Here's a link to a blog post which have written in support of a federal form of government (Cha-cha) for the Philippines:

http://htrf-asia.blogspot.com/2008/08/case...ppines-cha.html

The post is quite 'rough' in terms of writing style and arrangement, but the points are decently fleshed out. The post can be spruced up later.

What is not federal about the government now? I always figured that a federal government is a national government of a nation. Is there something else about the definitiuon of federal that I don't understand?