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Protest art against the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines pertains to artists' depictions and critical responses to social and political issues during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos. Individual artists as well as art groups expressed their opposition to the Marcos regime through various forms of visual art, such as paintings, murals ...
The Philippine House Committee on Constitutional Amendments, or House Constitutional Amendments Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives. Jurisdiction [ edit ]
Shamans and their practices continue in some parts of the Philippines. [205] The art of constellation and cosmic reading and interpretation is a fundamental tradition among all Filipino ethnic groups, and the stars are used to interpret for communities to conduct farming, fishing, festivities, and other important activities.
The Supreme Court ruled in 1997 that the People's Initiative method of amending the constitution is "fatally defective", or inoperable. Another ruling in 2006 on another attempt at a People's Initiative was ruled unconstitutional by the court [15] This only leaves the Constituent Assembly and the Constitutional Convention as the valid ways to amend the constitution.
The Philippines became an independent Republic in 1946, its Constitution retain the provision on the separation of church and state. The 1973 Constitution adopted during the martial law era under President Ferdinand Marcos and the current Constitution adopted under President Corazon Aquino in 1987 also carried over this provision. [8]
[1] They are written by Congress and approved by the President. [1] The National Heritage act is a Republic Act which created the Philippine Registry of Cultural Property and gave ultimate power to the National Museum of the Philippines. The Local Government Code is a Republic Act which required the national government to collaborate with local ...
The controversy began when conferred the Order of National Artists to seven individuals in July, 2009. [4] Controversy arose from the revelation that musician Ramon Santos had been dropped from the list of nominees short-listed in May that year by the selection committee, and four other individuals had been nominated to the title via "President’s prerogative": [1] [2]
After the constitution was approved by 95% of the voters in the Philippine constitutional plebiscite, the 1935 Constitution was replaced with a new one that changed the system of government from a presidential to a parliamentary one, with Marcos remaining in power as both head of state (with the title "President") and head of government (titled ...