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  Elections in the Philippines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Philippines elects on national level a head of state: the President, and a legislature.
The House of Representatives or Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan has currently 235 seats elected for three-year terms, of which 212 seats are contested in single seat constituencies and, 23 are allotted to party-lists according to proportional representation, which are only accessible to marginalized and under-represented groups and parties.
The Philippines has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in_the_Philippines   (232 words)

  
 Multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General- TREATY I-IV--5.asp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
As regards reservation (3), it is in the view of the Government of Finland subject to the general principle of treaty interpretation according to which a party may not invoke the provisions of its internal law as justification for failure to perform a treaty.
The Government of Finland is of the view that such general reservations raise doubts as to the commitment of Kuwait to the object and purpose of the Covenant and would recall that a reservation incompatible with the object and purpose of the Covenant shall not be permitted.
The Government of Finland is further of the view that general reservations of the kind made by the Government of Kuwait, which do not clearly specify the extent of the derogation from the provisions of the covenant, contribute to undermining the basis of international treaty law.
www.unhchr.ch /html/menu3/b/treaty5_asp.htm   (13565 words)

  
 ELECTION LAW RESOURCES - CHAN ROBLES & ASSOCIATES LAW FIRM
Law on Election to the Chamber of Deputies, 1992
Law on the Election of the President, 1992
Law on Elections of the People’s Deputies, 1997
www.chanrobles.com /electionlawresources.htm   (179 words)

  
 cop1 07
Hence, for the sake of future generations, it was essential that nations should work together, in a spirit of international cooperation and global partnership, to achieve effective and sustainable progress towards meeting the Convention's objectives.
Ambassador Lilia R. Bautista of the Philippines, speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, expressed her Group's gratitude to the Government of Germany for its generosity in hosting the Conference.
Congratulating the President on her election, she assured her of the continued support of the Group of 77 and China in the tasks that lay ahead during the first session of the Conference of the Parties.
unfccc.int /resource/docs/cop1/07.htm   (11681 words)

  
 [No title]
Philippine President Ramos participated the ceremony and awarded medals, bonus, and certificate of merit to six eminent personages who gloriously won the Magsaysay Prize this year.
However, General Wiranto, Indonesian Army Commander-in-chief, said that the figure of 17,000 was "a lie." He did not reveal the real number, but military officials indicated that there were about 11,500 armies in mid August in East Timor.
Zuo Zhongmo(transliteration), deputy secretary general of the meeting said:" This is not only a agricultural issue, these land can be used for comprehensive developing applications in many fields, including forestry, industry and tourism." Although China carries out "One child policy", China's population is estimated to grow continuously till the middle of next century.
www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/cmt-40/OldFiles/OldFiles/Nice/Transfer/ref17.txt   (18181 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
When Attorney General John Ashcroft asked the public for help yesterday in locating seven terror suspects, he declared all seven suspects represent a clear and present danger to the U.S. security.
That entity TTIC provides the president with an integrated threat assessment every single morning and that threat assessment is seen by the secretary of homeland security, homeland security adviser, the attorney general, the national security adviser and the White House chief of staff and they have the exact same information.
The Philippines, March 1942, John Tuggle, Navy petty officer 1st class, machinist mate on PT-41, the boat that carries General Douglas MacArthur on a dangerous route to safety as the Japanese overpower American forces on the Bataan Peninsula.
transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0405/27/wbr.01.html   (6309 words)

  
 E/1996/54 Election of members of the International Narcotics Control Board
ELECTIONS, NOMINATIONS AND CONFIRMATIONS Election of members of the International Narcotics Control Board under the provisions of article 9, paragraph 1 (a), of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the 1972 Protocol Note by the Secretary-General Election of two members from candidates nominated by the World Health Organization 1.
Education: Doctor of Medicine, University of the Philippines; postgraduate residency training in paediatrics at the Children's Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America (1961-1962), at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States (1962-1963) and at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States (1963-1964).
In 1995 its sessions were as follows: Fifty-eighth session, 8-19 May 1995 Fifty-ninth session, 30 October-16 November 1995 The sessions are normally held in the headquarters of the Board's secretariat at Vienna, Austria (Vienna International Centre).
www.un.org /documents/ecosoc/docs/1996/e1996-54.htm   (817 words)

