POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

As mandated by the Constitution, the President is vested with the following powers: to call the Congress to special session to approve or ...

The President shall address the Congres at the opening of its regular session. He may also appear before it at any other time.

The budget is the schedule of expenditures and revenue measures. This budgetary power is entrusted to the President since he is in the best ...

As head of State, the President is the spokesperson of the nation on external affairs. He may deal with foreign states and governments, exte...

The President may contract or guarantee foreign loans on behalf of the Republic of the Philippines with the prior concurrence of teh Monetar...

The President with his pardoning power may grant reprieves, commutations, and pardons and remit fines and forfeitures, after conviction by f...

The military power enables the President to: command all the armed forces of the Philippines; suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas ...

Section 17, Article VII of the Constitution mandates that the President shall have the control of all the executive departments, bureaus and...

Appointment may be defined as the selection, by the authority vested with the power, of an individual who is to exercise the functions of a...

Clear is the profound influence of the President as he is the most powerful person of the State. As head of state and chief executive, he is...