Structure of Governance

Philippines Political Structure Executive President

Vice President
Cabinet Members, Secretary Department, Legislative House of Senate,
Senate President, House of Representatives, Speaker,
Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice
Court of Appeals Sandiganbayan
Court of Tax Appeals Ombudsman
Elections Commission on Elections
Local Government Unit
Provinces Governor, Vice Governo, Sangguniang Panlalawigan
Member,
Town/Cities Mayor, Vice Mayo, Sangguniang Bayan Member,
Barangay, Barangay Captain, Barangay Kagawad, Members.
What is the function of government?
1.

Foreign Relations - Diplomacy and Defense

2.

Develop business strength - Incubate small business, special

research and development, such as space research, job training,
unemployment insurance and more.

3.

Protect and regulate the sustainable use of natural resources.

4.

Enforce and regulate fair and responsible business practices.

Included in this is monitoring monetary policy, giving consumer
protection and regulating banking practices.

5.

Determine and enforce civil laws of property and conduct. This

includes the freedoms of the press, religion and rights of
property.

6.

Provide public goods and services for the well-being of the

community as a whole, such as infrastructure, vaccination
programs, disaster relief, fireworks shows, public parks, basic
healthcare, subsidized housing, public education and public
utilities.
(These are things that the government provides better than
private business for the community at large through pooling
money and resources. There are more positive externalities for
society when government provides public goods and services.)

Need for alternative education

Alternative education, also known as non-traditional

education or educational alternative, includes a number of approaches
to teaching and learning separate from that offered by mainstream
or traditional education. Educational alternatives are rooted in a
number of philosophies differing from those of mainstream education.
Although some alternatives
have political, scholarly or philosophical orientations, others were
begun by informal associations of teachers and students dissatisfied
with some aspects of mainstream education. Educational alternatives
(which include charter, alternative and independent schools and homebased learning) vary, but usually emphasize small class sizes, close
relationships between students and teachers and a sense of
community.
What is Government?
A government is the system by which a state or community is
governed. In Commonwealth English, a government more narrowly
refers to the particular executive in control of a state at a given time
known in American English as an administration. In American
English, government refers to the larger system by which any state is

organized. Furthermore, government is occasionally used in English

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as a synonym for governance.

In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally
consists of legislators, administrators, and arbitrators. Government is the
means by which state policy is enforced, as well as the mechanism for
determining the policy of the state. A form of government, or form of
state governance, refers to the set of political systems and institutions
that make up the organization of a specific government.
Government of any kind currently affects every human activity in many
important ways. For this reason, political scientists generally argue that
government should not be studied by itself; but should be studied along
with anthropology, economics, history, philosophy, science,
and sociology.
Functions of the Government
The Tenth Amendment specifies that the powers not given to the federal
government are reserved for the state government and the people. The
amendment meant more when our nation was young, than it does today.
The Supreme Court has refused to restrict the exercise of federal powers
just because such powers intrude on powers reserved for the states. But
just because states have fewer exclusive powers than they once had,
doesn't mean they don't have many powers within their jurisdiction.
States can do anything that is not prohibited by the Constitution. They
can also do anything that is not preempted by federal policy. One
generally recognized state power is the police power. States can enact
and enforce criminal laws, laws regarding education, health regulations,
highway construction, public welfare laws, and control and use of land
within its borders. State governments also provide for the safety of its
citizens and the welfare of its citizens.