  
 Torn and frayed in Manila
He also had a dig at the government for not releasing the data on which his article was based before the May general election, in which the ruling People's Action party won 82 of the 84 seats and 66% of the votes cast.
The Philippines and India are often regarded as competitors in the lucrative call center and back office business, with the Philippines attracting more business from North America and India the favoured call centre base for European companies.
All over the Philippines, in all the assemblies, the petition forms/signature sheets were identical, the instruction sheets on how to get signatures were the same, and it was the barangay chairpersons who were in charge of getting signatures.
tornandfrayed.typepad.com   (13855 words)

  
 Multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General- TREATY I-XXI--6.asp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
To this end, all efforts must be made within the Preparatory Commission to reach general agreement on any matter of sub- stance, in accordance with the procedure set out in rule 37 of the rules of procedure of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea.
The provisions on the territorial sea represent in general a set of rules reconciling the legitimate desire of coastal States to protect their sovereignty and that of the international community to exercise the right of passage.
Accordingly, the notion of a 200-mile zone of general rights of sovereignty and jurisdiction of the coastal State cannot be sustained either in general international law or under the relevant provisions of the Convention.
untreaty.un.org /ENGLISH/bible/englishinternetbible/partI/chapterXXI/treaty6.asp   (9152 words)

  
 Liberation Period
When the Commonwealth government was re-established all over the Philippines, a general election was held in the country in April 1946.
In the 1987 election, OIC Governor Fua was elected Congressman for the lone district of Siquijor with an overwhelming majority.
In the 1995 elections, Governor Aquino lost to Lucito Balanay who assumed the office for the second time.
www.siquijor.com /aboutsiquijor/Liberation.htm   (297 words)

  
 US Ignored Philippines Warning on 9/11-style Attack in 1995   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
CNN has obtained documents showing a Philippine police report about the terrorist plot of September 11, 2001 that was given to the FBI in 1995 and the U.S. agency's summary document of the report, which left out any mention of the plot.
Philippine authorities said the United States did not take their information seriously.
It is not because the Philippine police and military are not doing their jobs.
discuss.agonist.org /smf?board=1;action=display;threadid=8005   (1625 words)

  
 Asiaweek.com
Philippine elections have a dismal reputation, and it hasn't improved much since Ferdinand Marcos was deposed by People Power in 1986.
Many politicians in the Philippines point an accusatory finger at the Commission on Elections, or Comelec, the constitutionally established body that supervises Philippine polls.
Still bitter about the defeat and her belief that she lost the election because of vote-padding, Santiago declared March 22 that she fully expects the administration to cheat this year.
www.pathfinder.com /asiaweek/98/0410/nat4.html   (808 words)

  
 NewsFromRussia.Com Philippine police arrest retired general declared interim government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In the days after the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, the U.S. government used a spy satellite to gather intelligence on a white separatist compound in Oklahoma, according to a published report.
In 2001, Austria created the General Settlement Fund to compensate Holocaust victims who were robbed of businesses, property, bank accounts and insurance policies during the Nazi era, when they country was annexed to Adolf Hitler's Third Reich More details...
Developing countries were closing ranks Thursday to push their agenda at this week's global trade talks as the U.S. and the European Union traded charges with time running out to broker a global trade deal that could lift millions out of poverty.
newsfromrussia.com /world/2005/12/15/69869.html   (2628 words)

  
 This Day in History
Former Philippines Senate president Ferdinand Marcos is inaugurated president of the Southeast Asian archipelago nation.
In 1993, Imelda Marcos was convicted of corruption by a Philippine court, but she avoided serving her 12-year prison sentence.
In 1995, she was elected to the House of Representatives.
www.historychannel.com /tdih/tdih.jsp?month=10272964&day=10272995&cat=10272941   (616 words)

