TY  - BOOK
AU  - Balgos, Cecile C. A.
TI  - The PCIJ: : a guide to government
SN  - 9718686371
U1  - 351.599 
PY  - 2003///]
CY  - Quezon City
PB  - Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
KW  - Public administration
KW  - Philippines
KW  - Guidebooks
KW  - Public institutions
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Chapter 1: The presidency; Power of the president; Path to the presidency; Official residence; Office of the president; The Executive secretary; The chief to staff; The cheif presidential legal counsel; Private office; Common staff support system; Paper flow; Ordinance powers; Deputy executive secretaries; The cabinet; "Kitchen' cabinet; President advisers and assistants; The president and the bureaucracy; The President and the military; The national security council; The president and congress; The president and the press; Various sidebars: Power of the president; What the president cannot do; Who may be elected president?; How is the president elected?; What is the president's term of office?; The president's oath or affirmation; Office of the president: Functional structure; What happens if the president is seriously ill or unable to discharge his or her duties?; How may the president be removed from office?; The Succession rule; The vice presindent; First spouse; Interplay of check and blance among the three branches of government as provided in the 1987 constitution; Chapter 2: Congress; Functions and powers; The Senate; The house of representatives; Sectoral representation and the party-list system; When a bill is filed; Committee deliberations and floor debates; The "Third Chamber"; The party line; Vested interests; Lobbying for laws; Congressional committees; Congressional inquiries; Privilege speeches; When law-makers become law breakers; Looking for pork; The paper trail; Two tribunals and a commission; Various sidebars: Power of congress; Who may be elected senator; What is a senator's term of office?; Who  may be elected congressman?; What is the term of office for a member of the house of representative?; How a bill becomes a law; Who acts on electoral diputes involving legislators?; What happens in case of a vacancy in the senate or the house of representatives; The making of the national budget; Chapter 3: The Police; Civilian force; The police organization; Beyond crame; Officers and men; National police commission; Local officials; Other law-enforcement agencies; Crime; Vrime victimization; Paging the police; Criminal justice system; Women and children; Bungling cops; Police brutality; Booting out undersirables; Complaints against cops; Anti-crime NGOs; Various Sidebars: Police commissionded officers; Police Non-Commissioned Offers; A quick guide to PNP's crime statistics; Police paperwork; Glossary of crime; What to do when a heinous crime occurs; Chapter 4: The Court; The judicial institutions; The courts following cases through the courts; When The DOJ stop in; A few more helpful terms; A stickler for rules; Where to look for a helping hand; scrutinizing reputations; The Paper trail; Numbers that tell tales; attending hearings; Guarding against; The legal backlash; People vs godoy; Libel; Complaints; Chapter 5:The Military; Access to information; Guiding principles; Multilayered organization; Command and staff; Staff work; The Joint general staff (j-staff); Discipline and public accountability; Battlefield violations; Military in business; Policies for the AFP; Various sidebars: Classified, Declassified; Alerts; Military ranks; Promotion; Excerpts from the AFP code of ethics; Chapter 6: The Environment; Sustainable development; Understanding the DENR; Access to information; Powerful agency; Dual function; Navigating the DENR; Foreign-donor established offices; The green,brown and blue; The mining sector; The brown sector; Environmental complaince certificate; The blue sector; Local governments and the environment; Pollution; NGOs and the environment; Journalism with attitude; Various sidebars: Government agencies involved with the environment; Chapter 7: Goverment Project; Overview; Laws and policies; Sources of basic information; Project idea and feasibility; Evaluation and approval; Implementation and monitoring; Various sidebars: components of a project cycle; Flow chart of ICC business; Directory; Chapter 8: Agencies that regulate business; The SEC; Corporate birth certificate; Articles of incorporeation; General information sheet; Annual financial statement; Regular and occasional reports; Other reports; Special reports; Where and how to look; Navigating the SEC; Beyond the SEC; Various side bars: what's in  a number?; Directory
N2  - Women and children
ER  -