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	House of Representatives of the Philippines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The House of Representatives of the Philippines (Filipino: Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas) is the lower chamber of the Congress of the Philippines.
		The Philippine Commission was abolished and a new bicameral Philippine Legislature consisting of a House of Representatives and a Senate was established.
		Upon the inauguration of the Republic of the Philippines in 1946, Republic Act No. 6 was enacted providing that on the date of the proclamation of the Republic of the Philippines, the existing Congress would be known as the First Congress of the Republic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines (777 words)

	Ombudsman Frustrates Litigants and Lawyers
		Sandiganbayan records reveal that from 1988 to July 31, 1997, the accused whose cases were withdrawn by the Ombudsman reached 664 or 9.75 percent of the total number of accused who had their cases terminated during that period.
		To be fair, an Ombudsman official who has been working there since 1988 attributes the high rate to a deliberate effort on the Office's part to "minimize corruption on the part of the prosecutor" by having the court "take jurisdiction" as soon as possible and have a warrant of arrest issued against the accused.
		Ex-Deputy Ombudsman Manuel Domingo, however, said he had an investigator whom he asked to resign after someone complained that the Ombudsman personnel was asking for money.
	www.pcij.org /stories/1998/ombudsman2.html (2182 words)

	Ombudsman Cases 'Just Lie There and Die There'
		And while the Office of the Ombudsman has finally managed to file a case regarding the multibillion-peso Public Estates Authority-Amari land scam, the Sandiganbayan has, on motion of those accused, resolved to return the case to it for reinvestigation.
		That the Ombudsman's Office found itself under the public spotlight soon after the retirement of the first post-Marcos Ombudsman Conrado Vasquez in 1995, however, was hardly because it sought the attention.
		Yet it took the Ombudsman until May 1997 or another three years to rule that there was a "lack of legal and factual basis" for the charges against Disini and company.
	www.pcij.org /stories/1998/ombudsman.html (2314 words)

	The Office of the Ombudsman, mandated as Protector of the People at Philippine e-Legal Forum
		The concept of Ombudsman originated in Sweden in the early 19th century, referring to an officer appointed by the legislature to handle the people’s grievances against administrative and judicial actions.
		In the Philippines, several Ombudsman-like agencies were established by past Presidents to serve as the people’s medium for airing grievances and seeking redress against abuses and misconduct in the government.
		The Ombudsman, which is intended to be independent and autonomous constitutional body, is armed with the power to prosecute erring public officers and employees.
	jlp-law.com /blog/ombudsman-philippines-protector-people (787 words)

	Liberal Party of the Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Roxas said the WB grant would support the training of the Ombudsman’s field investigators, the design and development of the software for the agency’s case tracking and monitoring system, as well as the design of a data banking system for the Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Networth (SALN) of all civil servants.
		Roxas is author of several bills seeking to reinforce the Ombudsman and to reinvigorate the drive against corruption.
		His bills seek to empower the Ombudsman to inspect the bank deposits of all public officials, and to authorize the Ombudsman deputize private lawyers as graft investigators and prosecutors.
	www.liberalparty.ph /news/MAR_ombudsman.htm (367 words)

	Maps of Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		U.S. administration of the Philippines was always declared to be temporary and aimed to develop institutions that would permit and encourage the eventual establishment of a free and democratic government.
		Marcos was forced to flee the Philippines in the face of a peaceful civilian-military uprising that ousted him and installed Corazon Aquino as president on February 25, 1986.
		The Philippines was less severely affected by the Asian financial crisis than its neighbors, aided in part by annual remittances from overseas Filipino workers that are expected to hit the $10 billion mark in 2005.
	mapup.com /asia/philippines.html (4585 words)

	Amnesty International Report 2002 - Asia and the Pacific - PHILIPPINES
		Discussions continued regarding the implementation of a 1998 agreement on human rights and international humanitarian law, but negotiations were suspended in June after the NPA assassinated two congressmen, one a former prominent military intelligence officer accused of human rights violations.
		After arrest, during unlawfully extended periods of ''investigative'' detention before the filing of charges, suspects were subjected to torture or ill-treatment by police or military personnel to extract confessions or information.
		Philippines: Fear, shame and impunity - rape and sexual abuse of women in custody (AI Index: ASA 35/001/2001)
	web.amnesty.org /web/ar2002.nsf/asa/philippines!Open (1229 words)

