President of the Philippines

that not related to each other, but rather they are connected because of their capability or skills that they have in common? Rodrigo Duterte is a president in the Philippines that the whole world knows about his controversial statements. He served as a mayor of Davao City and reelected six times. Many people doubt his capability of being a president for the reason that he is poor, not an excellent speaker because occasionally he uses profanity words on his statements or interviews and he is not

Political Environment To begin, the political environment of the Philippines should firstly be addressed. In the modern day Philippines, they have established a multi-party democracy which has an elected president along with its legislature. Their democracy is set up exactly the same as ours in the United States. They have the framework of where the president is both the head of state as well as the government in general. Similarly their system is composed of the three independent branches which

The Philippines is a vibrant nation full of life and color but what makes the Philippines stand out above the rest is the culture that defines it. In Kim Zimmerman’s article “What is Culture,” she defines culture as “characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music, and arts.” (Zimmerman, 2017) Although the Philippines has a large variety of cultural norms and values, the most prominent aspects of their culture are the

The Spanish-American War was a conflict, primarily between Spain and the United States, which lasted from April 21st, 1898 to August 13th, 1898. The issue over which the war was waged was the independence of the Caribbean island of Cuba. Cuba had been attempting to gain independence from Spain since 1868, in the Ten Years’ War, but this longing for freedom was enflamed in the late 1890’s due to poor treatment of Cuba from Spain. When Cuba revolted again, America came to its aid, fighting Spain more

De Facto government The Government of the Philippines in Transition I. Pre-Spanish Government: 1. Unit of government: Barangay – settlements or villages with more or less 100 families 2. Datu – chief of the Barangay, also called rajah, sultan or datu assisted by the council of Elders (Maginoos ) 3

Should the United States Have Annexed the Philippines? My Fellow Senators: There are very many arguments about whether the United States should annex the Philippines. The argument is between Pro-Imperialist and Anti-Imperialist. I side on being a Pro-Imperialist. A few reasons to support my decisions are: First, if the United States does not annex the Philippines then it could be a disaster for them. Without annexing the Philippines the country can fall apart even more than it already has

Location      The Republic of the Philippines in the western Pacific Ocean, made up of the Philippine Islands and a part of the Malay Archipelago. It is at 13 degrees North and 122 degrees East. Situated about 750 mi (about 1210 km) east off the coast of Vietnam, the Philippines is separated from Taiwan to the north by the Bashi Channel. The country is made up of 7100 islands, and only about 460 are more than 1 sq mi (2.9 sq km) in area. Eleven islands have an area of more

manifested “Expositions are the timekeepers of progress,” inspiring America that the workflow will be presented graciously. Reaching to the years of massive expansions, America had grown tremendously with goods and services. During the late 1890s, President McKinley urged Americans to transformed America into the greatest powerful nation in the whole world. In preparing for a strong nation, the Spanish-American War had enclosed their attainments due to tensions between Spain and United States. American

peace agreements between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) may lead to betrayal. Betrayal, in a sense that the ruling president, which is President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, might put the Bangsamoro people’s life in danger. We all know that President Duterte’s decisions when it comes to these kinds of problems are somewhat diversed. For instance, last November 3, 2016, President Duterte and MNLF’s leader Nur Misuari talked about a Pre-Agreement

Japan and also US wanting it for naval operations. Document Two: Aguinaldo criticizes America’s policies as America’s imperialistic effort to deny Philippines independence. In 1898 the U.S helped the Philippines gain their independence from Spain and they succeeded as Spain surrendered. His idea was to let the U.S know that he will fight for the Philippines real independence as U.S didn’t really let the Filipinos have their say on how they wanted to do things. He also brings up how the U.S government