Division of the COMELEC granted the petition of Mamaril and ordered the cancellation of the certificate of candidacy of private respondent on the ground that he is a dual citizen and‚ under §40(d) of the Local Government Code‚ persons with dual citizenship are disqualified from running for any elective position. The COMELEC’s Second Division said: What is presented before the Commission is a petition for disqualification of Eduardo Barrios Manzano as candidate for the office of Vice-Mayor of Makati
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mothers‚ who elect Philippine citizenship upon reaching the age of majority. Even if the child is born to an alien father and a Filipino mother‚ the Filipino citizenship of the mother will bestow natural-born Philippine citizenship upon the child PROVIDED his birth occurred on or after January 17‚ 1973 (date of ratification of the 1973 Constitution)‚ otherwise he followed the citizenship of the alien father and acquired at best only an inchoate Philippine citizenship which he could perfect by
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Citizenship Re-Acquisition of German Citizenship by former German Citizens Summary and Comment by Frederick S. Wyle and Daniel Eichmann This comment is based upon a more detailed paper on this subject (in German) by Daniel Eichmann‚ a German lawyer visiting in the United States. It does not deal with the re-acquisition or re-recognition of German citizenship that was lost by reason of NAZI laws between 1933 and 1945‚ laws
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EUROPEAN UNION CITIZENSHIP: FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND FAMILY REUNIFICATION. RECONCILING COMPETENCES AND RESTRICTING ABUSE?* Introduction All Member States of the European Union experience international migration be it legal or illegal 1 : this is symptomatic of the phenomenon of ‘globalisation in the contemporary world’. This paper will treat the right of a citizen of the Union who has exercised his/her right freely to move within the current twenty seven European Union Member States‚ to be
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I possess the characteristics that the National Junior Honors Society (NJHS) is based upon‚ like Scholarship‚ Leadership‚ Service‚ and Character.I take criticism with an open mind‚ I put others ahead of my own needs. I am as honest and reliable as I can be. I never judge others by the way they look‚ and I respect them‚ consider their fells and hold concern for them. I love to learn and learning new ways to think‚ I also love spending time helping others. I was told that I am a good leader because
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Meaning of Global Citizenship essay The world over the years as a whole has grown immensely. Together we have experienced‚ fixed and struggled through many worldwide issues. During all of these ups and downs we have been pulled closer together as less of individual nations and more of a global group‚ some examples of this can be seen in the way we have improved with racism and prejudice. These issues were major problems that the world faced; they were responsible for damaging thousands of lives
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Citizenship and Friendship is a piece from ”Habits of the Heart’‚ which is written by Robert N. Bellah and associates. This passage talks about how the definition of friendship changes over time in American communities. Bellah says that classical ideas of friendship in early America contains three important elements that ”Friends must enjoy one another’s company‚ friends must be useful to one another‚ and friends must share a common commitment to the good”. According to Bellah‚ the first two elements
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Does good citizenship necessitate following the laws despite some kind of injustice within them? Are good citizens obliged to blindly follow the government policies? It follows then‚ what is good citizenship? Henry David Thoreau provides an adequate definition of good citizenship within his essay‚ Civil Disobedience; Thoreau discusses certain characteristics of a good citizen. Examples of Thoreau’s definition exist in both the ancient and contemporary culture. Sophocles describes Antigone as a good
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weight.” Education is sometimes viewed as a prerequisite to good citizenship‚ in that it helps citizens make good decisions and deal with demagogues who would delude them. Roger Soder writes that in a democracy‚ where the demands of good citizenship are placed upon all‚ "only the common schools can provide to all the education that all need." Science literacy is also frequently touted as a key to good citizenship. Good citizenship is sometimes viewed as requiring both intellectual skills (such ascritical
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Citizenship Citizenship denotes the link between a person and a state or an association of states. It is normally synonymous with the term nationality although the latter term may also refer to ethnic connotations. Possession of citizenship is normally associated with the right to work and live in a country and to participate in political life. A person who does not have citizenship in any state is said to be stateless. Nationality is often used as a synonym for citizenship in English[1] – notably
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