CORRUPTION AS A POLITICAL CHALLENGE IN PHILIPPINES By Romil Jagunap I. INTRODUCTION Philippines held its 15th presidential election last May 10‚ 2010. The obvious winner of the said election was Mr. Benigno “Noynoy” Aguino III. He won by landslide garnering 42% from more than 36 million total votes. Noynoy won the heart of the Filipino people during the May 2010 election thru his campaign on clean government and on his fight to eradicate corruption to drive economic growth
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PHILIPPINE HISTORY IMPORTANT EVENTS American Period 1901-1946 Tydings-McDuffie Law Law on Women’s Suffrage Tagalog as official language Japanese invasion Philippine Independence from America The Making of the Neo-colony 1946-1972 Independence from the United States The Third Philippine Republic Land Reform Code Marcos’s Reign Establishment of the Fourth Philippine Republic Crisis and National Breakdown 1972-2013 Proclamation of Martial Law Assassination of Benigno Aquino Establishment
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you win the game. During the impeachment proceedings of Joseph Estrada‚ he was found guilty of plunder after receiving millions in illegal payoffs. There was also a scandal back in 2005 that says that the relatives of the former president‚ Gloria Macapagal Arroyo‚ are operators of the said game as well. It is because of these Scandals that made the other politicians think that it might be better if Jueteng would be legalized. Senator Jinggoy Estrada filed Senate Bill Number 2548 or
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Lea Salonga Salonga made her professional debut in 1978 at the age of seven in the musical The King and I by Repertory Philippines. She became the lead star of Annie and joined other productions such as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof‚ Fiddler on the Roof‚ The Rose Tattoo‚ The Sound of Music‚ The Goodbye Girl‚ Paper Moon and The Fantasticks. She began her recording career at the age of ten with her first album‚ Small Voice‚ which received a gold certification. A song on the album‚ the duet "Happiness"‚
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Great Filipino Music Artists (80’s – Present) Basil Valdez Like many Filipino singers in the 1970s‚ Valdez started solo on his career as a folk singer. In 1972‚ he joined the Circus Band and after it was disbanded‚ he released Ngayon at Kailanman‚ his first solo album. In the Circus Band‚ he met Ryan Cayabyab‚ who was then part of other band. When Valdez was preparing his album Ngayon at Kailanman‚ he asked Cayabyab to give a few songs‚ he did. Cayabyab stands as Valdez’s musical director for
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Philippines- Nation of Servants On a column published in HK magazine online dated March 27‚ 2009‚ a Hong Kong journalist by the name of Chip Tsao showed his protest after President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo signed the controversial baselines bill into law which asserted the Philippines claimed over Spratly Islands. In his article entitled “The War at Home‚ Tsao said‚ “As a nation of servants‚ you don’t flex your muscles at your master‚ from whom you earn most of your bread and butter”. Though the
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started his Sixth SONA by issuing an apology that the traditional processional walks was not made because Main Topics for Discussion: Blaming the Previous Administration: President Aquino once again blamed the previous administration of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo mentioning the problems he inherited during his earlier days as President such as the NBN ZTE Deal‚ Hello Garci controversy‚ questionable bank accounts of Jose Pidal‚ Maguindanao Massacre‚ MWSS Bonuses and the NFA anomalies. Highlighting
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The CAAP law was the government’s resolution to the downgrading of the Philippine aviation industry to category 2 by ICAO. It has been two years since the CAAP law was enacted‚ and still the Philippines is still at category 2 with major issues in safety and security. What has the law accomplished since its inception? CAAP said in October 2010 that it has addressed 46 out of 64 of the FAA audit findings‚ and said that with regard to the remaining 18 audit findings‚ CAAP said it will continue a
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Ralp C. Ramos BEEd-3rd year DEPARTMENTS OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT The following are the different departments of the Philippine government‚ and the names of their secretaries. * Department of Agriculture - Sec. Proceso J. Alcala -Proceso Jaraza Alcala (born July 2‚ 1955)‚ popularly known as "Procy" in his home province. A member of the Liberal Party‚ is the current Philippine. He was a two-term congressman of the 2nd District of Quezon Province from 2004 to 2010. On June 29‚ 2010‚ President Benigno
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actually pertains to the harmonization of DepEd‚ TESDA and CHED with the local government to provide lifelong learning for sustainable development to meet the UNMDG. The 6 areas of education concerns The main speakers of the Congress were President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Education chairmen of the Senate and Congress – Sen. Allan Peter Cayetano and Marikina Congressman Del de Guzman – with DepEd Secretary Jesli Lapus‚ TESDA Chair Augusto Syjuco‚ and CHED Commissioner Nona Ricafort. The participants
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