ANTI-EPAL BILL It has become almost standard practice: politicians plastering their names and faces on projects funded by taxpayers. To counter this self-praise‚ Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago filed a bill‚ now commonly referred to as “Anti-Epal Bill‚” prohibiting public officials to affix their name or image to any signage on a proposed or ongoing public works project. In the explanatory note of Senate Bill No. 1967‚ formally known as the “Anti-Signage of Public Works Act‚” Santiago said
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The Bill of Rights On December 15‚ 1791‚ an important bill was ratified to the United States Constitution. The bill consisted of ten amendments written by James Madison. This bill later became known as the Bill of Rights because each amendment in the bill protected the rights of every citizen. The Bill of Rights has been a major part of United States history‚ and is still frequently used today. The Bill of Rights is an important bill that protects the basic rights of humans and has been used consistently
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27th REPORT Article 21 of the Constitution of India provides the right to life to all the citizens of India including the Right to Food. Further‚ Article 47 of the Constitution‚ provides that the State shall regard raising the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Convenant on Economic‚ Social and Cultural Rights‚ to which India is a signatory‚ also
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government‚ the U.S. Constitution. When creating a constitution for our nations‚ certain citizens wanted to guarantee that there would be a Bill of Rights included in it. These people were called the antifederalist‚ and they wanted a Bill of Rights to assure that their individual rights would not be taken out of their possession. One reason why the antifederalist wanted a Bill of Rights is because it would be able to limit the power of the government. They believed if they gave too much power to the federal
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* * * * * * * * Bill of Rights and Amendments NAME........... HIS/301 25 July 2013 Mark Durfee MBA‚ MA‚ M.Ed * Bill of Rights and Amendments * The original U.S. Constitution did not contain a Bill of Rights. This was added at a later date at which time Amendments were also added. Since the creation of this original document there have been several alterations and additions to the Constitution. How these amendments are included and why they were
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The Bill of Rights‚ Then and Now By Veronica Majerol This article is an information piece talking about the difference between the Bill of Rights in 1791‚ and the Bill of Rights today. In this article the author talks about the first 10 amendments to the Constitution and the debates that are still stirring almost 220 years later. John Adams called the Constitution “the greatest single effort of national deliberation that the world has ever seen.” Many other people thought that
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On December 15th‚ 1791 the ten official Bill of Rights were added to the constitution. These additions added rights for the people‚ but before one can fully understand the Bill of Rights they must examine the reasons that the Bill of Rights were added to the Constitution. Most people like to be protected. Protection makes a person feel safe in daily life. As a human being‚ rights are must. Rights allow you to be people to be who they are. Freedom and liberty are basic wants of most every human being
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government and each other in the process. Debates and rallies both supporting and opposing the "RH Bill‚" as it was known‚ happened nationwide. RH bill has become the talk of the nation lately. Some people see it as negative but some see it as positive. People have many views and perceptive with regards to the issue. We‚ Filipinos should take part in the said issue. Dabawenyos seem to be apathetic about the RH bill. We Dabawenyos should be aware of the current events in our nation. As Accountancy & Business
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The Bill of Rights has been fundamental in providing and ensuring American citizens rights and freedoms for hundreds of years. The Bill of Rights has survived for so long‚ because of adjustments and revisions‚ adapting these amendments to fit the people of the current time period. Only ten of the originally proposed twelve amendments were ratified and turned into what is known as the Bill of Rights. The first of the ten amendments in the Bill of Rights‚ says that “Congress shall make no law respecting
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