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Clodualdo del Mundo was born in Santa Cruz, Manila.His parents were Mariano del Mundo, a sculptor from Bocaue, Bulacan; and Remigia Legaspi of Sampaloc, Manila. A graduate of Mapa High School, del Mundo obtained a degree in Associate in Arts from Far Eastern College (now Far Eastern University), and a Bachelor of Science in Education degree from the National Teachers' College.
The Philippines suffers from widespread corruption, [1] which developed during the Spanish colonial period. [2] [3] According to GAN Integrity's Philippines Corruption Report updated May 2020, the Philippines suffers from many incidents of corruption and crime in many aspects of civic life and in various sectors.
Mga Ibong Mandaragit or Mga Ibong Mandaragit: Nobelang Sosyo-Politikal (literally, Birds of Prey: A Socio-Political Novel) is a novel written by the Filipino writer and social activist, Amado V. Hernandez in 1969. Mga Ibong Mandaragit, hailed as Hernandez's masterpiece, focuses on the neocolonial dependency and revolt in the Philippines. [1]
Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense that is undertaken by a person or an organization that is entrusted in a position of authority to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's gain.
Political dynasties have long been a feature of the Philippine political landscape.Political dynasties started emerging after the Philippine Revolution when the First Republic of the Philippines was established.
Iglesia ni Cristo [2] (Tagalog: [ʔɪˈɡlɛːʃɐ nɪ ˈkɾiːsto]; Spanish: Iglesia de Cristo; transl. Church of Christ; abbreviated as INC) is an independent nontrinitarian Christian church founded in 1913 and registered by Felix Manalo in 1914 as a sole religious corporation of the Insular Government of the Philippines.
Law No.30/2002 on the Corruption Eradication Commission was passed in 2002, providing a legal basis for the establishment of the KPK. [7] [8] Since then, the commission has engaged in significant work, revealing and prosecuting cases of corruption in crucial government bodies reaching as high as the Supreme Court.
The film has been described by film historian Jose Capino as belonging to the "cinema of decolonization" along with Lino Brocka's PX and Augusto Buenaventura's Sa Kuko ng Agila, all explicitly addressing the issue of the American military presence in the Philippines during the Bases era, as the 1970s saw growing political and legal debates over ...