Questions tagged [philippines]
Questions related to the government or politics regarding the Republic of the Philippines.
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What's the reason for the deadlock between China and the Phillipines over oil exploitation issues in the South China Sea?
"We are still at a deadlock right now," Marcos said as he emphasised
his country's right to exploit energy reserves in the West Philippines
Sea at a time the Philippines wants to reduce its ...
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When did the Philippines promise to tow away the Sierra Madre?
According to China (2nd para, I've added the first for context):
The Philippines grounded a World War II-era warship, the Sierra Madre, on the shoal in 1999 to assert its claim to sovereignty and now ...
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Why is the US military not taking actions against allegedly Chinese maritime militias in the South China sea?
CNN:
“In this particular operation, we can actually conclude that this Chinese fishing vessel is not just a fishing vessel but a Chinese maritime militia taking orders from the Chinese coast guard to ...
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How can Pichay be president of the Philippine chess federation and sentenced to imprisonment re conviction of graft? [closed]
Edit: Quick clarification. I notice when people talk about why Wesley So left the Philippines to play for the US, people say it's about corruption in the Philippine government. Apparently maybe it's ...
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Why might Philippine president Bongbong Marcos have problems visiting the US because of "court cases" there?
In a May 11, 2022 tweet, (self-described "public educator, academic, columnist, and policy adviser") Richard Javad Heydarian1,2 first asserts that China took the previous Philippine ...
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Origin of bill "urgency" in the Philippines, how does it work and how widespread is it in other democracies?
From the Philippine News Agency's December 30, 2021 article Duterte signs law creating Department of Migrant Workers
The creation and establishment of the Department of Migrant Workers is one of ...
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Besides the Philippines do any countries have bilingual presidential debates requiring two (or more) languages to know what the candidates are saying?
NOTE: I'm not a scholar of language and the only languages I have a working knowledge of are English, Math and Python. What is and isn't Filipino language has had a historical debate including legal ...
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Why would Philippines Senator Manny Pacquiao be "banking on the support of Filipino voters from classes D and E to win the 2022 presidential race"?
After about 08:10 in CNN Philippines Politics as Usual video May 2022: Who are you rooting for? | Politics As Usual reporter Xianne Arcangel discusses term-limited Philippines Senator Manny Pacquiao's ...
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Why would Davao Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio run for president of the Philippines as a "substitute candidate"? Substitute for what?
CNN's A dictator's son. A former actor. A champion boxer. Inside the manic race to replace Duterte as the Philippines' leader says:
And there are signs (current and term-limited Philippine President ...
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Why does the government of the Philippines destroy illegally imported luxury cars instead of using or reselling them?
I'm reading the recent news The Philippines Just Crushed $1.2 Million in Smuggled Luxury Cars, Including a McLaren 620R (which also mentions "In 2018, [the Philippines president] had over $8 ...
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What happened in the 2010 election in the Philippines which cause Smartmatic to sue Dominion Voting systems?
After listening to Sydney Powell on Lou Dobbs for the umpteenth time, I decided to do some fact checking of my own. She was talking about smartmatic, which is a company that makes election software, ...
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Can China still be punished under UNCLOS in the Philippines v China case?
I have been learning about conflicts in the South China Sea involving China. I remember when the Philippines led an arbitration case against China and I still don't understand why an international ...
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Can US-Philippine dual citizens vote in both countries and run for public office?
Can US-Philippine dual citizens vote in both countries and run for public office?
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Could Duterte run for US president? Is he a U.S. citizen?
After all the Philippines got their independence in 1946 and he was born in 1945 which I believe implies he is a U.S. citizen.
If he is a U.S. citizen would there be anything in law forbidding him ...
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Why annul instead of divorce? [closed]
Don't judge me. Kind of a dumb question and not even sure if on topic, but if you're not in the Philippines or Vatican, why would anyone go for an annulment instead of a divorce? My understanding is ...
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