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The issue of Indigenous peoples’ rights has always been fought for both internationally and domestically. This writing focuses on implementing the principle of “Free, Prior, and Informed Consent” (FPIC) in the affairs of the Orang Asli in Semenanjung Malaysia. Article 3 of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DHOA) 2007 recognise the FPIC principle which entails the spirit of the right of Indigenous peoples to self-determination. The principles of IMABT and consultation are key aspects of the right to self-determination that allow the Indigenous community of a country to be involved in the decision-making process on matters that may affect them. Malaysia has not prepared any guidelines for implementing the FPIC principle despite agreeing with the adoption of the DHOA. Therefore, this paper presents a proposal to implement on FPIC guideline which is practical and suitable for Orang Asli in Malaysia. For this purpose, the Philippines will be used as a reference country to see how this principle is implemented in the country. If this principle is successfully implemented, it will be a great starting point that recognizes the rights of Orang Asli and will also be able to improve their socio-economic status. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to study the poetry of some of the leading contemporary feminist poets in the Philippines today. Using selected well-known works of Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo, Joj Barrios, Benilda S. Santos, Rebecca Añonuevo, Grace Monte de Ramos, Mila D. Aguilar, and Virginia Moreno, the paper aims to show that feminist poetry is not only for the emancipation of women but also of men. For the author, the patriarchal system oppresses both gender, although on different types and levels. Intended or not, the efforts offeminist poets to expose this system may also lead to the dissolution of the burdens given to men. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examined the different forms and levels of hope that are contained in the discourses of the El Shaddai Movement. This paper has six parts. First, it explored the person of Velarde and the current shape of the movement that he founded. Second, it laid down its research methodology, particularly the theories that were used in reading the said discourses which were taken from the thoughts of Weber, Bloch, and Mannheim. Third, using the theory of Bloch, the paper identified the elements of hope that are contained in the said discourses as expressions ofpopular culture. Fourth, using the theory of Mannheim, it examined the tension between ideology and utopia within the said discourses, in order to ascertain if the movement's hope can promise anything in the field ofpolitical and social order. Fifth, using the theory of Weber, this paper examined traces of Protestant ethic in the said discourses that could serve as hope in thefield ofeconomics. As conclusion, this paper compared the different forms and levels of hope that were uncovered from the said discourses, and explored their implications on Philippine politics and society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Names and labels are important in any society. In many instances, it can be proven that these are used in garnering of power and strength towards a selfish goal. It's not difficult to understand that the label/description or saying and proverb or image in the literature and the arts help in the formation of the person of his own perception or concept of a person. Language gives meaning and significance to the identity and nature of a person. According to Francine Frank and Frank Ashen, "if the name is a possession of the named, the right to name possesses the power to give meaning to the one named." Discussed in this paper are some of the pictures and images of the women that can be found in the myths until the present times. The paper particularly deals with the language in the persistence of retaining the negative image that is far from the real identity of the women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discussed in this paper is the provision of the Filipino language written in Article XIV, section 6 to 9 of the 1986 Constitution of the Philippines. The paper examines if the accusations of columnist Pacis can serve as a basis in looking at the present dynamics of the Filipino language in the society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The experiences of individuals in a developmental life stage called adolescence are presented in this paper. The descriptions here of Filipino adolescent experiences are rooted in Philippine culture such as pagbabarkada (friendship formation) and panliligaw (romantic relationship). The presentation of themes is based on metaphors that illustrate indigenous thoughts on how individuals experience adolescence or paglalabintaunin in a given cultural context. Some of the ideas discussed in this paper about the Filipino adolescent pertain to personality and social development factors such as sexual and socio-emotional relationships. Evidences are derived from the researches conducted by some psychology students for their theses in order to complete the requirements for a baccalaureate degree in arts, major in psychology at De La Salle University. The selected studies are those written in Filipino and are about the experiences of Filipino teenagers, which attracted the interests of student-researchers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to study the noontime show Wowowee from the perspective of its audience in the era of Diaspora. Using selected materials available on the Internet, the paper attempts to read the dynamics of the relationship between selected Filipino fans, who are based overseas, and the program at large in order to uncover hidden discourses of globalization and decolonization. Wowowee serves as an agent of what the author describes as a 'reconnection' to the country left by Filipinos in Diaspora as well as a mediator in fulfilling a project of re-imagination, which the author dubs the 'continuously imagined collective.' