UNIT 4_FILIPINO BAYANIHAN, NATIONALISM AND PATRIOTISM

• Bayanihan - derived from the root word bayani, which means hero. Thus, would translate to doing a selfless heroic act of helping others without expecting something in return.
• Nationalism - is about loving and protecting your home country, the place where you were born. It's about feeling proud of your country and wanting to see it  succeed.
• Patriotism - is taken from the Latin term pater, which literally means "father". It is the willingness and determination to lay down one's life for the fatherland - the constant resolve to sacrifice one's life and limb for the preservation of the State.
• In the Philippines, today, we are lacking in patriots largely due to the diffusion of Filipino values, culture, the influence of conquistadores, and the confluence of historical bad governance.
• The white triangle stands for equality; the blue stripe stands for peace, truth, and justice; and the red stripe represents patriotism and valor; and the eight (8) rays represent the 8 provinces: Manila, Bulacan, Pampanga, Cavite, Batangas, Laguna, Tarlac, and Nueva Ecija.
• SELECTED LESSONS FROM 1987 CONSTITUTION

  • THE PHILIPPINES, A DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN STATE. A republican government is a form of democracy where the people elect representatives to govern them. These representatives, or elected officials, are considered servants of the people, not their masters. This means that their power comes from the people, and they are accountable to them.
• CITIZENSHIP - A state is like a big family. It has members (citizens), a home (territory), a leader (government), and the power to make its own rules (sovereignty).

  Being a citizen means you belong to the state and you promise to be loyal to it. In return, the state promises to protect you.
• GENERAL WAYS OF ACQUIRING CITIZENSHIP

  1. Involuntary method - by birth, because of blood relationship or place of birth; and
  2. Voluntary method - by naturalization
• CITIZENS BY BIRTH

  1. Jus sanguinis - Blood relationship is the basis for the acquisition of citizenship under this rule. The children follow the citizenship of the parents or one of them. This is the principle followed in the Philippines.
  2. Jus soli - Place of birth serves as the basis for acquiring citizenship under this rule. A person becomes a citizen of the state where he is born irrespective of the citizenship of the parents. This principle prevails in the United States.
• A citizen is someone who belongs to a country and has all the rights and protections that come with It.
• In a country ruled by a king or queen, a citizen might be called a subject.
• An alien or foreigner is someone who lives in a country but doesn't belong to it.
• Dual citizenship means being a citizen of two countries at the same time. 
• Dual allegiance is when someone who becomes a citizen of a new country still feels loyal to their old country.
• The Constitution states that "Public office is a public trust. Public officers and employees must at all times be accountable to the people, serve them with utmost responsibility, integrity, loyalty, and efficiency, act with patriotism and justice, and lead modest lives."
• Impeachment - is a method of national inquest into the conduct of public men. It is essentially like criminal prosecution before a quasi-political court instituted by a written accusation called articles of impeachment upon a charge of the commission of the crime or some official misconduct or neglect.
• IMPEACHABLE OFFICIALS

  1. The President and Vice President
  2. Members of the Supreme Court
  3. Members of the Constitutional Commission
  4. Ombudsman
• GROUND FOR IMPEACHMENT

  1. Culpable violation of the constitution
  2. Treason - the act of betraying one's country
  3. Bribery - giving of a bribe
  4. Graft and Corruption
  5. Other high crimes