The PCIJ : a guide to government / Cecile C. A. Balgos ... [et al.] ; edited by Yvonne T. Chua and Sheila S. Coronel ; foreword by Shiela S. Coronel
Contributor(s): Balgos, Cecile C. A.
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BookPublisher: Quezon City : Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, [2003]Description: x, 320 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9718686371.Subject(s): Public administration -- Philippines -- Guidebooks | Public institutions -- Philippines -- Guidebooks | FilipinianaGenre/Form: | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Chapter 1: The presidency
Power of the president
Path to the presidency
Official residence
Office of the president
The Executive secretary
The chief to staff
The cheif presidential legal counsel
Private office
Common staff support system
Paper flow
Ordinance powers
Deputy executive secretaries
The cabinet
"Kitchen' cabinet
President advisers and assistants
The president and the bureaucracy
The President and the military
The national security council
The president and congress
The president and the press
Various sidebars: Power of the president
What the president cannot do
Who may be elected president?
How is the president elected?
What is the president's term of office?
The president's oath or affirmation
Office of the president: Functional structure
What happens if the president is seriously ill or unable to discharge his or her duties?
How may the president be removed from office?
The Succession rule
The vice presindent
First spouse
Interplay of check and blance among the three branches of government as provided in the 1987 constitution
Chapter 2: Congress
Functions and powers
The Senate
The house of representatives
Sectoral representation and the party-list system
When a bill is filed
Committee deliberations and floor debates
The "Third Chamber"
The party line
Vested interests
Lobbying for laws
Congressional committees
Congressional inquiries
Privilege speeches
When law-makers become law breakers
Looking for pork
The paper trail
Two tribunals and a commission
Various sidebars: Power of congress
Who may be elected senator
What is a senator's term of office?
Who may be elected congressman?
What is the term of office for a member of the house of representative?
How a bill becomes a law
Who acts on electoral diputes involving legislators?
What happens in case of a vacancy in the senate or the house of representatives
The making of the national budget
Chapter 3: The Police
Civilian force
The police organization
Beyond crame
Officers and men
National police commission
Local officials
Other law-enforcement agencies
Crime
Vrime victimization
Paging the police
Criminal justice system
Women and children
Bungling cops
Police brutality
Booting out undersirables
Complaints against cops
Anti-crime NGOs
Various Sidebars: Police commissionded officers
Police Non-Commissioned Offers
A quick guide to PNP's crime statistics
Police paperwork
Glossary of crime
What to do when a heinous crime occurs
Chapter 4: The Court
The judicial institutions
The courts following cases through the courts
When The DOJ stop in
A few more helpful terms
A stickler for rules
Where to look for a helping hand
scrutinizing reputations
The Paper trail
Numbers that tell tales
attending hearings
Guarding against
The legal backlash
People vs godoy
Libel
Complaints
Chapter 5:The Military
Access to information
Guiding principles
Multilayered organization
Command and staff
Staff work
The Joint general staff (j-staff)
Discipline and public accountability
Battlefield violations
Military in business
Policies for the AFP
Various sidebars: Classified, Declassified
Alerts
Military ranks
Promotion
Excerpts from the AFP code of ethics
Chapter 6: The Environment
Sustainable development
Understanding the DENR
Access to information
Powerful agency
Dual function
Navigating the DENR
Foreign-donor established offices
The green,brown and blue
The mining sector
The brown sector
Environmental complaince certificate
The blue sector
Local governments and the environment
Pollution
NGOs and the environment
Journalism with attitude
Various sidebars: Government agencies involved with the environment
Chapter 7: Goverment Project
Overview
Laws and policies
Sources of basic information
Project idea and feasibility
Evaluation and approval
Implementation and monitoring
Various sidebars: components of a project cycle
Flow chart of ICC business
Directory
Chapter 8: Agencies that regulate business
The SEC
Corporate birth certificate
Articles of incorporeation
General information sheet
Annual financial statement
Regular and occasional reports
Other reports
Special reports
Where and how to look
Navigating the SEC
Beyond the SEC
Various side bars: what's in a number?
Directory
Women and children
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