Philippines
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Filippinos Plea for International Help
By: Sue Turner
140 people have died from Tropical Storm Ketsana. The death toll is expected to rise, while people in the Philippines are criticizing the government's slow response. more...
The New Peoples Army and The Jihad Movement
The New People's Army of the Philippines, while different in their makeup and agenda than most jihad- based terrorist groups, do share some common ground. more...
A Brief Biography of Benigno S. Aquino, Jr.
Ninoy Aquino's martyrdom galvanized the Filipinos to unite and rise in opposition against former President Ferdinand Marcos, which restored democracy in the Philippines. more...
Computerized Elections in the Philippines
On December 22, 1997, Republic Act (RA) 8436 or the Poll Modernization Law was signed into law which authorizes the computerization of elections in the Philippines. more...
Reproductive Rights in a Catholic Country
By: Mary Anne Velas
Reproductive rights advocates in the Philippines continue to question the Catholic Church's stand against artificial birth control. more...
Philippine Congressmen Seek Charter Change
On June 2, the Philippine House of Representatives passed a resolution seeking to convene Congress into a constituent assembly to amend the Philippine Constitution. more...
USAID Grant Helps Exploited Children
There are more than 1,000,000 child prostitutes in Southeast Asia, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). This world-wide crises continues to grow. more...
Why the Philippines May be Recession-proof
By: Mary Anne Velas
More than economic data, socio-cultural factors seem to be helping the country resist the blow of recession. more...
Philippine Rebellion Buffoonery
By: Gary W. Elliott
Detention, prosecution, and punishment of rebels in Philippine coup attempts, including the last one, appear to be a joke, but implications are too serious to be funny. more...
Antidote for Philippine Corruption
By: Gary W. Elliott
The long-term remedy for corruption in the Philippines is individual character development, but existing institutions must be aggressively used in the short-term fight. more...
The Philippines Fights Corruption
By: Gary W. Elliott
The Philippine Constitution of 1987 and subsequent laws created anti-corruption agencies that, with other government and non-government initiatives, battle corruption. more...
Philippine Culture Permits Graft
By: Gary W. Elliott
Cultural assumptions about rightness or wrongness of individual behavior, a point of religious doctrine, and Spanish colonial experience may influence Philippine graft. more...
Philippine Institutions of Graft
By: Gary W. Elliott
Two major institutions in the Philippine government foster graft and corruption at the national level through allocation of funds and contract irregularities. more...
Philippine Graft and Corruption
By: Gary W. Elliott
The misuse of public money for private gain poses a very grave challenge to national development in the Philippines, and the magnitude of the problem is staggering. more...
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