1. For PHILIPPINES, give the following information:

1. capital
2. location/the countries that share its borders
3. the religious breakdown of the population
4. the type of government
5. the chief of state (and head of government if different) If monarch or dictator, since what date has he/she ruled? – include name of heir apparent for monarch
6. the population

Find the answers at the CIA World FactBook website. For each country, answers can be found under the “Geography” “People” and “Government” headings.

NOTE: Before answering the following questions, read the info under “Background” and watch the video under “Resources” below.

2. For PHILIPPINES:
a) list the who, what, where and when of the news item
b) When and how much garbage was shipped to the Philippines by a Canadian company?
c) What is the problem with the garbage?
d) Prime Minister Trudeau has said for several years (since elected in 2015) that he would take care of it, but never did. Why do you think this is so? - Was this the right way to handle the situation? Explain your answers.
e) A working group was established in the fall of 2018 to negotiate an end to the impasse. Finally, after President Duterte’s recent threats, Canadian officials said that Canada is going to bring the trash back but that there were still some complex legal issues to overcome. The main issue is who pays, with Canada believing it can’t go after the Canadian company involved until the materials are back on Canadian soil.
What do you think:
-Should the Canadian government pay to ship the unrecyclable garbage back to Canada whether the private Canadian company pays them or not?
-Could President Trudeau have handled this in a different manner? If so, how? If not, why not?