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2 unusual facts about Manila Hotel


Geraldine Villarruz Asis

Before the local pageant, Asis was screened by Stella Márquez and the BB Pilipinas Charities, Inc. at the historic Manila Hotel where she passed and became the official candidate.

Recurso de amparo

On July 16, 2007, Philippine Chief Justice Reynato Puno and Justice Adolfo Azcuna officially declared the legal conception of the Philippine writ of amparo – "recurso de amparo", at the historic Manila Hotel National Summit on Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances.


Liberalism in the Philippines

2006: The Philippines' ruling political party, Lakas-CMD, with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as its supremo, was influential in "hijacking" the Liberal Party by way of overthrowing the presidency of Sen. Franklin Drilon from the party through a rump Liberal meeting at the Manila Hotel.


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