Ferdinand E. Marcos with the proclamation of Martial Law. They served to arrogate unto the Chief Executive the lawmaking powers of Congress. Only President Marcos issued Presidential Decrees. In the Freedom Constitution of 1986, President Corazon C. Aquino recognized the validity of existing Presidential Decrees unless otherwise repealed. Presidential Decree 1125 was enacted to grant Muslim returnees who have successfully completed the Leadership Training Program for the development of Mindanao which
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Benigno “PNoy” Aquino delivered his sixth and final State of the Nation Address, at Batasan Complex, Quezon City, which is considered as his longest SONA. For the past five years, the Philippines made a rapid advancement especially with regards to its economy. It seemed that the Philippine economy reacted positively with PNoy’s “Daang Matuwid”. The Philippines now is slowly climbing the global competitiveness rankings thanks to PNoy’s advocacy to good governance reforms. President Aquino, highlighted
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Eastern Visayas International Montessori School Balud I, Borongan City Project in MAPEH 10 (Different kinds of Philippine Festivals) Submitted by: Jou Daphne Nicart Submitted to: Mrs. Ma. Laurice Baquilod Ati Atihan Festival * The Ati-Atihan Festival is a feast held annually in January in honor of the Santo Niño (Infant Jesus), concluding on the third Sunday, in the island and town of Kalibo, Aklan in the Philippines. The name "Ati-Atihan" means "to be like itas" or "make believe
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employed. In the fields of social and mass media we can see a lot of successful female icons such as Jessica Soho, Mel Tiangco and Kris Aquino. Also, the term house husband has now been coined, accepted and even practiced by a lot of Filipino families. In the Political scene we see Jambi Madrigal, Meriam Defensor Santiago and Former President Cory Aquino as beacons of female competency. And we now have laws which promote and protects women’s personal, professional and health choices such
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S. Aquino III delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 28, 2014, in the Session Hall of the House of Representative, Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City. The President presented the transformation, progress and peace his government had done and accomplished. His speech focused on the Aquino administration’s achievements. He also presented the beneficiaries of his programs but they are only a part of the Filipinos that should also be given the love and compassion the Aquino government
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a long way before Philippines will be that rich again like Marcos era. Because nowadays, number of corruption is had been reported and says to the public by its people of the government. That’s why Philippines doesn’t improved as President Benigno Aquino says. And while the population grows fast, the Philippines economy is going down because so many Filipinos are unemployed. Over the last decade, the Philippines has transformed itself into a country with sustained structural current account surpluses
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“A Dangerous Life” Characters: Historical Characters • Ruben Rustia - President Ferdinand Marcos, the sitting Philippine president in the film's setting. • Laurice Guillen - Corazon Aquino, the widow of Benigno Aquino Jr. • Tessie Tomas - First Lady Imelda Marcos • Cris Vertido - former Vice-Pres. Salvador "Doy" Laurel • Robert Talabis - Joker Arroyo • Mervyn Samson - Gen. Fabian Ver, AFP Chief 0f Staff • Joonee Gamboa - Senate President Juan Ponce "Johnny" Enrile, at that time Minister
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Ferdinand Marcos and the restoration of democracy in the Phillippines.[4][5] It is also referred to as the Yellow Revolution due to the presence of yellow ribbons during the demonstrations following the assassination of Filipino senator Benigno Aquino, Jr.[6][7] It was widely seen as a victory of the people against the 20-year running authoritarian, repressive[8] regime of then president Ferdinand Marcos, and made news headlines as "the revolution that surprised the world".[9] The majority of
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PNoy's longest SONA is short on key policy issues by Ira Pedrasa, ABS-CBNnews.com Posted at 07/22/2013 10:06 PM | Updated as of 07/22/2013 10:10 PM MANILA - It was President Benigno Aquino III’s longest State of the Nation Address (SONA) so far, and maybe the longest post-1986. Despite a close to 2-hour State of the Nation Address, two analysts still found it short on key policy decisions. They said it lacked depth on issues that mattered to his overall theme of “inclusive growth.” Aquino's
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Australian film. It refers to the last years of the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos' rule, from the assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr. in 1983 to the People Power EDSA Revolution in 1986. The film revolves on American TV journalist Tony O'Neil (Gary Busey), who finds himself in the middle of key events that lead to the downfall of the Marcos regime and the rise of Cory Aquino. The cinematography of the film is used by having fictional characters (like Tony O’ Neil and other media fellowmen) in order
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