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Acquisition of Filipino Citizenship
There are two ways of acquiring citizenship – (1) by birth, and (2) by ition by birth may be divided further to (a) jus soli; and (b) jus sanguinis.
Jus soli is a mode of acquiring citizenship on the basis of place of birth.
Jus soli (Latin for "right of the territory") is a right by which nationality or citizenship can be recognised to any individual born in the territory of the related state. It contrasts with jus sanguinis ("right of blood").
Usually a practical regulation of the acquisition of nationality or citizenship of a state by birth on the territory of the state is provided by a derivative law called lex soli. Most states provide a specific lex soli, in application of the respective jus soli, and it is the most common means of acquiring nationality.
A frequent exception to lex soli is opposed when a child was born to a parent in the diplomatic or consular service of another state, on a mission to the state in question.
However, increasingly countries are restricting lex soli by requiring that at least one of the child's parents be a national of the state in question at the child's birth, or a legal permanent resident of the territory of the state in question at the child's birt
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Godfather carries hopes of a nation
Before Floyd Mayweather and his moneyed entourage rolled through the MGM Grand in mid-afternoon, Manny Pacquiao set fight week aflame with a public rally that went a long way to showing just where public sentiment lies ahead of the biggest bout for a generation.
From early morning, hordes clogged up the Mandalay Bay resort to officially welcome Pacquiao to town. He’d actually arrived the night before, as close as one can to going under the radar in this of all towns and this of all weeks.
The Fight of the Century may be looming but Pacquiao was like he always is. All smiles, all jokes, all happiness, all hope.
This long-overdue welterweight showdown will be worth over half a billion dollars by the time he is joined in the ring on Saturday night by an opponent who has never tasted defeat in 19 years and 47 fights as a pro.
Such numbers should be cause for intimidation, trepidation even. But this is a man, 5’6” of frame, who, at last count, shoulders the hopes and dreams of 98,, others. And he shoulders them well.
He may be Pacman to most of the world, but in his homeland, Pacquiao is the ‘Pambansang Ninong’. It translates to ‘national godfather’ and in the Philippines, a country where family bonds are tighter and given more import tha