President of the Philippines

Corazon Aquino was open to growth in the various ways as she worked to find solutions to the conflicts in the Philippines. Through her understanding that influence sometimes depends upon being the one in charge and at other times working effectively within a group, she demonstrated an ability to influence others in a way that promoted justice. Aquino used nonviolence to stand up against injustices and made many new reforms according to the needs of the people. Unlike the Philippine’s president before Aquino, she promoted her message through more peaceful ways of protest. Aquino called for acts of civil disobedience, organized strikes, and boycotts when Marcos won the election in 1986. Aquino eradicated the government’s power to imprison people…

1. Did Rizal supported the 1896 Philippine Revolution of bonifacio? Why or why not? - I don’t think he did. If I were to tell based on what I understand in his point of view, he don’t want Filipinos to revolt yet, because he knew that this will not succeed. But on the other hand, I think that he supported it on his own ways. He wanted Filipinos to be free, one of the reason why he build the group “La liga Filipina, it’s because he wanted too, to revolt but I think he is still waiting for the…

visual information, and defense support to public diplomacy. The PECOM and especially the case of Philippines, where they actively engage with Philippine’s military and civilians should be focused maintaining support of the relevant population to the US mission and the U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty. Therefore, an effective IO based on synchronization of important themes, messages, images, and activities with other nonlethal and lethal operations to inform and influence Pippin 's in…

Introduction The Republic of The Philippines is a Presidential Republic located in Southeast Asia. The Philippines consists of a group of over 7,100 islands, which is an area slightly larger than the state of Arizona (Factbook, 2010). With an estimated population of just more than 100 million people, The Philippines is very diverse in ethnic groups, languages and religions. The nation is also very rich in natural resources to include major deposits of copper, chromium, gold as well as producing…

The primary source by William McKinley, The Acquisition of the Philippines, were written instructions. The twenty fifth president of the United States wrote these instructions on August 12, 1898, with a purpose. McKinley’s words were meant to reach the American peace negotiators that were to be convening in Paris with Spanish commissioners. Hence, his basic purpose behind this text was to create lasting peace between the nations involved. However, this reasoning only skims the surface of…

one of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World. In addition, she brought honor to the Philippines in 2012 by being the first Filipina and the first Asian from a developing country, to be chosen in the United Nations as a judge of the International Criminal Court. Eventually, she resigned from this position because of her suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome which was later on diagnosed…

positive light on the annexation of the Philippines in his speech in Congress on January 9, 1900 when he brought up the topic of the consumption of our surplus. He stated that “China is our natural customer…England, Germany and Russia have moved nearer to China by securing permanent bases on her boarders. The Philippines gives us a base at the door of all the East.” This essentially means that the Philippines provided the United States with a spot for more trading to be done and with more access…

“Property can be paid for; the lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot be.” (Document 3). These were the words from President Woodrow Wilson to Congress requesting a declaration of war against Germany. During the beginning of World War I, German submarine warfare sunk the ships of any nation, neutral or not, killing numerous amounts of people. Among these people were one hundred and twenty-eight Americans who were, up until this point, neutral to the war. I believe that American…

It has come to President Mckinley and my attention that Mr. Aguinaldo wishes to make the American people feel for his case of Filipino sovereignty. Moreover, Mr. Aguinaldo’s case was published in the North American Review, of which you are the editor. Therefore Mr.Kurial, it is the intention of the President to address Mr. Aguinaldo 's case and have it published to the American people. First, I would like to address Mr. Aguinaldo’s concerns that he indicated in his case. It is crucial for…

The United States ended up getting pulled in the conflict, and eventually took the Cuban’s side because they wanted to promote democracy and eliminate the Spanish’s barbaric actions on the Cubans. The tensions grew into a war known as the Spanish -American war, which consisted of battles in Cuba and the Philippine islands, another Spanish colony. In the eastern front, Commodore George Dewey and the United States Navy sailed to Manila Bay and quickly defeated the Spanish fleet. The quick defeat…