Philippine politics is the birthplace of promises of great guarantees and additionally the reason for huge dissatisfactions gainful of poverty, poor justice system and low quality of education, agriculture and economic rate. For many years, Philippine politics have been viewed as a political disappointment as a result of graft, corruption, political dynasties, political killings and election anomalies. On the other hand, politicians are not by any stretch of the imagination to render public services
The people of the Philippines have recently elected Rodrigo Duterte as their president. Duterte had a very outspoken campaign that focused heavily on ridding the country of corruption. His plans of eradicating this corruption may seem very unorthodox to many and even immoral to others. During his presidency, Duterte aims to abolish drugs at any cost, at the same time breaking ties with the US while strengthening relations with China. Rodrigo Duterte, who served seven terms as the mayor of a town
How Gender Politics Boosted Martial Ideals During the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars Do you find it interesting that historians rarely agree on how and why wars are waged? As intricate as the proposed theories tend to be, gender politics is rarely an issue that is held up to a magnifying glass. In Kristin Hoganson’s book, Fighting for American Manhood: How Gender Politics Provoked the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars, the author presents many valid examples of how
dimensions and ideas of reason around the world and in all the fields of human social ability and capability; especially in the field of politics wherein this influence and beliefs can be overwhelming to a point that everyone will be agreeing to reasons and beliefs while making crucial decision that will affect millions of lives living in the state. In the Philippines this influence and beliefs are very observable by small groups that comprise the large group that is the whole country. This paper tries
Compared to the makibaka generation of the 70’s, ours is relatively apathetic to political matters. This is somehow attributable to the modern set-up of Philippine news broadcasting and advertising. Do you know what PDAF is? How about a storm surge? Before the Yellow Revolution in 1986, a distinct line was established to separate the primetime news from show business news. To keep yourself informed in both, you have to watch the professional reporter Harry Gasser in NewsWatch and the entertaining
possession of the Philippine Islands. Due to contradicting viewpoints, conditions, and values; the conundrum America faced on whether or not to keep the Philippine Islands was widely discussed during the early twentieth century. This dilemma has raised the high demand for an imperialistic empire within American politics.
Article #1 Ferdinand Marcos was born on September 11, 1917 in Sarrat, Philippines. Ferdinand was a great student and studied law at the University of the Philippines. The Philippines is a country with almost 97 million people and is located on the south eastern border of Asia. Before Marco’s presidency, he was involved in other aspects of government. During World War II he served as an officer for the Philippines and was captured by the Japanese but later escaped. When the war was over he was an
Outstanding Centennial Bedan Alumnus in recognition of his sterling contribution and leadership in civil governance and politics. He also has a Master of Arts degree in Public Administration from the University of the Philippines National College of Public Administration and Governance (UP- NCPAG). Vice Mayor Herbert M Bautista is also an alumnus of the National Defense College of the Philippines where he obtained his Masters degree holder in National Security Administration. He is working towards his Doctorate
DEMOCRACY How does one rule a country? Politics has been the basis of power for more than a thousand years now. Traces of political movements have been discovered in different parts of the world; from the birth place of civilization found in the Middle East; the Mesopotamian, from the Western region of the world; England and even South America, and from the Dynasties of China and lands of Japan, politics was already in play during these times. As time passed by, politics evolved from Monarchies to Democracies
James Fallows made such conclusion in his article A Damaged Culture: A New Philippines? that was published in The Atlantic. There is definitely not a single reason for me to disagree considering that many studies were made regarding the problem of the fragmented Philippines—or its lack of an important unifying factor that could evoke nationalism—such as in the written works of Niels Mulder. I would disagree, however, once he says that it is the ‘main barrier to development’. The question of cultural
Many argue that one factor why the Philippines is underdeveloped in the dominance and perpetuation of political dynasties. The 1987 Philippine constitution, Article 2, Section 26 declares that, “The State shall guarantee equal access to public service and prohibit political dynasty as may be defined by law (Dannug and Campanilla 497).” A few politicians have tried to pass laws that would put an end to spread and persistence of political dynasties in the country. In 2004, Senate Bill 1317, an anti-dynasty
field since 1995 when they are still working in the GMA Network at Startalk. They transferred in ABS-CBN and have been hosts in the morning talk show entitled “Boy and Kris”, in Sunday entertainment talk show “The Buzz” and lately the “SNN”. But politics is different. People should be extra careful on the opinionated portions of the show because nowadays, what is shown is not necessarily what is true.
Introduction The scene is set; America is the great power in the western hemisphere. Post Spanish-American War, America is faced with a dilemma of annexing the Philippines. In the winter of 1899 following the annexation of the Philippines, America had a problem. Filipinos had been fighting for independence from Spain and did not want to be seceded (83). Despite the Filipino objection, the United States displayed their assertion on the land. In conflict, both the Filipinos and American had many
Different cultures had different influences on the Philippine population which became a big factor that affected the historical account of the status and roles of Filipino women in the society (Rojas-Aleta). Half of the population in the Philippines is comprised of women. Women were undermined by men. During the early 1900s, women were taught of roles that are gender specific, roles that would make them a good housewife in the future by taking care of the children, paying the taxes and the like.
controversial decision about whether to take the Philippines completely or they can liberate the island. America made the right choice to annex the Philippines. The Spanish previously held the islands and their rule was merciless as there rein brought only sufferance to the islands. Many european powers like Germany and France as well as a hungering Japan lurks for the islands so, if we where to liberate the Philippines would be left almost defenceless. The Philippines have many resources that big powers need
Therefore, political dynasty in the Philippines should be prohibited because it adversely affects the progress of our country. POLITICAL DYNASTY Actually, many Filipino voters are shading the names in the ballots during elections, not because they know the personality and background of a specific candidate, but rather the surname sounds familiar. Another instance is, they are satisfied with the “catchy” advertisements of these candidates. Our country, the Philippines, has been in a system like this
3. Pre-colonial Philippines (on culture and life ways) – based on William Henry Scott's book Ba ra ngay a. Looking into the Preface or the Introductory section of the book, what was/were the author's objective/s in writing the book and did he achieve that/those objective/s? The objective of the author is to access the readers in learning about the pre-colonial Philippines. Because there many people that are wrongly educated with our own history, he wanted to correct these false understanding. Even
Ferdinand Marcos and Ninoy Aquino. Two prominent figures in Philippine history that both made a mark in Philippine politics. The former was feared as a dictator while the latter was revered as a martyr. The dictator’s rule was considered as the darkest era of Philippine antiquity and the martyr served as the little ray of hope and peace for the Filipino people. The martyr was seen by the Filipino people as the most capable successor of the dictator, thus, after his US exile and upon his arrival at
Vietnam however, contests China’s historical explanation that China did not claim sovereignty before the 1940’s. Instead Vietnam argues that it has documents to prove that since the 17th century Vietnam has actively ruled over both islands. The Philippines is another major claimant which “invokes its geographical proximity” to the Sp... ... middle of paper ... ...ates as not willing to initiate conflict which is up against severe power imbalances.--- Therefore in China’s interest to seize opportunities
“Language, any language has a dual character: it is both a means of communication and a carrier of culture” (Thiongo). With the reading Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature, the group discussions and lecture, I have a better understanding of the importance of language. If you take away someone’s language, you take away their culture. Thiongo raises an interesting point that the “final triumph of a system of domination [is] when the dominated start singing its virtue