Prostitution is made illegal in the Philippines. As much as the Department of Health of the Philippines wants to educate the Filipinos on using condoms or other protective method, the Catholic church is against it and tries to stop the distribution and teachings on how to use it. As for the church, they are saying that abstinence and being faithful are the best ways to avoid having AIDS.
The government provides free condoms to high-risk individuals.
The Philippine government has a unitary form of government
The strength of the Philippine government is that it is a democratic form of government which allows for public participation. Poor funding and corruption are some of the weakness of the Philippine government.
Philippine society in government transition
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Should the Philippine Government be changed to parliamentary form?
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Except for those that have private owners, the Philippine Islands are owned by the government of the Philippine Republic and through the government, by the Filipino people.
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The Department of Health is the primary government agency charged to provide health services to all Filipinos. The agency is composed of 17 central offices, 16 Centers for Health Development, 70 hospitals and 4 attached agencies. The agencies attached to the Department of Health are: the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, the Dangerous Drugs Board, the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care and the Philippine National AIDS Council.
The Philippine National Budget for 2008 was appropriated by the Philippine legislature. It was allocated to various government agencies and funds, as well as government programs, projects, and activities.
The government is the main problem of the Philippine bureaucracy. Political patronage is another issue it faces. Some believe that once the government can get its act together, the Philippine bureaucracy can get better.