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The policy of the Philippines' claim to Sabah is significantly influenced by the development of the Philippines' internal politics and the ideology supported by its presidents. During the regimes of President Macapagal and President Marcos, the Philippines' foreign policy towards Sabah was fundamentally influenced by the irredentism policy in order to claim that region. The claim over Sabah became the Philippines' national agenda that was previously confined to the territorial issue of the Sulu Sultanate. The changes that transpired in the people's struggle, especially since the administrations of Corazon Aquino and Fidel V. Ramos, have brought to life the new idea that true nationalism is based on the "people's interests" as expressed in the People's Power Revolution. Both presidents later changed the Philippines' policy towards Sabah to a dormant claim after all efforts made to drop the claim to Sabah met with failure. Thus, this article aims to assess the continuity and changes of the Philippine claim policy on Sabah and the impact of the idea of nationalism on the formation of the policy since the administration of President Macapagal until that of President Fidel V. Ramos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper tackles how the Inspección General de Monies was instrumental in expanding the realms of the Spanish colonial dominion in the Philippines, from the plains/lowlands to the forests and mountains during the latter part of the 19111 century. As a branch of the Spanish colonial government composed of forest engineers, it was tasked to do the following, among others: classify trees of commercial and ecological values, process license to cut trees, guard against illegal loggers and undertake field work in order to further study the natural resources of the Philippines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study asserts that it is impossible to have a meaningful education if there is no understandable medium of teaching. The issue brought about by Article 14 which states in the 1987 Constitution that Filipino is the National Language was further intensified. Cebu revolted when the former minister of Education enforced that Filipino should be used as a medium of teaching in all schools, in all the regions. This paper aims to describe the significant relationship between class & reality, language & sensibility in achieving a meaningful education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

How can we develop the Filipino in the field of philosophy? What is the only thing that philosophy can contribute in the widening of the Filipino vocabularies? What are the barriers that get in the way of the advancement and progress of our own language, and how do we outgrow or transcend these problems? These are the important questions that this paper would attempt to answer. In discussing these, we are going to divide them into three extensive culling of thoughts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In using the borrowed words in the statements that have origins or native forms, the natural names as to how they are called are included, the new acquired words will also have Filipino qualities, it will have Filipino colors and characters, and they become instruments in pronouncing the Filipino culture. Regardless if it's an English word or a Spanish one, the moment that a Filipino uses it, the concept will be interpreted depending on the injunction of the culture which is native to him. The objective of this paper is to show the importance of having the knowledge of the language as the instrument in broadcasting and the consideration of the mixing of cultures of both languages in translation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is the objective of this paper to prove that the state is using the El Filibusterismo of Jose Rizal to continue governing the independent consciousness of the youth. It is also the purpose to show that a method in critics can be used to catch the state in intriguing the field of ideology. The state deliberately pushes the nationalism of Rizal through the use of the system of education. The state does this in many ways, first in this is the requiring of the students in high school to read the discomfited version of El Filibusterismo. The text which will be used for analyzing is Chapter 13 of the novel El Filibusterismo, which depicts the story of a class in physics in University of Santo Tomas during the 19th Century. The post-colonial theory which was formulated by Renato Constantio and Bienvenido Lumbera will be used as the general theory. Also, employing the methods used by the critics following the Cultural Materialism in Britain, the New Historicism in the United States, and the post-colonial theories in the countries who are members of the British Commonwealth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It's not the priority need for the development of the social science in the Philippines to intentionally search for Filipino examples in sociology, psychology, linguistic, and others, but to find for a justifiable orientation that recognizes the reality of the situation, of the truths, of their meaning and as much as possible what is it that the people are capable of creating as a whole; creative supposition at first in