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1949 Philippine Senate Election
Elections for the members of the Senate were held on November 8, 1949 in the Philippines. While President Elpidio Quirino won a full term as President of the Philippines after the death of President Manuel Roxas in 1948, and his running mate, Senator Fernando Lopez won as Vice President, their Liberal Party won all of the contested seats in the Senate. Despite factions created in the administration party, Quirino won a satisfactory vote from the public. It was the only time in Philippine history where the duly elected president, vice president and senators all came from the same party, the Liberal Party. Carlos P. Romulo and Marvin M. Gray, publisher of the '' Manila Evening News'', accuse Quirino in their book ''The Magsaysay Story'' (The John Day Company, 1956, updated - with an additional chapter on Magsaysay's death - re-edition by Pocket Books, Special Student Edition, SP-18, December 1957) of widespread fraud and intimidation of the opposition by military action, calling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate Of The Philippines
The Senate of the Philippines () is the upper house of Congress of the Philippines, Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the House of Representatives of the Philippines, House of Representatives as the lower house. The Senate is composed of 24 senators who are elected at-large (the country forms one district in Philippine Senate elections, senatorial elections) under a Plurality block voting, plurality-at-large voting system. Senators serve six-year terms with a maximum of two consecutive terms, with half of the senators elected in staggered elections every three years. When the Senate was restored by the Constitution of the Philippines, 1987 Constitution, the 24 senators who were elected in 1987 served until 1992. In 1992, the 12 candidates for the Senate obtaining the highest number of votes served until 1998, while the next 12 served until 1995. This is in accordance with the transitory provisions of the Constitution. Thereafter, each senator electe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramón Diokno
Ramón Diokno y Marasigan (March 28, 1886 – April 21, 1954) was a Filipino statesman, jurist, Associate Justice, and one of the foremost nationalists of his generation. He fought the American Parity Rights Amendment and was one of four senators to be ousted so that the amendment may be ratified. He later became Associate Justice under Ramon Magsaysay but had the shortest term when he died two months and eleven days later. Diokno is known as the very first Government Corporate Counsel (Office of the GCC) in history from 1935 to December 1941 when the war began. Justice Diokno is famous for writing the ponencia in the Resolution for the In Re: Albino Cunanan, et al. Early life and education Diokno was born in Taal, Batangas on March 28, 1886, as the only son to Ananías Diokno, head of the Visayan forces during the Philippine Revolution and Philippine–American War, and Paulina Marasigan. Diokno had four half-siblings from his father's second wife Emilia Rivera. Diokno's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macario Peralta Jr
Macario is a Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Filipino name. It may refer to: People * Catarina Macario, Brazilian-American footballer * Erminio Macario, Italian actor and comedian * Macario Peralta, Jr., Filipino soldier and lawyer * Macario Sakay, Filipino general * Mig Macario, Filipino-Canadian actor * William Macario, Brazilian mixed martial artist Other * ''Macario'' (film), a 1960 Mexican film See also * Macarius, the Latin version of the name * Makarios Macarius is a Latinized form of the old Greek given name Makários (Μακάριος), meaning "happy, fortunate, blessed"; compare the Latin ''beatus'' and ''felix''. Ancient Greeks applied the epithet ''Makarios'' to the gods. In other la ..., the Greek version of the name {{dab, surname Italian masculine given names Masculine given names Portuguese masculine given names Spanish masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quintín Paredes
Quintín Babila Paredes Sr. (born Quintín Paredes y Babila; September 9, 1884 – January 30, 1973), was a Filipino lawyer, politician, and statesman. As a member of the House of Representives in the Philippine Commonwealth, he became Resident Commissioner of the Philippines to the United States House of Representatives from 1936. Due to increasing anti-Filipino sentiment in U.S. Congress and the denial of U.S. Senate for the credit line in order to stabilize the Philippine's economy, he resigned in 1938. From 1941 to 1945, he was elected in the Philippine Senate where he was deemed a Japanese collaborator. After being acquitted from his arrest in 1948, he ran for the Philippine Legislature and once again elected senator from 1949 to 1961. Early life He was born in Bangued, Abra, Philippines on September 9, 1884 to Don Juan Félix Paredes y Pe Benito and Regine Babila, daughter of an Itneg tribal leader. Education and early career He obtained his elementary education at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justiniano Montano
Justiniano Solis Montano Sr. (; September 5, 1905 – March 31, 2005) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who was elected for one term to the Philippine Senate and for multiple terms as a member of the House of Representatives. Early life and education Montano was born in Amaya, Santa Cruz de Malabon (now Tanza), Cavite to Julian Tacsuan Montano Sr. and Irene Fojas Solis. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws at the University of the Philippines College of Law, garnering a rare 100% bar rating in civil law. He placed second in the bar examinations held in 1929. Political career Montano was appointed as deputy fiscal of Cavite from 1930 to 1932. In 1934, Montano made his first entry into politics, unsuccessfully running for governor of Cavite. In elections for the Commonwealth National Assembly, he was tapped by Manuel Quezon to run as Cavite's representative for the Nacionalista Party to diminish support for the province's native son Emilio Aguinaldo, who was running against Quezo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teodoro De Vera
