Essays on Philippine Government

The Philippines have endured a long saga of diverse electoral proceedings. Beginning during the country’s era of colonization, pioneered by the Spanish and American predecessors, a formal system of elections was first instituted by and for the patriarchy. With democracy currently being attributed to a...

Corruption is often likened to a disease, and just as there is no perfectly healthy society free from disease, one cannot expect a society to be completely free of irregularities especially corruption. In the Philippines, corruption is so deep-rooted and pervasive that in my opinion...

Arguments Against the Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage in the Philippines The Philippines is principally a Christian country, particularly a Roman Catholic nation. Although there is a separation of the church and the state, the lawmakers of the Philippines consider morals derived from the Bible in...

Conditional Cash Transfer program is the mother program where the Pantawid Pamilyang Program of the Philippine government was derived. In this program, the less fortunate were given the privilege to enjoy cash assistance from the government. Accordingly, this program could be traced back to the...

HE Philippine Constitution of 1987, Chapter 1, section 2, mentioned that the state shall recognize, respect and pro- tect the rights of the indigenous people and to preserve and develop their cultures, traditions and institution. In Re- Public Act (RA) 8371, known as Indigenous Peoples...

Imelda Marcos and the Nixon Administration Imelda Romualdez Marcos was the large prolific money spender and first lady to Ferdinand E. Marcos, who was the president of the Philippines for fourteen years as a dictator. In addition, Imelda’s reputation gained and she was very much...

Since 2016, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte established war on drugs to eliminate all the people who used and sell drugs. As a Filipino who saw how Duterte’s war on drugs became the reason of killings in our country I can say that this platform is...