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Department of the Philippines. 19 Departments. the heads were known as Cabinet Members at
the Philippine Cabinet.
Types of Departments
Agrarian Reform
Agricultue
Budget and Management
Education
Energy
Environment and Natural Resources
Finance
Foreign Affairs
Health
Interior and Local Government
Justice
Labor and Employment
National Defense
Cabinet members (uodated list):
Republic Acts. A Republic Act is a piece of legislation used to create policy in order to carry
out the principles of the Constitution. It is crafted and passed by the Congress of the
Philippines and approved by the President of Philippines. It can only be repealed by a similar
act of Congress.
First Philippine Republic
The Philippine Republic, more commonly known as the First Philippine Republic or the Malolos
Republic, was a nascent revolutionary government in the Philippines. It was formally established
with the proclamation of the Malolos Constitution on January 21, 1899, in Malolos, Bulacan, and
endured until the capture of President Emilio Aguinaldo by the American forces on March 23,
1901, in Palanan, Isabela, which effectively dissolved the First Republic.