• was inaugurated as the new and first

president of the new Republic because the

Philippines was finally free after the WW II
• in his time, the country has started
reconstruction from war damage and the
Philippines started breathing without foreign
rule
• under his term, the Philippine Rehabilitation
Act and Philippine Trade Act laws were
accepted by the congress

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 • he created Social Security Commission
• he also created Integrity Board to monitor
graft and corruption
• in 1948, Quezon City was the capital of the
Philippines
• peso and dollar exchange rate at his time was
1 US = P2

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 • was a chairman of the Committee on Guerilla
Affairs
• was the first president sworn into office wearing
Barong Tagalog in his inauguration
• his presidency was referred as the Philippines’
Golden Years for it was the cleanest and zero-
corruption
• the Philippines was ranked 2nd in Asia’s clean and
well-governed countries
• he established National Resettlement and
Rehabilitation Administration (NARRA) among his
agrarian reform
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 • he was known for “Filipino First Policy”
• established the Austerity Program focusing on
Filipino trade and commerce
• was known as the “Prince of Visayan Poets”
and the “bard from Bohol”
• cultural arts was revived during his term

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 • established the first Land Reform Law
• placed the Philippines currency – peso, on the
currency exchange market
• made June 12 1898 as the Philippines’
Independence Day
• signed the Minimum Wage Law
• signed the creation of the Philippine Veteran’s Bank

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 •increased the size of Philippine military and
armed forces
•by 1980 the Philippine GNP was four times
greater than 1972
•by 1986 the Philippines was one of the most
indebted countries in Asia
•built more schools, roads, bridges, hospitals,
and other infrastructure than all former
presidents combined

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 •restored democracy
•abolished the 1973 Marcos Constitution and
ushered in the new Constitution of the Philippines
•reorganized the structure of the executive branch of
government
•signed the Family Code of 1987, a major civil law
reform, and 1191 Local Government Code, which
reorganized the structure of the executive branch of
government
•initiated charitable and social activities helping the
poor and the needy

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 • during his time, the Philippines was cited as Asia’s Next
Economic Tiger because he brought back economic
growth
• the Philippines celebrated Centennial Independence in
1998
• he led the 4th APEC Summit held in the Philippines
• his “Philippines 2000” vision made the Philippine Stock
• Exchange one of the best in the world in the mid-90s
• Death Penalty was reinstated at his time
• he signed peace talks and agreement with the MNLF

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 • Erap Para sa Mahirap
• Push for Poverty Reduction and Good Governance
• All out war in separatist Moro and Muslim groups
• The Estrada administration widened the coverage of the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) to the
landless peasants in the countryside. The latter's
administration distributed more than 266,000 hectares of
land to 175,000 landless farmers, including land owned by
the traditional rural elite.

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 • Strong Governance
• President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo supported the
Framework Plan for Women, which aimed to promote
women's economic empowerment, protect women's
human rights
• Support for the OFW’s around the world
• Push for Charter Change and Constitutional Amendments
• Boost for Philippine Tourism with “Wow Philippines”
• Implementing Economic Reforms

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 • The policy of Daang Matuwid which strengthen the needs of
good governance and minimize corruption in the government
• Passage of Reproductive Health Law
• Implementation of K-12 Curriculum
• In 2012, the Philippines recorded one of its strongest years for
growth, surpassing all expectations; the first quarter GDP of
2013, recorded at 7.8%, further raised the bar among the
community of nations and exceedingly even our growth trend.
• Private-Public Partnership
• Disaster Risk Reduction

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 • President Duterte has made impressive progress in asserting
Philippine sovereignty and dignity in the international arena,
in aligning the country with Asian values instead of Hollywood-
manufactured cultural norms
• Build, Build, Build Program
• fight against drugs
• uplifting the status of indigenous peoples and of our Muslim
brothers in the south
• putting an end to endo
• putting on notice corrupt government officials
• he has also secured financial support from Japan and promises
from Russia

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