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In 2022, academics Diana Fu and Rui Hou noted the persistence of Western misconceptions in their article Rating Citizens with China's Social Credit System, stating, "Western media articles initially compared the system to an episode of the British sci-fi series Black Mirror in which individuals' every day behavior, down to the minutiae, were ...
August 29, 2017 [8] 10952 An Act Postponing the October 2017 Barangay and Sangguniang Katabaan Elections, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 9164, as Amended by Republic Act No. 9340, Republic Act No. 10632, Republic Act No. 10656, and Republic Act No. 10923, and for Other Purposes October 2, 2017 [9] 10962 Gift Check Act of 2017
[1] [a] According to the law, "everyone is responsible for state security" which is in line with China's state security legal structure as a whole. [1] The final draft of the law on 16 May 2017 was toned down as compared to previous versions. [2] The 12th Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed the law on 27 June 2017. [3]
President Duterte signs Republic Act No. 10929 into law, establishing a free internet access program in public places countrywide. [67] President Duterte signs Republic Act No. 10930 into law, extending the validity of Philippine drivers' licenses for a period of 5 or 10 years. [68] August 3 President Duterte signs Republic Act No. 10931 into law.
The Code consists of seven books and a supplementary provision. The first book of the code, also known as the General Provisions , was adopted on March 15, 2017, by National People's Congress, [2] and took into effect on October 1, 2017, implementing and replacing a large part of the former General Principles of the Civil Law (1986).
A points-based immigration system or merit-based immigration system [1] is an immigration system where a noncitizen's eligibility to immigrate is (partly or wholly) determined by whether that noncitizen is able to score above a threshold number of points in a scoring system that might include such factors as education level, wealth, connection with the country, language fluency, existing job ...
A spokesperson at China's embassy in Manila said on April 18 that the two had agreed early this year to a "new model" in managing tensions at the Second Thomas Shoal, without elaborating.
In the election of 2016–2017 99.2% of party members participated in the election process, and increase of 1.2% since the last congress. [ 13 ] 2,287 delegates were elected according to Xinhua News Agency in early October, [ 10 ] an increase of 30 delegates since the 18th National Congress.