L10 Political Self

• POLITICAL SELF

  ·       A result of various personal & environmental factors that impact the individual
• Politika

  • Means affairs of the cities
  • Etymology of politics
  • From Greek word & title of Aristotle’s work
• POLITICS

  ·       Science of government

  ·       Activities of a political party

  ·       Set of activities that are associated with making decision in groups, or other forms of power relations between individuals.
• FILIPINO

  ·       Word is rooted from the Spanish colonization

  ·       Specifically “Las Islas Filipinas” or “the Philippine Islands”
• The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines: Citizens of the Philippines
• FILIPINO MAKERS

  ·       Hallmarks of being a Filipino

  ·       Constant reminder of our Nationality
• Filipino Makers:

  • Proverbs/Salawikain
  • Superstitions
  • Myths & Legends
  • Heroes & Icons
• FILIPINO MAKERS: PROVERBS/SALAWIKAIN

  ·       Saying that convey lesson on Fil practices, beliefs, traditions

  ·       “Kung may tiyaga, may nilaga”
• FILIPINO MAKERS: SUPERSTITIONS

  ·       Belief/notion, not based on reason/knowledge, in or ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, etc.

  ·       Pancit represents long life
• FILIPINO MAKERS: MYTHS & LEGENDS

  ·       Aims to explain origin of things and lessons

  ·       Alamat ng Pinya
• FILIPINO MAKERS: HEROES & ICONS

  ·       Serves a reminder of true patriotism & nationalism
• ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP

  ·       The structured forms of engagement with political processes & everyday forms of participation in society

  ·       Participation is the fundamental right of citizenship

  ·       People manifest different levels of active citizenships
• TWO MODES OF ACQUIRING FILIPINO CITIZENSHIP

  • Filipino by Birth
  • Filipino by Naturalization
• Filipino by Birth: Jus soli (right of soli)

  ·       A legal principle that a person’s nationality at birth is determines by the place of birth
• Filipino by Birth: Jus sanguinis (right of blood)

  ·       Legal principle that, at birth, an individual acquires the nationality of his/her natural parent/s

  ·       The PH adheres to this principle

   
• FILIPINO BY NATURALIZATION

  ·       The judicial act of adopting a foreigner & clothing him with the privileges of a native-born citizen

  ·       Implies the renunciation of a former nationality & the fact of entrance into a similar relation towards a new body politic (2Am.Jur.561 , par.188)
• Filipino Citizens are:

  ·       Those who are citizens of the PH at the time of the adoption of this Constitutions
• Filipino Citizens are:

  ·       Those whose fathers/mothers are citizens of the Philippines
• Filipino Citizens are:

  ·       Those born before January 17, 1973, of Filipino mothers, who elect Philippines Citizenship upon reaching the age of majority
• Filipino Citizens are:

  ·       Those who are naturalized in accordance with law
• How to be a good filipino:

  • BE AN ACTIVE & RESPONSIBLE FILIPINO CITIZEN
  • STUDY THE PHILIPPINE HISTORY
  • SUPPORT LOCAL PRODUCTS
  • SPEAK THE FILIPINO LANGUAGE
  • DO NOT SPREAD FAKE NEWS & BE DEMOCRATIC IN ENGAGING WITH DISSENT
  • DO NOT LITTER