Philippine presidents and achievements

Hanz Thomas 8 Carnegie Phil History Homework January 13, 14

Name of President: Sergio Osmeña

Full Name: Sergio Osmeña y Suico
Term: August 1, 1944 – May 28, 1946
Birthdate: September 9, 1878
Family:
Mother - Juana Osmeña y Suico
Son - Sergio Osmeña Jr. (Philippine Senator)

ACHIEVEMENTS:

~Launched and Edited the newspaper El Nuevo Dia together with Jaime de ~Veyra and Rafael Palma in 1900
~Allowed by the Supreme Court to take the Bar Examination even though he only completed 3 years in Law School
~Placed 2nd among the Bar Topnotchers
~Appointed temporary governor of Cebu in 1903 appointed by the American Governor-General as reliever of Juan Climaco
~Provincial Fiscal of Cebu
~Governor of Cebu in 1904
~Representative of hte 2nd District of Cebu in the First Philippine Assembly in 1907
~Organized and became the first president of the Nacionalista Party
~Speaker of the House – a post he held fo 15 years
~Elected Senator in 1922

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Name of President: Diosdado Macapagal

Full Name: Diosdado Pangan Macapagal
Term: December 30, 1961 – December 30, 1965
Birthdate: September 28, 1910
Family:
Father - Urbano Macapagal
Mother - Romana Pangan
Wife 1 - Purita de la Rosa
Wife 2 - Evangelina Macaraeg
Daughter - Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Situations of the country:

~There were many uprisings against the Aquino administration
~Widespread of poverty
~Corruption throughout the country

Main Problems

~Low living standards of the masses
~Lack of economic stability
~ Unemployment

Achievements / Laws:

~Opened Malacanang to the Public; however it didn’t last long because people started to only loft around.
~Dismissed Corruption in the government when the official couldn’t justify