What can you say about the civilization and the political situations right now
in the Philippines? (essay)
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The politics of the Philippines take place in an organized framework of a presidential, representative, and democratic republic whereby the president is both the head of state and the head of government within a pluriform multi-party system.
The country's heroes faced foreign colonizers centuries ago, but Filipinos now are facing “modern problems” such as poverty, corruption, environmental degradation, terrorism, criminality, and illegal drugs.
According to the United Nations, by 2050, two-thirds of the world's population will be living in urban areas. ... Here in the Philippines, 50 percent of our population already live in cities based on data from the Philippine Statistics Authority. Low economic mobility, poverty and income inequality, poor health care and nutrition, and environmental degradation are some of the key challenges the Philippines is facing in its development trajectory....
The Philippines is a republic with a presidential form of government wherein power is equally divided among its three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. The government seeks to act in the best interests of its citizens through this system of check and balance.