The Political Environment of the Philippines Historical Facts: The Philippines overcame many obstacles in history that reshaped the political environment of modern times. The Philippine islands have a strong Spanish influence. Records in history date back to 1521 where Ferdinand Magellan colonized the islands in the name of Charles I of Spain. The Spanish objectives focused Philippine society toward the spread of Christianity, colonization in the name of Spain, and acquiring key positions
In 1991, the outbreak of the news regarding the gruesome Vizconde massacre circulated in the Philippines. “On the morning of June 30, 1991, a mother and her two daughters were found slaughtered in their own home.” (De Guzman, 2008). After nineteen years, composing of numerous trials and appeals, the primary suspect, Hubert Webb, along with six others were acquitted. ‘Trial of the century’ was used by most to refer to the case due to the long process it took. A year before the suspects of the Vizconde
In Chapter 8 of Major Problems in American Immigration History, the topic of focus shifts from the United States proper to the expansion and creation of the so called American Empire of the late Nineteenth Century. Unlike other contemporary colonial powers, such as Britain and France, expansion beyond the coast to foreign lands was met with mixed responses. While some argued it to be a mere continuation of Manifest Destiny, others saw it as hypocritical of the democratic spirit which had come to
approximately 19 on September 03, 1946. Ernesto was a private in the Philippine Scouts branch of the Philippine Scouts during World War II.
Chief Justice Sereno’s P5-M Luxury Car bought by SC The judiciary who always complains about the lack of budget distribution has millions to buy a luxury vehicle. – Manila, Philippines. In effective ordinance made by Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno, The Supreme Court (SC) bought a luxury car worth P5.1-million for the official. It was reported and confirmed to The Star by an insider. According to the news source, the vehicle purchased by SC is Toyota Land Cruiser. This is one of the expensive
officers did not have to read these rights to suspects. In Miranda v Arizona (1965) the court reports show that it was decided that a person in custody and who is being interrogated must be informed that they have the right to remain silent and the right to have counsel. In Miranda v Arizona (1965) the Supreme Court decided that not informing the suspect of their rights is unconstitutional. After the Supreme Court ruling, law enforcement was then required to read these rights to every suspect who is
Good governance, a bright future, and a prosperous country were what everyone had hoped when Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, stepped up to fulfill her role as the president of the Philippines. The country was then in a disarray, with people protesting against the corruption of former president Estrada. Yet with the passing of time, worse had just befallen our country, crisis against crisis, debts piled high up beyond our country’s reach, accusations of corruptions and manipulations, this happened simply
1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Philippine government official who served as the 11th President of the Philippines, the first lady to embrace that administrative center, and the first female president in Asia, however not the first female Asian head of state. Aquino was the most conspicuous figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution, which collapsed the 20-year authoritarian principle of President Ferdinand Marcos and restored majority rules system to the Philippines. She was named Time magazine's
Location The Republic of the Philippines in the western Pacific Ocean, made up of the Philippine Islands and a part of the Malay Archipelago. It is at 13 degrees North and 122 degrees East. Situated about 750 mi (about 1210 km) east off the coast of Vietnam, the Philippines is separated from Taiwan to the north by the Bashi Channel. The country is made up of 7100 islands, and only about 460 are more than 1 sq mi (2.9 sq km) in area. Eleven islands have an area of more than 1000 sq mi (more than 2600
in addressing political, social and economic issues for a greater achievement of political outcomes. The Inclusion is an important element for the democratisation of social values and fulfilment of society needs and for better planning. In the Philippines, we can see the element of inclusion in The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10354), which warrants access to different method of contraception,
this war were far from its adorning nickname. Unrest in the Philippines and political conflict on the mainland led to anti-imperialist feelings in the United States, affecting territories around the world and forward expansion of the nation. The kickoff to this long-standing trend of tension was the Spanish-American War. After the war, America faced Constitutional limitations and moral obligations surrounding newly freed Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. With heavy, empire-hungry European influences
Here we will compare two radically different cultures occupying completely opposite sides of the world, the Philippines and the United States of America. This will be a comparative essay in which we compare and the two countries. Merriam-Webster defines culture as “the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations; the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious
Ferdinand Edralin Marcos (Ferdinand Marcos) was born on 11th of September 1917 in Sarrat, Philippines and died on the 28th of September 1989 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was a Philippine lawyer and politician, and the Philippine President from 1966 to 1986. He was known for establishing a corrupt, undemocratic authoritarian regime. Marcos went to school in Manila and attended law school at the University of the Philippines in the late 1930s. His father, Mariano Marcos, was a Filipino politician. On 20th of
The Philippines is located in Southeastern Asia, closest to Taiwan to the north and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south. The country is an island chain between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea that is east of Vietnam; it is made up of 7,107 islands (Steinberg, 1994). In the past, the Filipinos have acknowledged two religions – Islam and Christianity. Islam was first introduced to them soon after the growth of Arab commercial schemes in Southeast Asia in the fourteenth century (Forbes-Lindsay
However, this in no way lead to a decrease in their representation in D.C., as the Fourteenth amendment requires. This reduced the freedom of ALL americans by increasing the proportional power of those who make decisions for them. Last, in 1893, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government could expel any Chinese alien without due process of law. As always, legal creep allowed this to be used to create a law barring anarchists from entering the country. This was later extended to
informational self-determination. In this sense, the right to be forgotten may be traced back to the well-established right to informational self-determination. The essence of privacy is the “right to be let alone.” The German Federal Constitutional Court ruled that “in the context of modern data processing, the protection of the individual against unlimited collection, storage, use and disclosure
10, 1898, Spain renounced all claim to Cuba, ceded Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States, and transferred sovereignty over the Philippines to the United States for $20,000,000. The Spanish-American War was an important turning point in the history of both antagonists. Spain’s defeat decisively turned the nation’s attention away from its overseas colonial adventures and inward upon
control of their own lives, rather than being under the rule of a powerful regime. There are two revolutions that caught my attention when I was searching for my research paper project. They are the Peoples Power Revolution, which was held in the Philippines in 1986, and the Orange Revolution in Ukraine in 2004. Although these two revolutions have many similarities, such as they both protested non-violently, there are more differences because of what the goal of each revolution and how the revolution
Panay Island is an island in Asia situated in the Philippines famous for constituting the beach capital of the world - Boracay Island. Boracay Island is located off the northwest corner of Panay in Region VI of the Philippines. The island is approximately seven kilometers long, looking like a stretched dog-bone shaped with the narrowest spot being less than one kilometer wide. It has been written that its history prior to its discovery by the outside world remained well kept and well guarded
To what extent was the late nineteenth-century and early twentieth century United States expansionism a continuation of past United States expansionism and to what extent was it a departure? For almost 100 years since it's birth, U.S. foreign policy was based on expanding westward, protecting U.S. interests, and limiting foreign influence in the Americas. However after the development of a huge industrial economy, U.S. started to focus on the rest of the world. This happened because it needed