PH Pres.

• The Birthdate of Manuel Roxas is January 09, 1902
• Roxas was a reserve in the Philippine Army; aide-de-camp to Gen. Douglas MacArthur
• Roxas was the Secretary and law clerk to Chief Justice Cayetano Arellano
• Secretary of Finance Quezon Administration
• His death was April 15, 1948 at Clark Air Base, Pampanga
• The prime fiscal institutions necessary for an independent economic policy were established Central Bank, the Rehabilitation Finance Commission, now the Development Bank of the Philippines
• Experts estimated that the Philippines needed over a billion dollars to reconstruct and rebuild from the damage and ruins of war.
• Roxas - like Osmena, before him - turned to the United States for help.
• It specified Parity rights for American citizens and corporations, to allow the latter the same rights as Filipinos in exploiting Philippine natural resources and in operating public utilities even after independence.
• The release of much of the aid funds was made dependent on an amendment of the 1935 Philippine constitution to allow parity rights
• Roxas argued that it would bring in American investment capital, which would generate employment opportunities for the people.
• Roxas warned that worsening unemployment, loss of trade opportunities and forfeiture of rehabilitation assistance would be the fate should it not pass
• Elpido Quirino's Birthdate is November 16, 1890
• Quirinos's Birthplace is at Vigan Ilocos Sur
• He was a Private secretary to Senate President Manuel Quezon
• He finished the degree Bachelor of laws at University of the Philippines
• Quirino was the Dean of the College of Law, Adamson University
• Quirino was the secretary of Interior (Quezon cabinet)
• Quirino was the Vice President and concurrent Secretary of Finance and later Secretary of Foreign Affairs
• He died on February 28, 1956 at Novaliches, Quezon City
• Quezon aimed to promote the welfare of the citizens in the rural areas
• Aimed to formulate labor policies and initiate studies for preventing, mitigating, and reconciling any labor disputes in the country
• Laid the groundwork for the country's modern and dispersed industrial infrastructure, girded by the iligan steel plant, Mariveles shipyard Bacnotan cement factory, Ambuklao and MAria Cristina hydroelectric dams, and road networks in Mindanao
• Showing exemplary spending prudence and creative revenue generation, the administration obtained a budgetary surplus for fiscal year 1950-51, despite the huge costs required by reconstruction.
• During the six years of the Quirino administration, the country's average economy grew by a phenomenal 9.43% in Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
• Quirino also made the appointment of the first woman to a cabinet post, Asuncion Perez as social welfare administration.
• Magsaysay was a Military Governor of Zambales
• Magsaysay was also the Secretary of National Defense, Quirino Administration
• Magsaysay died on March 17, 1957 at Mount Manunggal, Asturias, Cebu City
• Magsaysay's term started on December 30, 1954 and ended March 17, 1957
• Magsaysay Aimed to stop the spread of communism in the Southeast Asia region.
• US control of the peso exchange rate was removed
• Engaged in industrial and agricultural enterprises for the promotion of cottage industries and agriculture among the minorities
• Magsaysay saved democracy in the Philippines by suppressing the communist Huks
• On March 16, 1957, together with some friends and newspapermen, Magsaysay went to Cebu on a speaking engagement.
• The Presidential plane, Mount Pinatubo, took off from Cebu's Lahug airport past midnight
• Roxas's Birthplace is at Capiz
• Roxas finished the degree Bachelor of Laws
• Roxas was elected as Governor of Capiz in 1903-1907
• Roxas served as Secretary of Finance under Quezon