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This institution is the main agency to enforce the rules and regulations regarding the conduct of regular and special elections.
a. COMELEC
b. GoodGovPH
c. Boto Pilipino
d. iMPACT Leadership
a. COMELEC
The COMELEC is the principal government agency tasked by the Constitution to enforce and administer all laws and regulations concerning the conduct of regular and special elections
This woman joined the Miss Universe Philippines 2021, clarifying that she herself is not the beauty standard. She then proceeded to say that she joined the pageant to be a representation of young girls like her.
a. Kesha Ramachandran from Iloilo City
b. Victoria Velasquez from Cavite
c. Steffi Aberasturi from Cebu
d. Rosanne Marie Bernos from San Juan City
d. Rosanne Marie Bernos from San Juan City
Rosanne: "Let me clarify one thing. I did not join Miss Universe Philippines because I believed I was the beauty standard. I joined it because I know I'm not, and it's about time girls like me are allowed to try to," she said in an Instagram Stories post. Bernos went on to share that she wants to represent "kids out there who see themselves in me."
Aside from the billions of pesos stolen, the Marcos dictatorship was known for its violations against __________, with at least 9,000 cases documented by the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines from 1969 to 1986.
a. Civil liberties
b. Property rights
c. Human rights
d. Due process
c. Human rights
Human rights abuses include arrest, salvaging, disappearance, massacre, torture, confiscation and/or destruction of property, harassment, among others. The TFDP notes that nearly half of the abuses took place in Mindanao.
True or False.
Because of the pandemic, Filipinos can now register online using iRehistro set up by COMELEC.
False
Eligible Filipinos cannot register online. Accomplishing forms online through iRehistro does not mean you are registered already. They will still have to go to their local Comelec offices or the Offices of the Election Officer to submit forms, get their photo taken, and leave their fingerprints and digital signature.
In July 2021, Cebu students went viral over ______________ uniform campaign wherein they wore their uniforms in a cafe claiming that if malls, tourist spots, and bars have reopened, we should push for the safe and gradual reopening of schools too.
a. #Tumindig
b. #NoToBudgetCuts
c. #LigtasNaBalikEskwela
d. #NoStudentsLeftBehind
c. #LigtasNaBalikEskwela
Since 2020, student activist groups have been campaigning #LigtasNaBalikEskwela for the safe return of students, teachers, and other academic members to educational institutions.
True or False
The Philippines never experienced Martial Law again after Marcos’s Rule
False
In 2017, Duterte declared Martial Law in Mindanao under Proclamation No. 216. Under this Proclamation, the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus was also suspended.
Over 100 days were lost in the registration period due to lockdowns in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. How did the COMELEC modify the registration process/period?
a. COMELEC extended the registration period until October 2021.
b. COMELEC set up additional offices to cater new registrants.
c. COMELEC allowed people to register on Saturdays and holidays.
d. COMELEC set up an online registration system.
c. COMELEC allowed people to register on Saturdays and holidays.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will not extend the deadline for voter registration, set until Sept. 30. As a compromise, the poll body will be extending registration hours, and its local offices will be open on Saturdays and holidays, with 43 days remaining before the deadline.
Which party will file a resolution seeking an investigation into the "highly questionable" transfer of funds from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac).
a. Gabriela Women's Party
b. Kabataan Partylist
c. PDP-Laban
d. Bayan Muna
a. Gabriela Women's Party
Note: According to Gabriela Women's Party Rep. Arlene Brosas, "This is a bad and illegal practice of 'charging against existing appropriations' of NTF-Elcac's member-agencies,"
Who in the Marcos Family was found guilty of 7 counts of graft for illegally creating private organizations in Switzerland?
a. Imee Marcos
b. Bongbong Marcos
c. Imelda Marcos
d. Ferdinand Marcos
c. Imelda Marcos
In November 2018, the Sandiganbayan found Imelda Marcos guilty of 7 counts of graft for illegally creating private organizations in Switzerland while she held various positions as a government official under her husband's rule.
The COMELEC projected how many million first-time voters will register, amounting to a total of 59 million registrants as of August 23.
a. 2 million
b. 3 million
c. 4 million
d. 6 million
C.
The Comelec previously said it has also already registered 4.3 million first-time voters, past its target of 4 million. Reaching that number was one of the things that the Comelec highlighted in the past when asked whether it would consider extending the September 30 voter registration deadline.
Recently, COA flags DOH for deficiencies in handling of Php _________ in Covid-19 response funds
a. 67.7 Billion
b. 67.3 Billion
c. 67.2 Billion
d. 67.9 Billion
b. 67.3 Billion
The over P67 billion funds that “remained idle” at the end of 2020 did not translate into “much-needed health supplies, equipment, and services” that could have benefited both health workers and the public during the pandemic.
The _________________ opposed the plan to bury Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani due to the reasons that Marcos’s military records are fraught with myths, factual inconsistencies, and lies.
a. National Historical Commission of the Philippines
b. Human Rights Violations Victims' Memorial Commission
c. International Criminal Court
d. UP College of Social Science and Philosophy - Department of History
a. National Historical Commission of the Philippines
The NHCP study demonstrates that: Marcos lied about receiving US Medals; His guerilla unit - Ang Maharlika - was never officially recognized and neither was his leadership of it; US officials did not recognize Marcos’s promotion from Major to Lieutenant Colonel; some of Marcos’s actions as a soldier were officially questioned by the upper echelons of the US military.
Which of the following is not part of the Criteria to be a Presidential Candidate?
a. A registered voter
b. Must have a bachelor’s degree.
c. 40 years of age at the day of election
d. Must have resided in the Philippines 10 years before the election was held.
b. Must have a bachelor’s degree.
According to the constitution, an individual may become President provided he meets the following criteria:
natural born Filipino;
a registered voter;
must be able to read and write;
40 years of age at the day of the election; and
must have resided in the Philippines ten years before the election is held.
The highest number of cases as of August 28, 2021 is ____
a. 19, 506
b. 18, 332
d. 18, 528
e. 19, 441
a. 19, 506
The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday reported 19,441 new COVID-19 cases to bring the country’s caseload to 1,935,700.
This is the highest number of cases after the 18,332 cases reported last August 23.
The Philippine GDP per capita declined after 1982 and did not reach the same level until 2003, or 21 years later. This severe retrogression of Filipinos’ income per person – called “______________” – testifies to a truly dark era in the Philippines’ economic history.
a. “Lost Decades of Development”
b. “Sick man of Asia”
d. “Dark Economic History in Martial Law”
e. “Golden Age”
A. “lost decades of development”
It took the country an entire generation to recover from the bad outcomes of the Marcos regime’s economic policies and management. Even with this data alone, it is difficult to understand why many people cling to the idea that the Marcos regime, taken as a whole, brought about the Philippine economy’s “golden age”.