The Politics of the Philippines takes place in an organized

framework of a presedential,representative, and

democratic republic whereby the president is both
the head of state and the head of government within a
pluriform multi-party system. This system revolves around
three separate and sovereign yet interdependent
branches: the legislative branch (the law-making body),
the executive branch (the law-enforcing body), and the
judicial branch (the law-interpreting body). Executive
power is exercised by the government under the
leadership of the president. Legislative power is vested in
both the government and the two-chamber congress
the Senate(the upper chamber) and the House of
Representatives (the lower chamber). Judicial power is
vested in the courts with the Supreme Court of the
Philippines as the highest judicial body.
 Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III,
Known as Noynoy Aquino or Pnoy, born on
February 8, 1960. A Filipino politician who has been
the 15th and the current President of the Philippines
since June 2010.
officially announced he would be a candidate in
the 2010 presidential election, held on May 10,
2010.

Born in Manila, Aquino graduated from Ateneo de

Manila University in 1981 and joined his family in
their exile in the United States shortly thereafter.
He returned to the Philippines in 1983 shortly after
the assassination of his father and held several
positions working in the private sector. In 1998, he
was elected to the House of Representatives as
Representative of the 2nd district
of Tarlac province. He was subsequently re-elected
to the House in 2001 and 2004.[3] In 2007, having
been barred from running for re-election to the
House due to term limits, he was elected to the
Senate in the 14th Congress of the Philippines.

Following the death of his mother on August 1,

2009, many people began calling on Aquino to run
for president.[3] On September 9, 2009, Aquino
 This is the one thing that
separates us
from the rest of the world - our
colorful and lively culture that
makes us distinctly Filipino. This
includes traditions, language, arts,
etc. which are found in museums,
churches and galleries, found
within the heart of the key cities.

Most provinces have their own

identifying folk dances too wherein
they showcase the elegance and
beauty of the way we do things,
the way we dress, the way we see
things as shown in different
paintings, as we have been
influenced by events that
happened in our history.
Thats not all. When you have lived
in the Philippines long enough,
youll know that its not an
exaggeration to say there is a town
thats celebrating its fiesta every
single day.
 The Philippines has a tropical marine climate dominated
by a rainy season and a dry season. The summer monsoon
brings heavy rains to most of the archipelago from May to
October, whereas the winter monsoon brings cooler and drier
air from December to February. Manila and most of the lowland
areas are hot and dusty from March to May. Even at this time,
however, temperatures rarely rise above 37 C. Mean annual
sea-level temperatures rarely fall below 27 C. Annual rainfall
measures as much as 5,000 millimeters in the mountainous
east coast section of the country, but less than 1,000
millimeters in some of the sheltered valleys.
Monsoon rains, although hard and drenching, are not
normally associated with high winds and waves. But the
Philippines does sit astride the typhoon belt, and it suffers an
annual onslaught of dangerous storms from July through
October. These are especially hazardous for northern and
eastern Luzon and the Bicol and Eastern Visayas regions, but
Manila gets devastated periodically as well.
 ECONOMY OF THE PHILIPPINES
The economy of the Philippines is the 12th
largest economy in Asia and the 32nd largest
economy in the world by purchasing power
parity according to the International
Monetary Fund in 2010. It was the 5th largest
economy in South East Asia. A newly
industrialized emerging market economy, it
posted a real GDP growth rate of 5.3% in
2006 and 7.1% in 2007. Growth slowed to
3.8% in 2008 as a result of the global financial
crisis. In 2009, the real growth rate was 1.1%
despite of global economic recession.[12] The
Philippine economy grew by 7.6% in
2010,[1] which several reports described as
the fastest growth in 34 years.[3]According
to Goldman Sachs, the Philippine economy
will become the 14th largest economy in the
world by 2050.[13][14]
Important sectors of Philippine industry
include food processing, textiles and
garments, and electronics assembly. Most
industries are concentrated in the urban
areas around Metro Manila, while Metro
Cebu is also becoming an attraction for
foreign and local investors. Mining also has
great potential in the Philippines, which
possesses significant reserves of chromite,
nickel, and copper. As of 2008 it was reported
to be ranked as one of the five most mineral-
rich countries in the world by the Fraser
Institute, with the Philippine Government
estimating mineral wealth at $1 trillion,
however with investment being discouraged
by excessive and slow regulatory procedures,
along with laws that give local governments
significant power over the exploitation of
mineral resources.[15] Recent natural gas finds
off the islands of Palawan add to the
country's geothermal, hydro, coal, and oil
exploration energy reserves.
In its foreign policy, the Philippines cultivates constructive relations with its Asian
neighbors, with whom it is linked through membership in the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), and the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. The Philippines chaired ASEAN
from 2006 to 2007, hosting the ASEAN Heads of State Summit and the ASEAN
Regional Forum. The Philippines is a member of the UN and some of its
specialized agencies, and served a 2-year term as a member of the UN Security
Council from 2004-2005, acting as UNSC President in September 2005. Since
1992, the Philippines has been a member of the Non-Aligned Movement. The
government is seeking observer status in the Organization of the Islamic
Conference (OIC). The Philippines has played a key role in ASEAN in recent years,
ratifying the ASEAN Charter in October 2008. The Philippines also values its
relations with the countries of the Middle East, in no small part because
hundreds of thousands of Filipinos are employed in that region. The welfare of
the some four million to five million overseas Filipino contract workers is
considered to be a pillar of Philippine foreign policy.
The Philippines signed its first bilateral free trade agreement in 2006 with Japan
under the Japan Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). The
Philippines has also begun implementing preferential rates under the ASEAN
trade in goods agreement (ATIGA), ASEAN-China, ASEAN-Korea, and ASEAN-
Australia New Zealand Free Trade Areas.