Rae Antoinette Obelidhon Eco1/8:00-9:30/BA206 Sienna Abug Prof. Mark Anthony Baral Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program under the Corazon Aquino Administration Aside from restoring democracy in the Philippines in 1986, the administration of the late President Corazon Cojuanco-Aquino was noted in history for instituting a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) that aims to give land to the landless. But 28 years later, the Cojuanco-Aquino’s own 5,000-hectare sugarcane plantation
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SITIO ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM: A BRIGHT HOPE FOR GEOGRAPHICALLY ISOLATED AND DISADVANTAGED AREAS Sitio Electrification Program (SEP) is a part of the Aquino government for its compliance to his administrative’s social contract with the Filipino people and was started way back 2011. Headed by Administrator Edith Bueno, the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Electrification Administration (NEA) and with its partnership with the 96 electric Cooperatives (ECs) nationwide in 2011
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President Corazon Aquino as the first female president of the Philippine Republic, she issued Proclamation No. 3, which declare the national policy to implement reforms which protect the rights of people, adopting constitutional provision and providing the order transition to a government with new constitution. She also issued another proclamation which is Proclamation № 9, creating a Constitutional Commission to frame a new charter which supersede the Marcos 1973 Constitution. Aquino appointed 50 members
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at fault over suicide? Education debate rages on Amid a growing public uproar over a state university's strict tuition payment rules linked to a student's reported suicide, Malacanang responded only by washing its hands clean. President Benigno Aquino III himself passed on the chance to comment on the issue during the Philippine Military Academy graduation Sunday, where he chose instead to talk about his deepening eye bags and thinning hair. It was deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte
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Creating a Central Bank for the Philippines A group of Filipinos had conceptualized a central bank for the Philippines as early as 1933. It came up with the rudiments of a bill for the establishment of a central bank for the country after a careful study of the economic provisions of the Hare-Hawes Cutting bill, the Philippine independence bill approved by the US Congress.During the Commonwealth period (1935-1941), the discussion about a Philippine central bank that would promote price stability
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GROWTH OF GOCCs RA 10149 – otherwise known as the Governance Act of 2011 An act to promote financial viability and fiscal discipline in government-owned or controlled corporations and to strengthen the role of the state in its governance and management to make them more responsive to the needs of public interest and for other purposes. This act is part of the present administration’s drive to minimize graft and corruption in the government service. It created the Governance Commission
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the unification of the Philippine Constabulary and the Integrated National Police whose functions is symmetrical to ensure the safety and security of the people. Republic Act 6975 was signed into law on December 13, 1990 by then President Corazon Aquino which called for the creation of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the reorganization of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in keeping with the mandate of our constitution for a police force that is national in scope
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Policy Making and Policy Implementation Public policy refers to the actions taken by government — its decisions that are intended to solve problems and improve the quality of life for its citizens. At the federal level, public policies are enacted to regulate industry and business, to protect citizens at home and abroad, to aid state and city governments and people such as the poor through funding programs, and to encourage social goals. A policy established and carried out
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The Self-respect of Nations: The Philippines and China by W. Scott Thompson and Oliver Geronilla Somewhere in the first of Trollope’s 6-volume set Palliser Novels, “the Prime Minister,” the Duke of Omnium, also the premier, tells his usually silly wife that—and we paraphrase—nations are like people: they elicit respect from outside powers to about the same extent that they do so on a personal basis—according to how much respect they give themselves. We respect countries and people who respect
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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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