Corazon Aquino

Advances in technology have had a tremendous impact on society. The Philippines is one those developing country in Asia that seeks to uplift the technology advancement of the nation since ICT is considered a valuable tool that can be used for the economic development of the country. And in a region where other countries are already ahead in using ICT to their benefit, we are still struggling to make effective used of it. One of the advantages mentioned is that the development of ICT in the Philippines

2014), 25.2 percent is still living under poverty line (CIA Factbook). By discussing the topics mentioned above this report will further deliver the macroeconomic perspective of the Philippines. Aquino’s Administration Benigno Aquino III, the son of former president Cory Aquino, became the 15th President of the Philippines in 2010. Under his term which will end in 2016, he achieved high numbers in terms of GDP growth. In 2011, GDP was recorded at 3.2 percent which soared to 6.8 percent in 2012 and to

Teodoro D. Padilla November 21, 2016 Comm1 2016-00717 Duterte’s Popularity: Waxing or Waning? Rodrigo Duterte, the 16th president of the Republic of the Philippines, assumed office on June 30, 2016 after a landslide victory the month before. That he is unlike his predecessors is an understatement

Since its inception in 1991, ABTPA has provided 265 million dollars of state funding to 628 grants to supplement local law enforcement and public awareness efforts across the state. Subsequent to the creation of TxDMV in 2009, ABTPA has not received a significant increase in appropriations. FY 2011 was ABTPA’s first year completely as a TxDMV line-item under the General Appropriations Act (FY09-10 was still funded by TxDOT). The 81st Legislature appropriated $15,214,355 to ABTPA in FY2011, its

role, Corazon Aquino challenged Marcos politically, and many were involved in public rallies. As a result, the Philippines peacefully defeated the oppressive rule of Marcos and entered a state of Democratic stability. To bring about the revolution, it took the combines effort of the Aquino family, individual organizations, the church, and individual citizens. In 1983 an exiled senator Benigno Aquino returned to the Philippines in order to oppose Marcos. Sadly, Padriac Kenney wrote that Aquino was

The role of women in the Philippines has changed throughout many years. Women have fought for equal rights and endured social oppression for many decades. Much like the United States, the Philippines journeyed through traditional family roles, strict family expectations and serious consequences for breaking the accepted norm. In the traditional Filipino society, “gender culture has been transformed by tremendous Western-European and American influences (Francoeur, Perper, and Reiss 2001: 825).”

The issue I chose to reflect upon is about the political dynasties present in the Philippines. I am not one to be interested in the government and its inner workings. I don’t watch the news, nor do I read the papers, but this topic is relevant to society and is appealing to me. While doing my research, I was shocked to know that the anti-political dynasty bill has already been a subject that has been debated on in the 1987 Constitutional Commission. Commissioner Vicente Foz started the debate when

a new election in the middle of his term, hoping that it would restore people s faith in his government. His competition, Corazon Aquino, widow of Benigno Aquino, fought for a fair election. She initiated a group called National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL), whose job was to protect the ballet boxes from tampering and to count the votes. NAMFREL declared Cory Aquino as the winner of the election while Marcos s Commission on Elections (COMELEC) acknowledged him the winner.

Outrage Causes Democracy There are many reasons why the world completely changed at the end of the Twentieth Century. The main reasons why the world changed is because of major events and dictators that influenced the world to change. These events included the loss of power of Philippines dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, and dictator Jean-Claude of Haiti (Kenney 1). This was a major coincidence that showed the rest of the world how great the countries looked because of new democratic governments that

The land was borrowed by the family from the farmers, with both parties agreeing on a deal that, after 10 years, the Cojuangcos will return all of the land. However, as of early 2016, the Cojuangco-Aquino family has not yet returned most of the borrowed land, depriving ten thousand families of their just, moral, historical, and legal rights to the land and its fruits. This shows that inequality is still present, most especially between people of power