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."