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7 unusual facts about President of the Philippines


10,000 Hours

In 2010, Sen. Gabriel Alcaraz prepares a privilege speech revealing details of a corruption scam at the highest levels of the government, implicating President Genoviva Obrero.

Arsenio Laurel

His father was José P. Laurel, the President of the Philippines during the Japanese occupation, while his brothers would eventually serve the country as Vice President (Salvador "Doy" Laurel), House Speaker (José B. Laurel, Jr.), senator (Sotero Laurel II), ambassador (José S. Laurel III), and congressmen.

Constitutional Commission

In 1986, President Corazon Aquino dissolved the 1973 Constitution and called for its revision.

George Estregan

Estregan was the son of Emilio Ejercito, Sr. (1898–1977) and Mary Ejercito, as well as the younger brother of former Philippine President Jose "Joseph" Ejercito (Joseph Estrada).

Jose Laurel Street

In 1959, the street acquired its present name in honor of a former resident of the palace and the 3rd President of the Philippines, José Paciano Laurel.

Quirino Avenue

The whole length of the highway that forms part of Circumferential Road 2 was later named in honor of the sixth president of the Philippines, Elpidio Quirino.

The Blood Compact

The Blood Compact is currently displayed in Malacañan Palace, the official residence of the President, located at the top of the Grand Staircase leading towards the Ceremonial Hall.


Alexandra Braun

During her Miss Earth reign, she met the President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the Malacañan Palace, which she considered as one of her most memorable experiences.

Ate Glow

Rene Boy Facunla, better known under the moniker Ate Glow, is a Filipino comic best known for his transvestite routine impersonating Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the 14th President of the Philippines.

Benigno Aquino III presidential campaign, 2010

Benigno Aquino III, then Philippine Senator, announced his candidacy for the presidency of the Philippines in Club Filipino, North Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila, on September 9, 2009, 40 days after the death of his mother, former President Corazon Aquino.

Black Nazarene

It is normally only a school holiday for all levels, but in 2014 the Mayor of Manila and former President Joseph Estrada, for the first time in the city's history, declared it a special non-working holiday due to the impassability of some thoroughfares and projected congestion in others.

Burmese general election, 2010

Edwin Lacierda, the spokesperson of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, said in a press conference at Malacañan Palace that " We express our disappointment towards the actions done by the Burmese government towards the NLD, and also with regards to such a farce-like elections which just appeared to be a display."

Civil Code of the Philippines

The Código Civil remained in effect even throughout the American Occupation, however by 1940 the Commonwealth Government of President Manuel Luís Quezon formed a Commission tasked with drafting a new Civil Code.

Court of Appeals of the Philippines

But in March 1945, due to abnormal conditions at the time, the Court was abolished by President Sergio Osmeña through Executive Order No. 37.

Diosdado Macapagal–Arroyo

Diosdado Ignacio Macapagal Arroyo, known as Dato Arroyo is a politician and the youngest son of the three children of former First Gentleman Mike Arroyo and former President of the Philippines and current congresswoman from second district of Pampanga Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Eddie Garcia

He is also known to play the part of Leandro Montemayor, the fictional Philippine President on the television drama series, "Kung Mawawala Ka" (If Ever You Were Gone), and gave him his first Best Actor in a Drama Series in the 2002 Star Awards, and is also known for portraying various roles either the main villain or the lead or supporting character.

Edilberto de Jesus

He was appointed Secretary of Education on 16 September 2002 by then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Etta Rosales

In 2010, she was the possible choice of President Benigno S. Aquino III to head the country's Commission on Human Rights as a replacement to Leila de Lima, who became the Justice Secretary of the country.

History of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines

In 1965, the site of the Bureau of Animal Industry in Pandacan, Manila was reserved for the use of PCC through the proclamation of President Diosdado Macapagal.

Horacio Morales

A prominent figure in the underground left during the martial law rule of President Ferdinand Marcos, he later served as Secretary of Agrarian Reform during the presidency of Joseph Estrada.

Inauguration of Corazon Aquino

The inauguration marked the commencement of the first term (which lasted a six years four months and five days) of Corazon Aquino as President, during the People Power Revolution following the removal of President Ferdinand Marcos.

Jiaomei

Democracy icon Corazon Aquino and her son, Benigno S. Aquino III (the tenth and fifteenth Presidents of the Philippines, respectively) have Hongjian Village as their ancestral village.

Leandro Montemayor

Leandro Montemayor is a fictional President of the Philippines in the hit Philippine television drama series, Kung Mawawala Ka (When You're Gone) played by actor Eddie Garcia.

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.

Manila Headline

With the recognition of the 14th President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Manila Headline became a well-known publication in the Philippines and a well trusted source in finding news items in the state of Texas.

Margarita Moran-Floirendo

The full-time college student at Maryknoll College (now Miriam College) and part-time Auggie Cordero model is a granddaughter of Manuel Roxas, fifth President of the Philippines.

Mikey Arroyo

He is the eldest son of the three children of former First Gentleman Mike Arroyo and former President of the Philippines and current congresswoman from second district of Pampanga Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

MV Doña Paz

President Corazon Aquino described the accident as "a national tragedy of harrowing proportions...the Filipino people's sadness is all the more painful because the tragedy struck with the approach of Christmas".

Nelly Sindayen

While at Time, Sindayen scored a notable scoop in 1983 concerning the supposed kidnapping of Tommy Manotoc, future son-in-law of President Ferdinand Marcos.

Philippine fifty peso bill

Philippine president and former House Speaker Sergio Osmeña is currently featured on the front side of the bill, while the Taal Lake and the giant trevally (known locally as maliputo) are featured on the reverse side.

Philippine general election, 1992

Retired general Fidel Ramos of Lakas-NUCD won a six-year term as President of the Philippines by a small margin, narrowly defeating populist candidate Miriam Defensor Santiago of the People's Reform Party.

TriNoma

The 3.5 billion peso mall was officially launched on October 16, 2007 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Vice President Noli de Castro (now ABS-CBN broadcaster).


see also

Antonio Fortich

He supported the election of Joseph Estrada as president of the Philippines, and when it became clear that Estrada was using his position to accumulate personal wealth, the bishop withdrew his support.

Benigno Aquino

Benigno Aquino III (born 1960), also known as Noynoy Aquino, President of the Philippines, son of the above and grandson of Benigno Aquino, Sr.

Binay

Jejomar Binay (born 1942), Filipino politician and current Vice President of the Philippines

Camilo Osías

He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Nationalist Party nomination for President of the Philippines in 1953, losing to Ramon Magsaysay.

Debra Ann Livingston

From 1986 to 1991, she was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, where she handled criminal cases, including the prosecution of Ferdinand Marcos, former president of the Philippines.

Fernando Poe

Fernando Poe, Jr. (1939–2004), his son, actor and former candidate for President of the Philippines

Grace Lee

She had a relationship with the president of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III.

Le Cirque

In July 2009, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the former President of the Philippines was highly criticized for her supposed outlandish dinner at Le Cirque with the Philippine delegation during her visit to the United States.

Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao

:July 1977 to January 30, 1980, Datu Tucao O. Mastura, CPA, appointed by the President of the Philippines, Ferdinand E. Marcos;

The Mansion

The Mansion, the official summer residence of the President of the Philippines