great power- a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world major power,superpower,world power,power body politic,country,nation,res publica,commonwealth,state,land- a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African...
Philippines A total of 189 local chief executives were stripped of their supervisory powers over the police for alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade and other irregularities since President Duterte took office in July 2016, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) reported...
Separation of powers isa doctrine of constitutional law under which the three branches of government (executive, legislative, and judicial) are kept separate. This is also known as the system of checks and balances, because each branch is given certain powers so as tocheck and balance check and...
The QUAD can provide the Philippines with viable means to adopt a policy based on equi-balancing China with the other major powers in the region. Listen to the 'QUAD' In case of Syria, neither the Government nor international community made use of this UN mandated principle of R2P, primarily...
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement Politics, Law & GovernmentInternational Relations Yalta Conference(From left) Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference, 1945. World War II alliance Print Also known as: Allies ...
the head of state (monarch or president) is distinct from thehead of government, who is the prime minister. In other countries, such as theUnited Statesand thePhilippines, the person who is the head of state is also the head of government and thus retains the duties andprerogativesassociated...
MANILA, Philippines - Fully aware of the scope of his responsibilities, Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Rico Puno on Thursday declared that there is no split in the powers of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and that he continues to work well with his ...
of power, namely, economic resources, military capability, institutional resilience, future resources, diplomatic influence, economic relationships, defense networks, and cultural influence. The Philippines ranks low in terms of military capability and institutional resilience; however, the remaining indicato...
The tribunal that handled the South China Sea arbitration at the unilateral request of the former Philippine government, which was not sanctioned by the United Nations or the International Court of Justice (ICJ), claimed all features in the South China Sea are mere rocks, not islands, and thus...
CMOC, the Chinese operator of the Tenke-Fungurume mine, agreed in April to pay $800mn to the government to settle a tax dispute which had seen the company slapped with an export ban for the previous 10 months. And now the DRC government is undertaking a sweeping review of all its mining...