Senate 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…

thousand soldiers marched into the capital of the Philippines, Manila. The United States had three choices in regards to the Philippines, and we decided to annex them. A treaty to annex was ratified with a two-thirds majority in the Senate. Even though it seemed that our only choice was to annex, should we have annexed the Philippines? In this case, annexing means to incorporate new territory to something larger.…

controlled by the United States was the Philippines. Before America took over the Philippines there were forty three different languages. Some of the tribes that were there were Cebueno, Hiligaynon, Ilongo, Bisaya/ Binisaya, Bikol, Tagalog, and Waray. The tribes that were there at the time spoke many different languages such as Tagalog, Bicol, and Waray were the most common. The people in the cities made their money by working in factories, industry, agriculture, and rural economy.The…

around the globe for her intelligence and stand against corruption. Because of her brilliance, she received various recognitions: named as laureate of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for government service, cited for "for bold and moral leadership in cleaning up a graft-ridden agency", and recognized by The Australian Magazine as 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…

annex Spanish colonies, such as Cuba and the Philippines. America decided that they would not annex Cuba, however the fate of the Philippines was still at stake. After a long contemplation, the US Senate decided to ratify a treaty stating that they would indeed annex the Philippines. Although controversial, the decision to annex the Philippines was wise because the Philippines was incapable of self-government, European rivals would claim the Philippines if the US had not, and America would…

after the war, the United States had several colonies fallen into their care. One of those colonies were the Philippine Islands. There was also Cuba but the United States wouldn’t keep Cuba. When it came to the Philippines though, the Americans didn’t know exactly what to do with them. The United States annexed the Philippines on February 7th, 1899. The Philippines didn’t want that though. It was wrong that the United States had annexed the Philippines because, first of all, the Filipinos were…

During World War II, some things changed, because there was a manual labor shortage and immigrants were demanded. The farming area raising alfalfa, flax, and other vital war crops seriously short of farm labor and the solution was to allow Mexicans to help. Henry Frauenfelder understood Mexican “help was absolutely necessary to harvest vitally essential war crops” and even wanted “deportation be stayed temporarily or until authority for legal entry can be secured”. Then congressional efforts…

Research paper on the Annexation of the Philippines The Annexation of the Philippines is a debatable topic to historians. Some methods of analyzing the past though they may be different, can be used to explain the issues. There truly is not just one way to analyze the Annexation of Philippines. Why the United States wanted to use the Philippine territory can be both beneficial at least to about 80% of any argument. Though there are those who look at the topic from a more caring view versus…

Tax Treaties Are Self-Executing Tax treaties do not require any implementing law or guideline. A treaty is considered “self-executing” when it does not need any implementing legislation and it takes effect upon ratification. In US jurisdiction, a treaty that is not self-executing does not create a cause of action or provide a remedy. Under US law, the President and two-thirds of the Senate have the power to bind the country with the treaty by making the necessary implementing law. Both of…

According to a Rappler article by Michael Bueza, there were 5,927 people killed (2,086 in police operations, 3,841 extrajudicial or by vigilantes), 33,830 arrested, and 764,742 "surrendered" (As of 12/12/2016). The citizens live in fear, not because of criminals but from the government. In the Financial Times article, by Bryan Harris and Grace Ramos, there are three ways the death toll has risen up as fast as it has. The first is by the government through the Philippine army and national police…