	Local Government in Asia and the Pacific - Philippines
		The Philippines is an archipelago country of 7,100 islands with a land area of 30 million hectares.
		Local governments in the Philippines have their roots in the colonial administration of Spain, which lasted in the Philippines for some 327 years.
		The Local Autonomy Act of 1959, the passage of the Barrio Charter and the Decentralization Act of 1967 were all incremental national legislations in response to the clamour for a self-rule concept.
	www.unescap.org /huset/lgstudy/country/philippines/philippines.html (4747 words)

	Ombudsman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Commonwealth Ombudsman in Australia was established in 1976.
		The Commonwealth Ombudsman is also the Defence Force Ombudsman, Immigration Ombudsman, Postal Industry Ombudsman, Taxation Ombudsman and through an arrangement with the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government, the ACT Ombudsman.
		The Italian Ombudsman is known as Avvocato Generale dello Stato (Attorney General of the Republic).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ombudsman (3477 words)

	Philippine News -- Manila Standard Today -- Graft raps filed against insurance head -- july24_2006
		Insurance commissioner Evangeline Escobillo is facing investigation by the Office of the Ombudsman for graft and corrupt practices for allegedly giving “unwarranted benefits and advantage” to private insurance companies in the issuance of compulsory third party liability insurance to vehicle owners.
		Acting on the graft complaint filed by Commuters and Consumers Advocate of the Philippines Inc., Ombudsman director Aleu Amante ordered Escobillo to submit her counteraffidavit and those of her witnesses within 10 days after receipt of the order.
		The complainant asked the Ombudsman to order the preventive suspension of Escobillo to prevent her from unduly influencing those who may testify against her, especially the insurance companies whose licenses she can suspend or revoke at will.
	www.manilastandardtoday.com /?page=politics05_july24_2006 (521 words)

	Philippines
		In the section dealing with bonded labour and child labour, the report refers to information received indicating the Philippines was among the countries in which the indigenous populations are victims of slavery-like practices, ranging from the sexual exploitation of women and children to bonded labour and bondage.
		The report of the Secretary-General notes that a Philippines national with the UN mission in Iraq was killed in an explosion in December 1995 while on posting.
		The report of the Secretary-General notes that a representative of the Philippines received a UN human rights fellowship and the government requested a needs assessment mission on juvenile justice which was fielded to the Philippines in July 1996.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord1997/vol3/philippines.htm (3891 words)

	Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman / About Us/ Our plans / PCA Annual report 2003-04 / Chapter 1
		It is not enough for an Ombudsman service to be a centre of excellence in complaint handling: it also has an important role to play in helping public services to improve by disseminating more widely the lessons and learning from complaints.
		They include: the Ombudsman of Sindh, the Assistant Ombudsman of the Philippines, staff from the Offices of the Romanian Ombudsman and the Czech Ombudsman, a delegation from the China State Council and visitors from Bermuda, Botswana, Japan, Korea, Nepal and South Africa.
		The Ombudsman presented to Parliament on 30 June 2003 the report of her investigation into the prudential regulation of the Equitable Life Assurance Society from 1 January 1999 to 8 December 2000.
	www.ombudsman.org.uk /about_us/our_plans/annual_reports/pca_annual_report04/par04_c1.html (2763 words)

	PSI \| Corruption in the Philippines
		For Annie Geron, General Secretary of PSLINK, a confederation of 305 local public sector unions in the Philippines, the fight against corruption is a core issue.
		PSLINK filed a case against Liban in the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission and made a complaint to the Philippines Ombudsman.
		Because he was a political appointee, they also put pressure on the President, to ask why this man was being kept in his position despite overwhelming evidence of corruption and illegal activities.
	www.world-psi.org /content1 (891 words)

