Philippines Government
The Government of the Philippines ( fil, Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas) has three interdependent branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The Philippines is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic constitutional republic in which the president functions as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform multi-party system. The powers of the three branches are vested by the Constitution of the Philippines in the following: Legislative power is vested in the two-chamber Congress of the Philippines—the Senate is the upper chamber and the House of Representatives is the lower chamber. Executive power is exercised by the government under the leadership of the president. Judicial power is vested in the courts with the Supreme Court of the Philippines as the highest judicial body. Legislative branch The legislative power is vested in the Congress of the Philippines which consists of th ...
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Coat Of Arms Of The Philippines
The coat of arms of the Philippines ( fil, Sagisag ng Pilipinas; es, Escudo de Filipinas) features the eight-rayed sun of the Philippines with each ray representing the eight provinces (Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Manila, Laguna (province), Laguna, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, and Tarlac) which were placed under martial law by Governor-General of the Philippines, Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas, Ramón Blanco Sr. during the Philippine Revolution, and the three five-pointed stars representing the Island groups of the Philippines, three major island groups of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. On the blue field on the Dexter and sinister, dexter side is the Bald eagle, North American bald eagle of the Coat of arms of the United States, United States, and on the red field on the dexter and sinister, sinister side is the ''lion rampant'' of the coat of arms of the Kingdom of León of Spain, both representing the country's colonial past. The current arms, which shares many features ...
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