REPBULIC ACT
9208 - Anti Trafficking
9745 - Anti – Torture Law
8049 – Anti Hazing Act of 1995
9165 – Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002
9262 – Violence against Women and Children
9225 – Lost their Filipino citizenship through allegiance to a foreign
country
1096 – Anti-Mail Order Bride Law
4200 – Penalizing wire - tapping
9208 – Anti – trafficking in person act of 2003
9372 – Anti – Terrorism Act
9344 – Comprehensive juvenile justice and welfare system in the
Philippines
7438 – Right of a person arrested under custodial investigation
10913 – Anti – distracted driving act
10909 - Exact Exchange
10905 – Subtitles in television program for the deaf community
10911 – Age discrimination in accepting employees
7610 – Child Abuse Law
10742 – Reform existing SK
10929 – Free internet access in public places
10928 – Extending validity of passport to 10 years
10932 – Anti – hospital deposit
General Information
Philippines – DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN !!!!!
POLICE POWER, POWER OF TAXATION, POWER OF DOMINANT
DOMAIN – INHERENT POWERS OF GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE, LEGESLATIVE, JUDICIARY – THREE EQUAL
BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT
May 9, 2016 – Last president election
July 12, 2016 – Philippines won over the arbitration case regarding
the west Philippine Sea
May 23, 2017 – President Duterte declared MARTIAL LAW in the
whole island of Mindanao
Sept 21, 2017 – National Day of Protest thru proclamation No. 319
8888 and 911 – 24 hour nationwide emergency hotline
Hidilyn F. Diaz – Filipina weightlifting athlete won a silver medal in
2016 olympics
Maute Group – ISIS – affiliated group
Reynaldo Parojinog – Mayor of Ozamis City who was killed in
Ozamis Drug Operation
Rep. Martin Romualdez – Congressman who authored the RA 10754
Cecilia Munoz Palma - President of the 1986 Constitutional
Commission
Leni Robredo – 14th Vice-President of Republic of the Philippines
Cayetano Arellano – First Chief Justice who served at the Supreme
Court
PUV MODERNIZATION PROGRAM – Launched by Dept of
Transportation resulted to several transport strikes
LIBIGAN NG MGA BAYANI - Remains of the late President Marcos,
OCTOBER 18, 2016
BILL OF RIGHTS – Third Article of 1987 Philippine consitution
PREAMBLE – Introductory part of the constitution
NATIONAL TERRITORY - First article of 1987 constitution
12 NAUTICAL MILES – Territorial sea of the Philippines according to
1982 UN convention
24 NAUTICAL MILES – Contigous zone according to 1982 UN
convention
200 NAUTICAL MILES -Exclusive Economic Zone according to 1982
UN convetion
STATE – Permanently occupying a definite portion of territory, having
a government of their own
TERRITORY – Fixed portion on the surface of the earth inhabited by
the people of the state
JUS SANGUINIS – Citizenship through a blood relationship
JUS SOLI – Citizenship by the place where an individual was born
NATURALIZATION – Citizenship acquired by legal process
2ND MONDAY OF MAY – Regular election of senators and members
of the house of representatives
24 – Upper Chamber of the Congress
12 YEARS -Members of Senate may serve
9 YEARS – Member of the House of Representative may serve
70 YEARS OLD – Retirement age of Supreme Court Justice
250 MEMBERS – House of Representative shall consist not more
than 250 members
9 MEMEMBERS – Each Electoral Tribunal shall consist
69 MEMBERS – Court of Appeals shall consist
2 TERMS – Maximum of consecutive terms that a member of Senate
may serve
60 DAYS – Maximum penalty of suspension for an erring House Of
Representative or Senator
SENATE – It has sole power to try and decide all impeachment cases
SENATE PRESIDENT – 3rd highest government official in the
Philippines
CONGRESS – It has repository of all emergency powers, Inherent
powers of the state
AMNESTY – Bills does not come from House of Representatives
TWO – THIRDS – Needed votes of senators to arrive at a conviction
in an impeachment trials
SENATE PRESIDENT – Head of Senate
HOUSE SPEAKER – Head of the house of representatives
PLUNDER – Not ground for impeachment
SANDIGANBAYAN – Anti -graft court
OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN – Known as Tanodbayan
JUDGE – Who can order change and expulsion of residence, can
issue warrant of arrest
CHAIRMAN and 2 COMMISSIONERS – Composition of the Civil
Service Commission
CHAIRMAN AND 2 COMMISSIONERS – Composition of Commission
on Audit
CHAIRMAN AND 6 COMMISSIONERS – Composition of Commission
on Election
CHIEF JUSTICE AND 14 ASSOC. JUSTICES – Composition of
Supreme Court
1 PRESIDING JUDGE AND 14 JUSTICES – Composition of
Sandiganbayan
BARANGAY – Smallest political subdivision of the Philippines
MONARCHY – Form of government wherein supreme authority
resides in one single person
ARISTROCRACY – Political Power is exercised by a few privileged
class
PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANE FUND – Also known as
pork barrel
STATEMENT OF ASSETS, LIABILITIES AND NET WORTH – SALN
PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY – Name which replaced
National Statistics Authority
WE – First word introductory part of 1987 Philippine Constitution
SUFFRAGE – Title of Article 5 in the 1987 Constitution
CONSITUTION – Fundamental law of the land
NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (NEDA) –
Independent planning agency of government
FILIPINO – National Language of the PHILIPPINES
CODE OF KALANTIAW – Oldest legal code retrieved in the
PHILIPPINES
DATU – He excercises all executive, legislative and judicial powers in
the small communities
May 14, 2018 - The Barangay and Sangguiang Kabataan elections
July 10, 2020 - Closure of ABS-CBN
February 11, 2020 - On what date did President Duterte announced
that he is ending the pact between PH-US visiting force agreement.
