‚ and other variables‚ rarely have systematic studies focused on developing
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10-24-12 In chapter four of Our Undemocratic Constitution‚ Sanford Levingson addresses the idea of life tenure for judges. He asserts that the good behavior clause in Article iii of the constitution is not clearly spelled out and is therefore subject to interpretation. Levingston reasons that in spite of judges’ terms of service‚ they "cannot be removed from office for partisan political reasons [;] so long as the judges behavior is within the range viewed as good‚ that is uncorrupted… then they
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Study Title: Factors that Inspire Workers Employed by Small Businesses‚ with 5 or Less Years of Services and 5 and More Years of Service‚ to Remain Loyal to their Employer 8027 Section XX: Instructor: Dr. Edward Mason Date: 1/19/13 Learner’s Name: Michael D. Woods Your email address: DrMikedWoods@aol.com Abstract This purpose of this paper is to examine the survey research methods and process of the factors that motivate workers with 5 and less years of services and workers with
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Group Number: 5404 NANYANG BUSINESS SCHOOL MORTGAGE LOAN TENURE PREFERENCES AND IMPACT OF PROPERTY COOLING MEASURES U1010086C U1011061C U1010843C Supervised By: Dr. Kong Yoon Kee Applied Research Project submitted to the Nanyang Business School‚ Nanyang Technological University in partial fulfillment for the double degree of Bachelor of Accountancy and Bachelor of Business. Academic Year 2012/13 Word Count: 6‚914 ABSTRACT UOB recently promoted a 50-year loan to increase
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Emotional Intelligence‚ Job Satisfaction‚ and Job Tenure among Hotel Managers Kara Wolfe & Hyun Jeong Kim a a b Bradley University‚ Family and Consumer Sciences‚ Peoria‚ Illinois‚ USA b School of Hospitality Business Management‚ College of Business‚ Washington State University‚ Pullman‚ Washington‚ USA Published online: 27 Feb 2013. To cite this article: Kara Wolfe & Hyun Jeong Kim (2013): Emotional Intelligence‚ Job Satisfaction‚ and Job Tenure among Hotel Managers‚ Journal of Human Resources
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