  
 Killings continue; Comelec sees 80-85% turnout - May 10, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
THE KILLINGS continued hours before Monday's elections in which the Commission on Elections expects 80 percent to 85 percent of the 43,556,028 registered voters to cast their ballots in the country's 216,000 precincts from 7 a.m.
Records of the Philippine National Police showed that 29 politicians have been killed and 13 others injured since the start of the election period on Dec. 15, up from the 21 candidates killed and nine wounded during the same period in the 2001 elections.
Razon said the PNP was expecting general peace to reign until the last ballot was counted.
www.inq7.net /nat/2004/may/10/nat_2-1.htm   (482 words)

  
 Considerettes
Kofi Annan, the beleaguered United Nations secretary general, is expected to sacrifice his son's reputation today as he fights to save his own position after a damaging report into a family conflict of interest.
In contrast with the finding that nearly three-quarters of college faculty are liberal, a Harris Poll of the general public last year found that 33 percent describe themselves as conservative and 18 percent as liberal.
The small Philippine contingent, serving with the US-led forces in Iraq, was pulled out by Arroyo in July to save the life of Angelo de la Cruz, another Filipino hostage.
www.thepaytons.org /essays/considerettes/2005_03_01_archive.html   (12449 words)

  
 PATACSI Events
The relatively new (c.Oct 1995) PATACSI office at Rm 3013 was completely destroyed together with all the adjacent offices of chest organizations, i.e.
The case load statistics of the Philippine Heart Center and the Philippine General Hospital were compared to assess if the targets set during the previous workshops were achieved.
Preliminary deliberations were began on the Formulation of Practice Guidelines for TCVS in the Philippines with focus on the Encroachment into the traditional fields of TCVS, ie: Esophagus, Pediatric Thoracic, Video Assisted Thoracoscopic surgery; and the influx of foreign based Fil-American TCVS specialists.
www.patacsi.org /doc/2061   (1332 words)

  
 Sun.Star Manila - Editorial: What now?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
THE warning of the Philippine National Police (PNP) of more violence as the May 10 elections approaches has sent a shiver down the spine of many.
In the 2001 elections, 111 persons were killed and 253 were wounded in election-related violence or an increase of 50 percent compared to the 1998 presidential elections where 50 people died and 44 were wounded, it was learned.
In the 1995 elections, 79 people were killed while 11 were wounded.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/man/2004/02/23/oped/editorial.html   (211 words)

  
 Greek Cultural History: In search of Excellence
Again, if I am allowed to make another generalization, this may illustrate that certain "emotional trends" that are deeply ingrained in a certain culture may outlast overt linguistic changes (as in the continued emotional significance attached to friendships in Greece today, even in spite of certain changes in meaning in the corresponding term "philos").
Read or recited from generation to generation, Homer's epics both educated and entertained at the same time, thus instilling in the young the heroic or "aristocratic" psychology of their ancestors.
Unless the wealth generated from computer use is partly spent for the fulfillment of the basic needs of the public at large, including building safe and aesthetically satisfying living environments, the conditions for the creation of leisure for most people, in the Peiperian sense of the term "leisure," will probably never be realized.
webs.csu.edu /~amakedon/articles/GreekCulture.html   (16932 words)

  
 Empire Notes
Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni were hanged on November 10, 1995, primarily because of their attempts to expose the destruction Shell was causing to their homeland.
This is rather unfortunate development is a predictable consequence of the Philippines' withdrawal in response to the threat to Angelo de la Cruz.
The Bush administration has also argued that the generic versions of the drug are potentially unsafe and that they are not as effective as the branded versions, a claim most experts dispute.
www.empirenotes.org /july04.html   (13046 words)

  
 The Washington Monthly
The election was the culmination of a constitutional development that began in January, 1966, to which President Johnson gave his personal commitment when he met Premier Ky and General Thieu, the chief of state, in Honolulu in February.
The most striking parallel between the article on elections in Vietnam in September 1967 and what happened in Iraq this weekend is not so much the similarities in what actually happened as the similarity in how each was reported and portrayed to the American public.
That the tendencies and views of policy shall not be incompatible with these means, the art of war in general and the commander in each particular case may demand, and this claim is truly not a trifling one.
www.washingtonmonthly.com /archives/individual/2005_01/005556.php   (13880 words)

