Pre-Assessment:
Identify the following current issues that are being described in each
number. Choose your answer from the word pool below.
War on drugs
Duterte's Administration
Pork Barrel
Scarborough shoal
Peso vs. Dollars
Materialism
1. It used to mean funds allocated to the members of the
Philippine House of Representatives and the Philippine Senate to spend as
they see fit without going through the normal budgetary process or through
the Executive Branch.
2. It is a form of philosophical monism that holds that matter is
the fundamental substance in nature, and that all things, including mental
states and consciousness, are results of material interactions.
3. A phrase used to refer to a government-lead initiative that
aims to stop illegal drug use, distribution, and trade by dramatically
increasing prison sentences for both drug dealers and users.
4. This issue started in 2012 when China blocked Filipino
fishermen from Panatag Shoal which lies 120 nautical miles from Zambales.
This prompted Manila to file a case for international arbitration,
5. It is considered one of the most notable administrations in
Philippine History.​