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and allowed thousands of Filipino’s rights to be abused. It ended after 21 years when Marcos finally was ousted out of office. Bangsa Moro refers to the 13 ethno linguistic Muslim tribes in the Philippines. They composed 1/4th of the population in Mindanao. Though each tribe differs in traditions, culture, and dialects, they all share the same religion of Islam. The Moro People are divided in three main groups which are the Maguindanaons, the Tausogs and the Maranaos. Each group and tribe commonly

Martial law in the Philippines or Batas Militar sa Pilipinas is when the Philippine head of state places an area under the control of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Martial law is declared either when there is near-violent civil unrest or in cases of major natural disasters. Typically, the imposition of martial law accompanies curfews, the suspension of civil law, civil rights, habeas corpus, and the application or extension of military law or military justice to civilians. Civilians defying

In early 1964, less than one month after independence, Kenya found itself in the midst of a civil war. Riots, attacks on police stations, and assassinations quickly placed the Northern Frontier District (NFD) under a state of emergency as pre-existent conflicts escalated. British political decisions from the colonial era played the largest role in dividing the country between the newly formed Kenyan government and the Somalis of northern Kenya, who desired to unite with the Somali Republic. In an

fact I have a Muslim brother who is now a director of BCDA. For once, can we not allocate funds to modernize the Jurassic equipment of our coastguards in Southern Mindanao? Isn’t it that the proceeds of the sale of vital military bases and the Development that is underscored in BCDA also comprehends of spreading the profits to Mindanao and Visayas? How come it is only Baguio City, Subic, Clark and BGC that benefit from the billions derived from the sale of the military bases which were part of our

Current Events On 25 January 2015 a bloody clash transpired between Philippine National Police (PNP)-Special Action Force (SAF) troopers, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) forces leaving 44 police commandos dead. It was believed a high valued target (HVT) MILF leader Zulkipli Bin Hir of Malaysia, also known as Marwan was killed as a result of operation. (Kabiling, 2015) (Recuenco, 2015). Philippines as a nation mourned there loss of the valued

total of $4 Million has been recovered - including jewelry, money in a Swiss bank account, and real estate in New York City (Whaley, 2013). Political Climate. One of the items the country struggles with is bringing peace to the region of Mindanao, which is the second largest island in the Philippines and is the most threatened by the onslaught of mining. Appendix A provides a map of the Philippines. The indigenous people have not been involved in any of the decision

Philippines, from the Spanish colonization passed to Americans until the country received its own independence, it have always been a Unitarian Government. However, here the author questions whether Unitary Government is the type of regime that befits the state or the Philippines. Unitarian type of government was first introduced to the country by the Spaniards during the Hispanic era, where after the colonization of the country, the Spaniards made the Philippines highly centralized, whereas it

Filipino police arrested Indonesian Islamic extremist Fathur Rohman Al-Ghozi, a self-confessed member of Jemaah Islamiyah and an Al Qaeda explosives expert. Following his arrest, Ghozi led Filipino authorities to a large cache of arms and explosives in Mindanao and told a Filipino court that he planned to use the explosives for jihad attacks in Asia. He was sentenced to 17 years in prison. In July 2003, Al-Ghozi escaped from prison and in October 2003, Philippine forces tracked him down and killed him.

sector. Part of the EPIRA law was to create an independent regulatory body to oversee the implementation of the law. Currently, EPIRA has successfully privatized more than 70% of the total capacity of generating assets of NPC in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Figure 2.1 Figure 2.2 Sustainable Business Operation in the Philippines 5 The biggest power producer in the country is the Aboitiz Power, based on the installed capacity of 3,246 MW accounting for 21% of total power sold to the grid

exchange service areas in the Visayas and Mindanao regions combined cover a population of over 25 million, nearly 33% of the population of the Philippines. Its operating units in the provincial fronts are the following: BayanTel - Bicol for Bicol region; BayanTel - Eastern Visayas for Samar & Leyte provinces; and BayanTel - South Mindanao for Davao del Sur and South Cotabato particularly Davao City and General Santos City, and BayanTel - Agusan for North Mindanao areas