  
 EPIC - National ID and REAL ID Act
Election Report Recommends Using REAL ID for Voter ID. The Commission on Federal Election Reform, co-chaired by former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, released a new report on the conduct of domestic elections.
Amid spiraling cost predictions for a new national ID card scheme, UK government ministers are negotiating with private firms to sell the personal details of all 44 million adults living in Britain for an initial cost of £750 ($1,371) each.
The bill was initially introduced in the House of Parliament last November, but was withdrawn in April pending the outcome of the May 6 general election.
www.epic.org /privacy/id_cards   (5576 words)

  
 Documentary History of the Truman Presidency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
General MacArthur in 1949 and Secretary of State Acheson in January 1950 publicly outlined a Pacific Defense Perimeter.
Secretary Acheson stated that it was imperative that these areas be prepared to defend themselves against aggression through mutual defense assistance programs and to rely upon the commitments of the industrialized world under the charter of the United Nations to support invaded countries.
At the Yalta Conference the Big Three agreed upon "the earliest possible establishment…of a general international organization to maintain peace and security," and they agreed that a meeting for this purpose should be convened at San Francisco on April 25, 1945.
www.lexisnexis.com /academic/2upa/Aph/TrumanDocumentary.asp   (5282 words)

  
 SSU Library Govt. Resources-Teaching with Documents
The collision of wills between two commanders in chief-President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur-resulted in one of the most important demonstrations of the civilian control of the military called for by the Constitution in U.S. history.
The 381-day Montgomery bus boycott that followed the arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing the relinquish her seat on a city bus to a white passenger was a crucial event in mobilizing national and worldwide support for the civil rights movement.
By order of Major General Winfield Scott, "every possible kindness" was extended to the Cherokees during their forced removal beyond the Mississippi in 1838.
www.southwest.msus.edu /library/govinfo/Teachdoc.htm   (1163 words)

  
 CNN/AllPolitics.com - Election 2000 - The Republican National Convention
It is why people feel they are working harder, but falling further behind; why they fear the current generation will not be as successful as the last generation; why they believe their children will be worse off; and why they feel so anxious about their own economic future.
True reform is indeed needed: ending taxpayer subsidies for campaigns, strengthening party structures to guard against rogue operations, requiring full and immediate disclosure of all contributions, and cracking down on the indirect support, or "soft money," by which special interest groups underwrite their favored candidates.
After the elections of 1994, the new Republican majorities in the House and Senate fought back with legislation that ends frivolous, costly, and unnecessarily lengthy death-row appeals, requires criminals to pay restitution to their victims, speeds the removal of criminal aliens, and steps up the fight against terrorism.
www.cnn.com /ELECTION/2000/conventions/republican/features/platform.96   (18648 words)

  
 [Islam-Online- Top News]
The Parti Islam Of Malaysia (PAS) is expecting a better performance in the 10th Malaysian General Elections on November 29.
The best way to grab the inner feelings of this strong Muslim organization, which has been in power in the northern state of Kelantan for the last 10 years, is to listen to its spiritual leader, Chief Minister Dato' Tuan Guru Haji Nik Aziz Nik Mat.
In 1995, when the election results were publicized and Kelantan had retained PAS as the government, Nik Aziz in a sigh of relief said these famous words, "Shukur, Al Hamdulillah.
www.islamonline.net /iol-english/dowalia/news-21-11/topnews2.asp   (1916 words)

  
 ABS-CBN Interactive
Also invited were Romulo Neri, National Economic and Development Authority director general; Benjamin Philip Romualdez, Chamber of Mines president; Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, Catholic Bishop’s Conference of the Philippines president; the lawyer Marvic Leonen of the Legal Rights and Resource Center; and Dr. Carlos Primo David of the UP National Institute for Geological Sciences.
She said the hearing will also be timely since the public and environmental groups are awaiting for the government’s decision on the mining operation of Lafayette Philippines Inc. on Rapu-Rapu Island in Albay.
An administration lawmaker on Tuesday criticized Mayor Jejomar Binay of Makati for allegedly “suppressing” efforts to amend the Constitution, and urged the Commission on Elections to sanction personnel who fail to verify signatures as part of the people’s initiative for Charter change.
www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=41383   (857 words)

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