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Impeachment in the Philippines is an expressed power of the Congress of the Philippines to formally charge a serving government official with an impeachable offense. After being impeached by the House of Representatives, the official is then tried in the Senate. If convicted, the official is either removed from office or censured.
January 1 – Civil government of the Province of Cebu restored through Act No. 322 enacted on December 20, 1901. [81] January 28 – Civil government of the Province of Nueva Vizcaya established through Act No. 337. [82] April 1 – Civil government of the Province of Bohol restored through Act No. 365 enacted on March 3, 1902. [83]
In 2012, President Benigno Aquino said that, according to Transparency International, the factors driving the progress in the Philippines' Corruption Perception Index scores at that time were improved government service and reduced red tape. [8] Between 2012 and 2014, the Philippines's score rose from 34 to its highest-ever score of 38. [9]
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) (Filipino: Tanod Baybayin ng Pilipinas) is the third [4] armed uniformed service [5] of the country attached to the Philippines' Department of Transportation, [4] tasked primarily with enforcing laws within Philippine waters, conducting maritime security operations, safeguarding life and property at sea, and protecting marine environment and resources; similar ...
Parties of current Philippine provincial governors shaded for their respective provinces. Incumbent provincial governors of the Philippines were elected on May 9, 2022, and took oath of office on June 30, 2022. The current term will expire on June 30, 2025, as mandated by the Local Government Code.
The Governance Commission is the "government's central advisory and oversight body over the public corporate sector" according to the Official Gazette of the Philippine government. [4] The Governance Commission among other duties prepares for the president of the Philippines a shortlist of candidates for appointment by the president to GOCC boards.
Manila mayor Ramon Bagatsing of established the first Barangay Bureau in the Philippines, creating the blueprint for the barangay system as the basic socio-political unit for the city in the early 1970s. This was quickly replicated by the national government, and in 1974, President Ferdinand Marcos ordered the renaming of barrios to barangays. [18]