Diosdado Macapagal ABSTRACT Diosdado P. Macapagal‚ fifth president of the Philippine Republic and known as "Champion of the Common Man" .He is the President who introduced the first tentative land reform law in the Philippines. Macapagal first won election in 1949 to the House of Representatives from his home province‚ Pampanga‚ north of Manila. In 1957‚ he became vice president in the administration of Carlos P. Garcia‚ whom he defeated in 1961 for the presidency
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father the famous Senator Ninoy Aquino was the lone voice of freedom against the dictator president Marcos and so they were exiled to Boston because of this. His father decided to return to the Philippines despite threat of assassination to continue the political fight against the dictator. Then of course‚ he was assassinated sparking the EDSA revolution took place which finally overthrew the Marcos regime. A while after these events‚ Noynoy became a member of the Philippine Business for Social
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only worthy of anything but worthy of dying? Are we that special for him to say that? Yes‚ for him‚ it is yes. Going back decades ago‚ we were under the martial law led by Ferdinand Marcos‚ the archenemy of Ninoy. Everybody before looked upon Ninoy for he was the only political actor that readily questioned Marcos and therefore took the hearts of the people. And with his death‚ the people’s cry for democracy was only empowered to the point that everybody was swayed by his ill fate. Scores of students
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See Before You Die” by Patricia Schultz; and “The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World” by Joel Krieger. Also “Presidential Plunder‚ the Quest for the Marcos Hidden Wealth” and “Struggle and Hope‚” both by Jovito R. Salonga‚ right next to five books written by Ferdinand E. Marcos during his martial law years. On the flyleaf of “The Marcos Years‚” the former president had handwritten a dedication to the man who would remain his secretary of national defense until 1986 when a People’s Power revolt
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Philippines becoming an independent country‚ after being occupied by three colonialists‚ was nothing but a victory and a moment of opportunity. Dr. Estanislao last August 21 had imparted his knowledge about how the country was fairing in terms of economic performance after the country became independent until present. According to him‚ these periods can be divided into three parts namely the post war era (1946-1966)‚ Macros era (1966-1986) and the post-EDSA era (1986-2006). The post war era‚ was
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The Philippines: A Renaissance in Art and Culture. Manila: Office of Media Affairs‚ 1982. 53-58. Print. Manila Metropolitan Theatre. Inauguration of the Manila Metropolitan Theatre‚ December 17‚ 1978. Manila: Manila Metropolitan Theatre‚ 1978. Print Marcos‚ Imelda and Ileana Maramag "Agenda Setting." Fresno State University. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 21 Mar. 2014. . Senate Resolution 700 (2006). [Online]. URL: http://www.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/88688097!.pdf. 20 Feb 2014.
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the “private part of a male” nailed on his head with a rosary dangling from it. A lot‚ most especially the Christian and Catholics‚ were offended. They felt that their religion was scandalized and desecrated. The former First Lady Imelda Marcos found it offending after seeing Mideo’s works. She called the exhibit “shameful”. Even the President‚ Ninoy Aquino‚ had his own say on the works of Mideo. Being a devoted Catholic himself‚ he found the need to defend his religion and criticize the
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Pre-colonial period During the pre-colonial period‚ education was still decentralized. Children were provided with more vocational training but fewer academics. Philippine schools were headed by parents or by their tribal tutors. They employed a unique writing system known as baybayin. Spanish Period When the Spanish first arrived in Manila‚ they were surprised to find a population with a literacy rate higher than that of Madrid. During the early Spanish period‚ most education was conducted
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before‚ unexpected. Noynoy Aquino was as reluctant a candidate as he was popular‚ being a first-term Senator and the son of Liberal Party Senator Ninoy Aquino‚ who was famously assassinated‚ very likely at the instructions of then dictator Ferdinand Marcos‚ in1983 upon his return at the airport that is now named after him‚ which caused the people’s uprising that brought Ninoy’s widow (and Noynoy’s mother) Corazon “Cory” Aquino to the Presidency in 1986 and by the way was of great influence to other
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closely‚ those are neither the reason why he became the hero of martial law. Ninoy gave up the prospect of a happy life with his family abroad to return to the Philippines and be the voice of change for the Filipino people against the dictatorship of Marcos. He was selfless. It will take a miracle to have my face on money. I haven’t done anything as large scale as sacrificing my life for the country. The most selfless sacrificing I have done was to spend my time with less fortunate people on a voluntary
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