	APEC: E-com Legal Guide to the Philippines
		Though the Philippine Supreme Court has not ruled on the enforceability of "web wrap" agreements, we believe that all the requisites to a valid contract are present in such agreements.
		A citizen of the Philippines residing therein is taxable on all income derived from sources within and without the Philippines.
		The New Civil Code of the Philippines expressly provides that "[e]very person shall respect dignity, personality, privacy and peace of mind of his neighbors and other persons." "Meddling with or disturbing the private life or family relations of another" and similar acts shall produce a cause of action for damages, prevention and other relief.
	www.bakerinfo.com /apec/philapec_main.htm (2513 words)

	Delegation of the European Commission to the Philippines
		The Philippines has a certain number of comparative advantages over its regional competitors, notably in terms of skilled and largely English speaking work force and relatively liberal economy and trade policies.
		The Framework Agreement between the Republic of the Philippines and the EIB was signed in April 1994 and extended in July 1997.
		In the Philippines, the EIB has supported important capital investments such as BOT projects for the new 1000 MW Santa Rita power plant in Batangas and the Water and Sewerage Manila West project; the construction of an integrated circuits assembly and test facility; and improvement of the airports of Davao and Puerta Princesa.
	www.delphl.cec.eu.int /index.cfm?pagename=economic_coop (1728 words)

	NPR : Han Ong: Writing of the Philippines from a Distance
		Han Ong's 'The Disinherited' is a tale of a middle-aged writing professor who reluctantly revisits the Philippines for his father's funeral.
		Weekend Edition Sunday, October 10, 2004 · Han Ong is a playwright, a MacArthur "genius grant" winner, and the author of a new novel: The Disinherited.
		The book is set in his homeland, the Philippines -- a place Ong has not revisited since he arrived in the United States 20 years ago at age 16.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4078756 (461 words)

	Philippine e-Legal Forum
		Senate of the Philippines vs. House of Representatives
		The examination for admission to the Philippine Bar (the Bar refers to the aggregation of all lawyers in the Philippines) is one of the most, if not THE most, difficult Philippine licensure exams.
		Some even say that it’s the most difficult bar exam in the world, primarily because it’s an essay-type exam (there’s already a proposal to adopt objective multiply-choice questions for 30%-40% of the total number of questions).
	www.jlp-law.com /blog (2022 words)

	Legal Environment in the Philippines
		This is a forward step for the Philippines as the government has noted the importance of security of electronic information for electronic commerce, the threats of economic espionage, and the need to protect privacy online.
		The various organizations that put together this letter to the Philippines Department of Science and Technology are against this regulation of communication on the grounds that this type of censorship violates people¹s freedom of speech and expression.
		Though the Philippines may have been in agreement with some parts of the regulation of online communication, the letter states that the Philippines was not interested in censorship of political discussions or political control.
	www.american.edu /carmel/bree/legal.html (1804 words)

	American Chronicle: Ombudsman : Mindanao Least Corrupt Region in the Philippines
		If the state of graft and corruption in the country was gauged by the number of cases filed with the Ombudsman, Mindanao would be the "least corrupt" region in the entire Philippines.
		Merceditas Gutierrez and other officials from the Ombudsman for a two day visit to Cagayan de Oro June 19-20 to address a seminar for barangay officials and officially inaugurate the Ombudsman's first regional office in Mindanao.
		Acting Assistant Ombudsman Evelyn A. Baliton attributed the success of the Ombudsman in curbing the number of graft and corruption being investigated by their office not only in Mindanao but nationwide (from 12,000 to 10,000) to the two-pronged holistic approach of the "pro-active/reactive" strategy espoused by the Tanodbayan.
	www.americanchronicle.com /articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=11128 (630 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Philippines
		The commander of the Philippines marines, Maj.-Gen. Renato Miranda is removed from command.
		July 12, 2004: The Philippines agrees to withdraw its troops from Iraq "as soon as possible," to try to meet the demands of the kidnappers of Filipino truck driver Angelo de la Cruz.
		The Philippine government says opposition politicians are responsible for attempts to overthrow Arroyo.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/philippines (1559 words)

