Solo Parents: Aquino gov’t should implement RA 8972 by Lorela Sandoval. Published on August 25‚ 2012 Although long been passed in year 2000‚ the Solo Parents’ Welfare Act of 2000 or Republic Act 8972 has yet to be completely implemented by the national and local governments‚ according to Carina Javier‚ president of the Solo Parents Support Group at the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Central Office (DSWD-CO)‚ in a recent Philstar.com report. RA 8972 is an act that provides special benefits
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Fatima S. Tiongson POSC 14 / THX Aug. 29‚ 2013 Article Review Filipinos are having a hard time distinguishing politics and politicking. According to Webster’s dictionary‚ politics is a science or art of governance --- meaning the whole system. While politick means to engage in often political discussion or activity --- this is what we really perceive wrong in Philippine politics. For further understanding of these two‚ reading the introduction of Classes‚ Bosses‚ Goons‚ and Guns: Re-Imagining
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USIA‚ and USAID.[7] Different presidents had different points of emphasis. President Marcos pushed for a systematic distribution of contraceptives all over the country‚ a policy that was called "coercive‚" by its leading administrator.[5] The Cory Aquino administration focused on giving couples the right to have the
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issues in our government that I consider a tele-novela which remains a box office hit. What I think about the ongoing saga regarding former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s (GMA) efforts to leave the country to get medical treatment abroad and the Aquino administration’s efforts to stop her. Not to mention the controversial TRO issued by the Supreme court in connection with the refusal of the DOJ secretary to implement the ruling‚ and most specially‚ the infamous ‘electoral sabotage against GMA’
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There is no greater pursuit in life than to have freedom and equal rights. People are fighting to gain freedom and the right to be heard. Democracy gives us these rights. It is not only about to be heard but being listened to. Democracy has given us not only the right to voice out what we want to say but it also gives us the right to hear what we want to hear. As a student of the 21st century‚ I was one of those who benefited from the struggles of our great grandmothers to have equal rights with
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relation to the 2013 candidates for the Senate who come from one and the same family or clan and thus bear the same surname as another senator‚ or President Aquino himself. In this sense‚ loud public criticism and some cynicism greeted the announcement of senatorial candidates for the 2013 elections. One set belongs to the majority coalition: Bam Aquino‚ the President’s cousin; Sen. Alan Peter‚ brother of Sen. Pia Cayetano and others. Under the banner of the United Nationalist Alliance‚ led by Vice President
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How to make the Philippines better? A term paper Presented to The faculty of the integrated basic education department Level 2 Siena College Quezon City _______________________ In Partial Fulfilment Of the Requirements for the Secondary Course ______________________ By Marie Patricia Ocampo and Ranjit Galman February 26‚ 2014 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Acknowledgements
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equitable land ownership and empowered agrarian reform beneficiaries while‚ at least‚ improving social lives. The law was outlined by former President Corazon C. Aquino through Presidential Proclamation 131 and Executive Order 229 on June 22‚ 1987. The law was finally enacted by the 8th Congress of the Philippines and signed by Aquino on June 10‚ 1988. The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms (CARPER) Bill or Republic Act 9700‚ is an act amending several provisions of
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PH farmers’ Coco levy funds: A brief history Coconut levy is the tax collected from the exacted exported coconut and coconut products under the Republic Act 6260 or the “Coconut Investment Act”. In 1972‚ the first of these levies was implemented and known as the “Cocofund Levy”. The tax exacted from these levies was 5.50 pesos per metric ton which was equal to 55 centavos per 100 kilos of copra that was produced for that year onwards until they reached the accumulation point of P100 million. From
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Philippines: Martial Law Regime or Democratic Country Before the Filipinos attained the democracy of their country‚ they first experienced the different kind of discipline the most of their leaders gave‚ the Martial Law regime. Martial Law (Batas Militar) refers to the period of Philippine history wherein Philippine Presidents and Heads of state declared a proclamation to control troublesome areas under the rule of the Military‚ and it is usually given when threatened by popular demonstrations
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