April 26, 2018, Boracay Island this world- famous island was closed
to tourists for six months and will undergo rehabilitation.
January 12, 2020 -Taal Volcano started its eruption
7,641 - the Philippine Archipelago is consists of islands
President Benigno C. Aquino - He created the Inter-Agency Task
Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID)
President Rodrigo Duterte - He is the Philippine president who
implemented the Nationwide Smoking Ban.
Salvador Panelo - Harry Roque was the Presidential Spokesperson
of President Duterte from October 30, 2017 – October 15, 2018. The
next person to hold the position is
Jose Ruperto Martin M. Andanar - currently heads the PCOO, the
Communications Group that is responsible for planning, programming,
and coordinating the activities
Fire Director Jose S Embang Jr - He is the current Chief of the
Bureau of Fire Protection.
Carlos Edriel Yulo - He is a Filipino gymnast who won the men's floor
title at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart,
Germany.
Jose Calida - solicitor general who petitioned for the closure of ABS-
CBN?
Yuka Saso - Winning the first ever gold medal for the Philippines in
both women's individual and women's team event in 2018 Asian
Games golf competitions.
Stephen William Hawking - He was an English theoretical physicist,
cosmologist, and author and was famous for his scientific works about
black holes. He died on March 13, at the age of 76.
Jack Ma - He is the 3rd richest man in China as of January 2018 with
an estimated net worth of $40.8 billion according to Forbes Magazine.
He was bestowed the title of Doctor of Science in Technopreneurship,
honoris causa, by De La Salle University on October 25, 2017.
Universal Health Care Law President Duterte has signed this law,
which expands the services covered by Philhealth and intends to
include all Filipino citizens in the program.
Diwata1 It is also known as PHL-Microsat-1, a Philippine
microsatellite launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in
March 23, 2016.
National Museum of Natural History - On May 18, 2018, this
museum was opened to the public for the first time. It is hosted inside
the building formerly occupied by the Department of Tourism within
Rizal Park near the Agrifina Circle.
Boracay Island - Last April 26, 2018, this world- famous island was
closed to tourists for six months and will undergo rehabilitation.
Expanded Maternity Leave Law - On February 20, 2019, President
Duterte signed Republic Act 11210 granting additional leave benefits
for working mothers from 60-78 days to 105 days.
BRP TARLAC -The Philippine Navy ship that made history by
completing the country’s first-ever port call in Russia.
Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines - It is the
Korean shipyard located in Subic, Zambales that filed for corporate
rehabilitation after it declared bankruptcy; the biggest ever bankruptcy
in the Philippines.
Tayabak - What is the local name of this native vine that is featured
on the newly-designed 5-peso coin recently released by the Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas? It is commonly known as the jade vine.
Philippine Rise - Benham Rise is a 13-million hectare underwater
plateau located near Aurora. Thru the Executive Order No. 25,
President Duterte renamed the underwater plateau. What do we call
Benham Rise now?
Orange - A rainfall advisory from PAG-ASA which means 15mm-
30mm of rainfall is expected for the first one hour and has possibility
to cause flood. It advises people to be ALERT with the possible
flooding.
Red - A rainfall advisory from PAG-ASA which means 30mm and up
of rainfall is expected for the first one hour and has possibility to cause
severe flood. Response to this warning should be immediate
evacuation due to flooding.
Philippine Statistics Authority - What is the government agency
mandated by the Philippine Identification System Act to implement the
national ID system for citizens and resident aliens of the Philippines?
The PH–US Visiting Forces Agreement - is a bilateral visiting forces
agreement between the Philippines and the United States.
Garbage - One hundred-three (103) shipping containers from Canada
which were falsely declared as plastic scraps for recycling were sent
to the Philippines from June 2013 to January 2014. What do these
containers have?
Singapore - It is the country that hosted the Trump-Kim Summit last
June 12, 2018.
Expanded Maternity Leave Law - On February 20, 2019, President
Duterte signed Republic Act 11210 granting additional leave benefits
for working mothers from 60-78 days to 105 days
Solicotor General - Is the principal law officer and legal defender of
the Republic of the Philippines. He/she represents the government in
all criminal proceedings in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.
Indigenous Cultural Groups - Refers to those non-dominant groups
in our country which possesses and which to preserve ethnic, religious
or linguistic traditions markedly different from the rest.
Wind energy, Solar energy, Geothermal energy - renewable
source of energy
Suffrage - It is the right and obligation by all citizens, who are at least
18 years of age, and qualified by law, to vote in the election.
Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League - Senator Manny Pacquiao
founded this semi-professional basketball league on August 29, 2017.
Plebiscite - electoral process by which an initiative on the Constitution
is either approved or rejected by the people.
Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Service
Administration – PAGASA
USB -Universal Serial Bus
Rimau - The official mascot of the 2019 South East Asian games
which was held in the Philippines from 30 November to 11 December
2019
COVID-19 - The new corona virus has started in China in the late
2019 and been steadily spreading across the world.
Sandiganbayan - The present anti-graft court
House of Representative - have the exclusive power to initiate all
cases of impeachment?