The name ''Teodoro'' is the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Theodore (other), Theodore. People Given name * Teodoro Alcalde (1913–1995) * Teodoro Ardemans (died 1726) * Teodoro Borlongan (1955–2005) * Teodoro Buontempo (1946–2013) * Teodoro Cano García (born 1932) * Teodoro Celli (1917–1989), music critic * (born 1996), actor * Teodoro Correr (1750–1830) * Teodoro Cottrau (1827–1879) * Teodoro Cuñado (born 1970) * Teodoro de Croix (1730–1792) * Teodoro Fernandes Sampaio (1855–1937), Brazilian engineer, geographer and historiographer * Teodoro Fernández (1913–1996) * Teodoro García Simental (born 1974) * Teodoro Ghisi (1536–1601) * Teodoro Goliardi (1927–1997) * Teodoro Kalaw (1884–1940) * Teodoro Kalaw (sport shooter) * Teodoro Lechi (1778–1866) * Teodoro Locsin Jr. (born 1948) * Teodoro Lonfernini (born 1976) * Teodoro Maniaci * Teodoro Matos Santana (1946–2013) * Teodoro Mauri (1904–1960) * Teodoro Moscoso (1932–1992) * Teodor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esteban Abada
Esteban Raymundo Abada (March 15, 1896 – December 17, 1954) was a Filipino politician who served as senator from 1949 until his death in 1954. He also held the position of President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines briefly in 1952. Prior to becoming a senator, Abada held various posts in the Department of Education. Early life and education Esteban Abada was born on March 15, 1896, in Seravia, present-day Enrique B. Magalona in the Philippine province of Negros Occidental. His parents were Jeronimo Abada and Petra Jereza. After elementary school in Kabankalan, he completed the Philippine Normal School in 1915. Teaching career After graduation, he was employed as an elementary school teacher for almost a year before being appointed principal in 1916. From 1917, Abada was supervising teacher until he left for the United States in September 1919 for further education at the expense of the Philippine government. There he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José O
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejo Mabanag
Alejo Ragojo Mabanag (July 14, 1886 – after 1961) was a Filipino lawyer and politician. Early years Mabanag was born on San Fernando, La Union, to Liberato Mabanag of Camalaniugan, Cagayan and Manuela Ragojo of Bangar, La Union. Education Mabanag worked as a clerk in the Executive Bureau from 1903 to 1912. During that time, he finished his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Santo Tomas in 1908 and his Bachelor of Laws degree from La Jurisprudencia in 1912. He then placed second in the bar examinations the same year and opened a law firm in Lingayen, Pangasinan. Political career Mabanag was elected to the Lingayen municipal council from 1916 to 1919. He successfully ran for Senator to represent the Second Senatorial District from 1922 to 1928 and from 1931 to the abolition of the Senate in 1935. Upon the establishment of the Commonwealth government in 1935, President Manuel L. Quezon appointed him Judge of the Court of First Instance of Iloilo up to 1938 and late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salipada Pendatun
Datu Salipada Khalid Pendatun (; Jawi script, Jawi: سلڤاد خالد ڤندتن; December 3, 1912 – January 27, 1985) was a Filipino lawyer, military officer, and politician, being the first Filipino Muslim in history to hold these offices. Born in Pikit, Moro Province (now Cotabato), Pendatun graduated from the University of the Philippines University of the Philippines College of Law, College of Law in 1938 and passed the bar exam in the same year. During World War II, Pendatun was a member of the United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE), and led a guerrilla group in Mindanao called the Bolo Battalion (later known as the Bukidnon-Cotabato Force). As a member of the Liberal Party (Philippines), Liberal Party's senatorial slate in the 1971 Philippine Senate election, 1971 Senate election, Pendatun was among the survivors of the Plaza Miranda bombing in August 1971. After Martial law in the Philippines, martial law was Proclamation No. 1081, declared in 1972 by p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olegario Clarin
Olegario Butalid Clarin (born Olegario Clarín y Butalid; March 6, 1892 – ) was a Filipino politician. He served as a representative from Bohol from 1925 through 1927, from 1935 to 1945 and was elected to a term in the Senate of the Philippines in 1946 after World War II. Biography Olegario Clarin was born on March 6, 1892, in Loay, Bohol. His parents were Representative Aniceto Clarin and Margarita Butalid. He was a younger brother of Senator Jose Clarin. After graduating from Cebu High School and Liceo de Manila, Clarin studied law at the Philippine Law School and National University, eventually earning a bachelor's degree in law. In 1925, Clarin was elected to the House of Representatives as a delegate from Bohol's 2nd district, serving until 1927. In 1932, Clarin was appointed Registrar of Deeds in Bohol. Three years later, he was elected as a delegate to the new unicameral National Assembly of the Philippines. In 1939 he was re-elected. After the Assembly was split ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Magalona
Enrique "Equi" Barrera Magalona Sr. (born Enrique Magalona y Barrera; November 5, 1891 – 1960) was a Filipino politician who served as a Senator of the Philippines. Prior to being elected to the Senate, he served as the Municipal President of Saravia, Negros Occidental, which is now named in his honor, and as a Representative from Negros Occidental in the Philippine Assembly. He was the grandfather of the late Filipino rapper Francis Magalona. Early life and education Enrique B. Magalona was born in Saravia, Negros Occidental (now Enrique B. Magalona, Negros Occidental) on November 5, 1891 to Vicente Magalona y Ledesma and Augusta Barrera y Majarocan. He studied in Molo Institute, Iloilo where he obtained both his primary and secondary education. He graduated at Colegio de San Juan de Letran with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1907 and La Jurisprudencia where he received his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1911. Political career He was elected Municipal President of Saravi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