	Asia Times - Heavy costs in Philippines bank row
		He filed criminal and administrative charges before the Office of the Ombudsman against Buenaventura; members of the monetary board's supervision and examination team, namely the central bank's deputy governor Alberto Reyes, Dolores Yuvienco, Candon Guerrero, and Tomas Aure; and PDIC president Norberto Nazareno.
		Both the criminal case and a subsequent charge of misconduct against Buenaventura were dismissed by the Ombudsman before Borlongan took it to the Court of Appeals.
		However, the Philippines Ombudsman found the other central bank officials and PDIC's Nazareno guilty of "simple misconduct" and ordered them suspended for a month.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Southeast_Asia/EH21Ae02.html (1766 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Philippine official battles corruption
		MANILA, Philippines — At a quarter to 8 on a recent morning, Simeon Marcelo leaned back in his silver van.
		A mild-mannered former seminarian and corporate lawyer who is now the Philippines' ombudsman, Marcelo is taking on the most powerful vested and entrenched interests in a country that perennially ranks among the world's most corrupt.
		This is the place where two decades ago longtime dictator Ferdinand Marcos amassed a fortune in public money while his wife, Imelda, famously filled her closet with thousands of pairs of shoes.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002331340_phil12.html (764 words)

	[AHRC Open Letter] PHILIPPINES: Urgent need for Ombudsman to demonstrate efficiency in resolving cases
		The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to you having learnt of your letter to the editor published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on 22 July 2006, entitled "Baseless complaint vs. graft-buster".
		In the last paragraph of that letter you quote the 2005 Ombdusman's annual report in order to assert that the part of the office under your authority is "the highest performing office in terms of cases resolved".
		We will continue to submit cases to your office and will judge your performance not by numbers in an annual report but by what we clear action we can see in response to these.
	www.ahrchk.net /statements/mainfile.php/2006statements/706 (751 words)

	Office of the Ombudsman - Home (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In her speech, Ombudsman Gutierrez described law enforcers as "privileged class of public officers" and extorted them to be the first to follow the law, as it is the only way to oblige others to follow it.
		The Office of the Ombudsman is clothed with corresponding authority to implement this constitutional mandate with the passage of Republic Act No. 6770, otherwise known as the Ombudsman Act of 1989.
		The Office of the Ombudsman is charged with five major functions.
	www.ombudsman.gov.ph.cob-web.org:8888 (302 words)

	PHR2004 - The Republic of the Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Philippines has only one law on data transfer, Presidential Decree (P.D.) No. 1718 entitled Providing for Incentives in The Pursuit of Economic Development Programs by Restricting The Use of Documents and Information Vital to The National Interest in Certain Proceedings and Processes.
		In May 2000, the ILOVEYOU e-mail virus was traced to a hacker in the Philippines, focusing international attention on the country's cyberlaw regime.
		[37] The United Church of Christ of the Philippines has also reported the ransacking of their human rights, peace, and interfaith offices in what many consider to be acts of political intimidation.
	www.privacyinternational.org /article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-83782 (2971 words)

	Office of the Ombudsman, Manila, Philippines – December 11-12, 2003
		On December 11-12, 2003, ABA-Asia’s Regional Anti-Corruption Advisor (RACA) in cooperation with the Philippines Office of the Ombudsman organized and sponsored a financial investigation training in Manila.
		Fifty-one participants from the Office of the Ombudsman and other institutions attended the training.
		Participants included field investigators from the Office of the Ombudsman Fact-finding and Intelligence Bureau (FFIB), the Preliminary, Adjudication, and Monitoring Office (PAMO), and the Fact-finding, Intelligence, and Research Office (FIRO).
	www.abanet.org /aba-asia/racp/workshops/philippines.shtml (319 words)

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		The Office of the Ombudsman is mandated to serve as the lead agency in the total war against graft and corruption with the ultimate objective of restoring integrity and efficiency in the government service.
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