Aquino Rising‚ Change Underway? MIDYEAR 2010: Midyear Briefing‚ July 15 and 16‚ 2010 UP Balay Internasyonal‚ UP Diliman Quezon City IBON Foundation is an independent development institution established in 1978 2 IBON Economic and Political Briefing 15-16 July 2010 Aquino Rising‚ Change Underway? he start of a new administration after the May 10‚ 2010 national elections has raised public hopes of a break from the past. Various crises marked the last decade under the Arroyo
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x1.)October 2009 Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Beach in Cebu Province‚ Philippines‚ April 23‚ 2006. [© AP Images] PROFILE OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of the Philippines Geography Area: 300‚000 sq. km. (117‚187 sq. mi.). Major cities (2007 estimate): Capital--Manila (pop. 11.55 million in metropolitan area); other cities--Davao City (1.36 million); Cebu City (0.80 million). Terrain: Islands‚ 65% mountainous‚ with narrow coastal lowlands. Climate: Tropical‚ astride typhoon belt
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Introduction A condition that occurs in an electric power system when the total real or reactive power of the power plants in the system is insufficient to supply all consumers with electric power of the required quality. A shortage of real power can result in a lowering of frequency throughout the power system and can ultimately lead to a breakdown condition. The breakdown condition can be prevented by connecting additional (spare) generators to the system or by disconnecting some of the consumers
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individuals. Petitioners all face charges for Rebellion under Article 134 in relation to Article 135 of the Revised Penal Code in two criminal cases pending with the RTC Makati. G.R. No. 175013 (The Beltran Petition) Following the issuance by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of Presidential Proclamation No. 1017 on 24 February 2006 declaring a "State of National Emergency‚" police officers3 arrested Beltran on 25 February 2006‚ while he was en route to Marilao‚ Bulacan‚ and detained him in Camp Crame
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SECRECY OF BANK DEPOSITS LAW PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. JOSEPH ESTRADA AND SANDIGANBAYAN I. Problem Whether the Sandiganbayan erred in holding that the use of alias by respondent Estrada was not public‚ was allowable under banking rules‚ and was an exception to illegal use of alias punishable under CA 142; in limiting the coverage of the amended Information in Criminal Case 26565; and in departing from its earlier final finding on the non-applicability of Ursua v. Court of Appeals
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" A style of leadership breeds its own followers"... A few years ago‚ I was given the opportunity to head a certain group of young people in our community. Be being a leader I was able to experience a lot of challenges: difficult situations to face‚ difficult people to handle and difficult decisions to make. But all these things were able to pull out the best in me‚ I could not have passed all these tests without the support‚ love and cooperation of my members... they are my strength‚ my inspiration
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PLATFORM OF JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA Vision: A democracy that is truly pro-poor. A country with peace and order. A government of transparency and accountability. Economic Agenda REVIVING THE ECONOMY Steady economic growth that is felt by the masses. GNP growth is meaningless if poverty and hunger levels and other measures of quality of life remain poor. An Estrada Administration will increase growth while also increasing the country’s human development index. This will be achieved by strengthening
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Curbing Graft and Corruption A DBM Job That Goes Beyond Budgeting Itself By: John E. Lansangan Department of Budget and Management With the financial crisis slowly creeping out itself from the Asian economic landscape‚ many countries in Asia have realized how crucial the policy and structural reforms that they laid down in the past two decades were. Many weaknesses were exposed ranging from governmental to economic‚ financial to political‚ and social to moral. One area that has been
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Abigail Aquino‚ a Confidant Against Trolls This year is only in its third month but for Senator Antonio Trillanes‚ no time is too early to blare their stance in countering another worldly issue of this time: the spread of fake news and social media trolls. The senator has already filed two Senate resolutions‚ one in January and one just this month‚ seeking to probe the spread false information and accounts in the country and their impending effects. However‚ this seriousness does not quite fit
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Ronnie Love December 3‚ 2010 Mama Day "Granny Midwives and Black Women Writers: Double-Dutched Readings‚" African American Review 33:1 [Spring 1999] p.155-156 by Valerie Lee Introduction: the similarities and differences in Song of Solomon and Gloria Naylor’s Mama Day discover the ways in which to theorize the ’’politics of identity‚ race‚ and class’’ By relating the chracters such as Pilate and Naylor’s Miranda to real-life stories of Black‚ Southern midwives (called granny midwives)
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