Napoles has been alleged of having engineered a PHP 10 billion scam over the past decade by using the pork barrel funds of 5 senators and 23 Congressmen for ghost projects. She was even tagged as the alleged mother of the PHP 10 billion pork barrel scam. Napoles’ firm was allegedly tapped for government-funded projects that were later found questionable. The “so-called projects” include the PHP 728 million funds for a fertilizer project for poor farmers. It was alleged that the fund was diverted
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“Million People March” protest‚ they are calling the attention of President Aquino to abolish the Pork Barrel. After 2 days‚ President Aquino announced a 10 million reward for any information that would lead to the arrest of Napoles. That same day‚ as of 9:37 in the evening Napoles surrendered to President Aquino. What happened to Napoles after she surrendered to President Aquino? After Napoles surrendered to President Aquino‚ she was detained at Makati City Jail. The next day‚ they transferred her
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Aquino boasted in his speech the project achievements of his administration in the past year. This includes the increasing GDP (Gross Domestic Product) rating from 6.8% last 2012 to 7.8% in the first quarter of 2013‚ increasing employment rate of students who graduated in TESDA‚ the benefit increase in Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Project‚ the implementation of the K To 12 education system that aims to raise the quality of education‚ Lowering level of rice importation‚ Expansion of Z Benefit package
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of this the Filipino citizens were successful in overthrowing the dictatorship’s administration and the departure of the Marcos Family. The Filipino Citizens were able to taste democracy again because of the leadership of Former President Corazon Aquino after the Marcos Family left. (Santiago‚ 2009). As Santiago stated in her website‚ she detailed all the events on EDSA revolution I per day and explained it thoroughly. Reading materials like this or anything related the EDSA revolution makes a Filipino’s
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Related Materials in January 2013 ranked second with 19.6 percent share and posted the highest negative annual growth rate of 30.0 percent among the top ten imports for January 2013.This shows that the Philippines trade deficit has narrow. Under the new Aquino administration‚ the government plans to open up the country to more foreign investment in industries such as business processing operations‚ mining and tourism. The Philippines liberalizing its trade can attract many foreign investors that can open
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Richard "Dick" Gordon disclosed the truth throughout an interview with certain media outlets that former Pres. Noynoy Aquino (PNoy)‚ former Budget Secretary Butch Abad might have been indicted for bigger charges specifically malversation and also graft and corruption. Based on Sen. Gordon while cooperating with the judgment of the office of the Ombudsman to indict former Pres. Noynoy Aquino and also former Budget Secretary Butch Abad for supposed usurpation of powers along with DAP controversy‚ he stated
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titled "It’s More Fun In the Philippines". The tourism industry employed 3.8 million Filipinos‚ or 10.2 per cent of national employment in 2011‚ according to data gathered by the National Statistical Coordination Board. In a greater thrust by the Aquino administration to pump billion to employ 7.4 million people by 2016‚ or about 18.8 per cent of the total workforce‚ contributing 8 per cent to 9 per cent to the nation’s GDP. 2 PHOTOS CONSTITUTION While the Philippines was under Spanish rule for
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Supreme Court‚ days after the 2010 presidential election. This comes after the Supreme Court ruled that the president’s ban on appointments does not extend to the judiciary. Since then‚ the Supreme Court has been accused of ruling unfavorably of the Aquino administration in cases concerning Arroyo. The Senate‚ which had already convened as an impeachment court‚ began the trial on January 16‚ 2012. This is the second impeachment trial in history‚ as Gutierrez resigned prior to the trial. On the December
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Amongst them was Senator Benigo Aquino‚ who would later serve as a very important symbol that helped to drive the revolution due to his assassination while trying to acquire democracy in the Philippines. There was so much tension between the government and the people that it would seem like it was only a matter of time before it became violent. It was because of the Catholic Church‚ Aquino’s widow Corazon‚ and lastly and equally important was the JAJA (Justice for Aquino‚ Justice for All) that it didn’t
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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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