order to help us in the formulation of tried assumptions; and after that, finding the theory (included in the theories that can be acquired) that can help in attempting to explain and discover the proofs to our assumptions; usually this kind of theory is side-by-side with a particular process, system and instruments (in the case of the social science, these are collective instruments). This paper aims to clarify the problematic situation in the professions in coming up with an adequate and acceptable registers in the field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to characterize the language status of Malaysia and the Philippines. Like Malaysia, we not only have to learn the ways but the lessons from history and sociology of technological advancement of the developed countries. The Filipino needs a change in ideology, culture and morality so that he could escape the chains binding him to ignorance, hardships, and slavery caused by the Spaniards in the past and the Americans at present. In relation to the outlining of an effective language program, especially in the creation of specialized vocabularies, the promotion by the government is an imperative. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Philippines is experiencing a major complex. When something is deemed Filipino, we treat it as low class. We thought that the whole world would praise us, especially those from Asia if we are speaking in English. We don't realize that they are laughing at us, because even if we are good in English, we don't know our own language. Until we have overcome this complex, we can only be praised at our faces but be laughed at our backs. Each intellectual in our country should give his contribution for the national effort towards Filipinization. Only through this, could we say that the professionals have a great responsibility in achieving a meaningful educational policy. This paper discusses the significant relationship of a national language in achieving an education truly for the Filipinos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We cannot deny that our own language, a native language and one that is not foreign is important in having self-identity or essence. The symbol of a flag, of a marcha nacional, of a national anthem, of a national flower, of a national costume are all meaningful as signs of self-identity and independence. But these are just signs - a symbol. There is a need for making meaning for those who use the symbols. And more importantly, we value the meaning more than the symbol. The symbol is only a symbol - it's not significant if the ones using the symbols don't possess the sentiments. And the signs can be replaced; they can be renewed if needed. In this paper, the case of our neighboring countries in South-East Asia such as Indonesia and Singapore are compared for the case of the Philippines, because these two countries give us a different picture in revisiting the language as an important part of the formation of our identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Philippine Education undertook a revision of the (tertiary) Filipino (language) curriculum to maximize student learning and meet the more complex demands of local/global citizens. This paper examines the extent towhich the Filipino curriculum is able to answer the needs of each student in learning and using Filipino as a national language ~to promote literacy, development and progress, and national unity and identity. Curricular revision takes a positive direction as our national language Filipino keeps apace with national/global issues and concerns and challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The roles played by the women in the conflict resolution involving the Muslim community in the Southern Philippines was not given the spotlight it deserved in the series of peace talks between the republic and the separatist groups. The roles of women were as if they were insignificant and of a passive manner while women were undeniably the important “stakeholder” beside the fact that the conflict that erupted affected this group the most amongst the population there. They are also capable to contribute to a new paradigm in conflict resolution. Realizing this, the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) passed Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security as a democratizing mechanism towards the encouragement of women in conflict resolution, protection amidst conflict, and peacemaking. In line with the introduction of this Resolution 1325, The Republic of Philippines also introduced the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (NAPWPS) and the National Action Plan (NAP) as a sign of support to UNSCR in order to widen the roles of women in peace talks and peacemaking programs. The main focus of this research is to look at the development of women empowerment in peace talks and peacemaking programs during President Benigno Aquino III’s administration, as well as the response of the Philippines towards Resolution 1325 especially in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), under microscopic lenses. This research utilized the qualitative approach by conducting thorough analysis on primary and secondary sources like official documents from the Philippine government, treaties, the constitution, books, theses, and journals. This research shows that the roles of women in peace talks were active and inspiring under the administration of President Benigno Aquino III especially through the establishment of Regional Commission on Bangsamoro Women (RCBW) and the role of Miriam Coronel-Ferrer as the world’s first woman to be appointed the peacemaker in the peace talks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]