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5 unusual facts about José Abad Santos


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José Abad Santos (1886–1942), Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Philippines

José Abad Santos

The Japanese High Commander Kiyotake Kawaguchi took him and his son aboard a ship on April 26, 1942 thinking they were heading to Manila.

He was later appointed as the first Filipino corporate lawyer of the Philippine National Bank, Manila Railroad Company and other government corporations.

Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental

On August 20, 2013, former provincial representative Marc Douglas Cagas IV complained about the DPWH's complacency about the project involving the improving of roads going to the municipality.

He attributed the complacency to the pork barrel scandal that was already happening in the country's politics since several days before the said complaint due to overspending of their budget for the said project.



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Subic–Tipo Expressway

It then arrives at Hermosa, Bataan where there is a toll plaza and the road forks into two, the left towards Jose Abad Santos Avenue, the right the toll plaza of the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway.