PRESIDENTS OF THE PH

Carlos Polistico Garcia Eight President

"As a people, we prize highly the moral and spiritual values of life. But the realities of the moment have made us more preoccupied with economic problems chiefly concerning the material values of national life."

Diosdado Pangan Macapagal Ninth President

"Our first mission is the solution of the problem of corruption. We assume leadership at a time when our nation is in the throes of a moral degeneration unprecedented in our national history."

Diosdado Pangan Macapagal Ninth President

"Poor boy from Lubao"

Diosdado Pangan Macapagal Ninth President

"The Incorruptible"

Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Seventh President

"The office of the President is the highest in the land. It can be the humblest also, if we regard it — as we must — in the light of basic democratic principles. The first of these principles is the declaration of the Constitution that "sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them." This simply means that all of us in public office are but servants of the people."

Elpidio Rivera Quirino Sixth President

"While I recognise the United States as a great builder in this country, I have never surrendered the sovereignty, much less the dignity and future of our country."

Manuel Acuna Roxas

First President of the Independent Third Republic of the Philippines 1946 - 1948

Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Seventh President

He is known as president of the masses.

Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Seventh President

He was killed in a plane crash before the end of his term.

legislative executive judicial

branches of government in order

rise of communist part HUKBALAHAP or Huks due to corruption of the government

challenges of 3rd republic

Carlos Polistico Garcia

known for his "Filipino First" policy

Agrarian Reform - providing home lots and farmlands in palawan and mindanao

magsaysay achievement

Program and Filipino First Policy Austerity Program was aimed at curbing graft and corruption

significant events in garcia's term

Land Reform Bill Maphilindo (Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia)

significant events of macapagal's term

Manuel Acuna Roxas Fifth President

who said "If war should come, I am certain of one thing-probably the only thing of which I can be certain-and it is this: That America and the Philippines will be found on the same side, and American and Filipino soldiers will again fight side by side in the same trenches or in the air or at sea in the defense of justice, freedom and other principles which we both loved and cherished."