Republic Act No. 10524 AN ACT EXPANDING THE POSITIONS RESERVED FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7277, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MAGNA CARTA FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION 1. Equal Opportunity for Employment. – Section 5 of Republic Act No. 7277, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: “SEC. 5. Equal Opportunity for Employment. – No
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name | Republika ng Pilipinas (Filipino); Republic of the Philippines (English) | Form of government | unitary republic with two legislative houses (Senate [24]; House of Representatives [291]) | Head of state and government | President: Benigno S. Aquino III | Capital | Manila1 | Official languages | Filipino; English | Official religion | none | Monetary unit | piso2 (₱) | Population | (2013 est.) 94,982,000Expand | The Portuguese navigator and explorer Ferdinand Magellan headed the
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bicameral advantages are more varied representation, two houses to check each other’s power and the passing of quality legislation. VETO * A constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body. * Our President Benigno Aquino III vetoed the bill that Senator Lapid made. * It is important to have the veto because to make sure that the President is using his/her power. It is to make sure that the proposed bill is a necessary for everyone. CEREMONIAL * It is relating
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Gold Mining: Why it should be banned in the Philippines? Gold mining in the Philippines can be traced hundreds of years back before the colonizers came to the country. As early as 1521, our ancestors were already panning gold and have decorated themselves with gold accessories. As years passed, the growth of the mining industry has increased. In 1995, Philippine Mining Act was passed which the government allowed foreign companies to fully operate in the country; it created backlash from Filipinos
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Like it or not, we are connected with each other in many ways. Seeing our country progress economically is not the only basis for development. We need to educate every Filipino people. We need to increase employment rate. We need to lessen poverty rate. We need to raise the level of awareness during calamities, and urgently need to address issues in our government to gain trust from Filipinos. Taxes straight to pockets of greedy officials is discouraging magnified by the pork barrel scam the country
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Game Administration and the Fiber Inspection Service were established under the leadership of Secretary Vicente Singson Encarnacion (1933-1934). From 1934-1938, Eulogio Rodriguez, Sr. was appointed Secretary and was replaced by Secretary Benigno S. Aquino, Sr. until 1941. During Aquino’s term, the Fish and Game Administration was restructured and the Division of Soil Survey was created.
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AMANPOUR: President Aquino, welcome to the program. And thank you for joining me in the midst of this incredible national disaster. I appreciate your time. BENIGNO SIMEON COJUANGCO AQUINO III, PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT: Yes. Thank you for having us. AMANPOUR: Can I ask you first, you have toured some of the worst hit areas. On a personal note, how has it affected you, what you've seen, and how do you manage to reassure your people who have gone through this supertyphoon after an earthquake, after
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TIMELINE OF PHILIPPINE HISTORY SUBMITTED BY: HIPOLITO, KRISTEL J. 10th century Year | Date | Event | 900 | | End of prehistory. Laguna Copperplate Inscription, the earliest known Philippine document, is written in the Manila area in Kawi script. | | | Rise of Indianized Kingdom of Tondo around Manila Bay. | 11th century Year | Date | Event | 1000 | | People from Southern Annam called Orang Dampuan establish trade zones in Sulu | 1001 | | Song Shih document records tributary
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Renato Corona, the 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, was impeached on December 12, 2011. Corona was the third official, after former President Joseph Estrada in 2000 and Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez in March 2011, to be impeached by the House of Representatives.[1] The Senate, convened as an impeachment court, began the trial on January 16, 2012. This was the second impeachment trial in the history of the Philippines, as Gutierrez had resigned prior to the start of her
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------------------------------------------------- Cybercrime Prevention Act Ang Batas Republika Bilang 10175, o mas kilala bilang Cybercrime Prevention Act ng 2012, ay isang batas na tumutukoy at nagpaparusa sa cybercrime o mga krimeng nagaganap sa pamamagitan ng Internet upang pigilan at iwasan ang pagdami nito. Nilalayon ng batas na ito na ganap na maiwasan at labanan ang maling paggamit, abuso at iligal na paggamit ng internet sa pamamagitan ng pagtukoy, pag-iimbestiga at pagsuplong ng kapwa
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