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2. Adoption in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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   Adoption in the Philippines is a process of granting social, emotional and legal family and kinship membership to an individual from the Philippines, usually a child. [ 2] It involves a transfer of parental rights and obligations and provides family membership. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) defines adoption as a "socio ...

3. Sworn declaration - Wikipedia

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   Sworn declaration. A sworn declaration (also called a sworn statement or a statement under penalty of perjury) is a document that recites facts pertinent to a legal proceeding. It is very similar to an affidavit but is not witnessed and sealed by an official such as a notary public. Instead, the person making the declaration signs a separate ...

4. Oath of Allegiance (Philippines) - Wikipedia

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   The Oath of Allegiance (Tagalog: Panunumpa ng Katapatan) is an oath administered to and recited by immigrants who wish to accede to the citizenship of the Republic of the Philippines. The current oath, based on the United States Oath of Allegiance, was first enshrined in Commonwealth Act No. 473, the Revised Naturalization Law of 1939, with the ...

5. Statutory declaration - Wikipedia

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   Statutory declaration. A statutory declaration is a legal document defined under the law of certain Commonwealth nations and in the United States. It is similar to a statement made under oath, but it is not sworn. Statutory declarations are commonly used to allow a person to declare something to be true for the purposes of satisfying some legal ...

6. Affidavit - Wikipedia

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   Affidavit. An affidavit (/ ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt / ⓘ AF-ih-DAY-vit; Medieval Latin for "he has declared under oath") is a written statement voluntarily made by an affiant or deponent under an oath or affirmation which is administered by a person who is authorized to do so by law. Such a statement is witnessed as to the authenticity of the affiant ...

7. LGBT rights in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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   The Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) is a progressive, LGBT-affirming and ecumenical Christian Denomination that started in Los Angeles, October 6, 1968. It has three local churches in the Philippines, Mandaluyong, Makati, and Baguio, has been celebrating weddings between same-sex couples since the 1991.

8. Bases Conversion and Development Authority - Wikipedia

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   The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA; Filipino: Pangasiwaan sa Pangkaunlarang Kumbersiyon ng mga Base[3]) is a government-owned and controlled corporation under the Office of the President of the Philippines. It is a government instrumentality vested with corporate powers under Republic Act 7227 (Bases Conversion and Development ...

9. Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997 - Wikipedia

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   The Philippines did not immediately support the draft. It abstained when the first votes were called, despite the existence of the Indigenous People's Rights Act of 1997. The Department of Justice and the Office of the Solicitor General expressed their opposition to the adoption, as they still had to study whether this was consistent with the ...