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Democratic Alliance (Philippines)
The Democratic Alliance was a leftist party in the Philippines created on July 15, 1945, primarily composed of members of the National Peasants Union of the Hukbalahap, the Committee of Labor Organizations of the Communist Party of the Philippines, the Filipino Blue Eagle Guerrillas, and other organizations. The party supported and endorsed the bid of incumbent president Sergio Osmeña and the Nacionalista Party during the 1946 presidential elections against Manuel Roxas and the Nacionalista's liberal wing (now the Liberal Party) due to the latter's sympathetic attitude toward Filipino collaborators of the Japanese during World War II and close affiliation with "vested-interest landlord groups". With the success of the Roxas bid for presidency, six candidates from the Democratic Alliance who were elected in the 1946 Philippine House elections were prevented from taking office due to allegations of fraud and violent campaign tactics during the election. These were Luis Taruc ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Taruc
Luis Mangalus Taruc (; June 21, 1913 – May 4, 2005) was a Filipino people, Filipino political figure and rebel during the agrarian unrest of the 1930s until the end of the Cold War. He was the leader of the Hukbalahap group (from ''Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon'') between 1942 and 1950. His involvement with the movement came after his initiation to the problems of agrarian Filipinos when he was a student in the early 1930s. During World War II, Taruc led the Hukbalahap in guerrilla operations against the Philippine resistance against Japan, Japanese occupants of the Philippines. Influenced by his socialist idol Pedro Abad Santos of San Fernando, Pampanga, San Fernando, and inspired by earlier Katipunan revolutionaries such as Felipe Salvador, Taruc joined the ''Aguman ding Maldang Tala-pagobra'' (AMT, Kapampangan for 'Union of Peasant Workers') and in 1938, the ''Partido Sosyalista ng Pilipinas'' (Socialist Party of the Philippines). The latter merged with the Partido Komunist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amado Yuzon
Amado Magcalas Yuzon (August 30, 1906 – January 17, 1979) was a Filipino academic, journalist, politician and writer. Biography Yuzon graduated from Pampanga High School San Fernando in 1925. He obtained a Master of Arts, Master of Science in Business Administration, Ll. M, and Litt. D. He was a member of the Philippine Bar Examination and professor at the Far Eastern University and at Quezon College in Manila. Among his edited journals are "Ing Catuliran" and "La Libertad". During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, Yuzon was a minor government employee.Saulo, Alfredo BCommunism in the Philippines: An Introduction Manila: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1990. pp. 37, 178 From 1946 to 1949, Yuzon was member of the Congress of the Philippines, where he represented Pampanga. He had been elected as a Democratic Alliance candidate. Yuzon's candidature had sparked controversy at the fourth national congress of the Communist Party of the Philippines, where Pampan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eulogio Rodriguez
Eulogio "Amang" Adona Rodriguez Sr. (born Eulogio Rodríguez y Adona; January 21, 1883 – December 9, 1964) was a Filipino politician who twice served as President of the Senate of the Philippines. He was known for vehemently confronting corruption during the administration of Carlos P. Garcia, alleging he held a list of corrupt officials close to the president which the media dubbed the "White Paper". Early life and education Rodriguez was born on January 21, 1883, in Montalban (now ''Rodriguez''), Rizal Province, to Petronilo Rodriguez and Monica Adona. At the time of his birth, Montalban was part of Manila Province but it was later renamed Rodriguez in his honor. His younger brother, Julian, would become a last appointed mayor of Davao City from 1954 to 1955, where he become a successful landowner after moving there. He first studied at the Spanish-run public school in Montalban, then took his secondary course at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila, where he later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huk Rebellion
The Hukbalahap rebellion was a rebellion staged in the Philippines by former Hukbalahap or ''Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon'' () soldiers against the Philippine government. It started in 1946 after the independence of the Philippines from the United States, and ended in 1954 under the presidency of Ramon Magsaysay. Background During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, the Hukbalahap created a resistance army consisting largely of peasant farmers against the Japanese forces in Central Luzon. The Huk resistance, as it became popularly known, created a stronghold against the Japanese in the villages through guerrilla warfare. During this time, the area was heavily protected by Huks, and Huk justice reigned. The aftermath of the liberation from Japan was characterized by chaos. The Philippine government, prompted by the United States of America, disarmed and arrested the Huks for allegedly being communists. Harassment and abuses against peasant activists became common as Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 Philippine Parity Rights Plebiscite
The Bell Trade Act of 1946, also known as the Philippine Trade Act, was an act passed by the United States Congress specifying policy governing trade between the Philippines and the United States following independence of the Philippines from the United States. The United States Congress offered $800 million for post World War II rebuilding funds if the Bell Trade Act was ratified by the Philippine Congress. The specifics of the act required the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines be amended. The Philippine Congress approved the measure on July 2, two days before independence from the United States of America, and on September 18, 1946 approved a plebiscite to amend the Constitution of the Philippines. Authored by Missouri Congressman C. Jasper Bell, the Bell Trade Act required: * Preferential tariffs on US products imported into the Philippines; * A 2:1 fixed exchange rate between the Philippine peso and the United States dollar; * No restrictions on currency transfers from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the legislature, legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, including a Lower house, lower body, the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives, and an Upper house, upper body, the United States Senate, U.S. Senate. They both meet in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Members of Congress are chosen through direct election, though vacancies in the Senate may be filled by a Governor (United States), governor's appointment. Congress has a total of 535 voting members, a figure which includes 100 United States senators, senators and 435 List of current members of the United States House of Representatives, representatives; the House of Representatives has 6 additional Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives, non-voting members. The vice president of the United States, as President of the Senate, has a vote in the Senate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bell Trade Act
The Bell Trade Act of 1946, also known as the Philippine Trade Act, was an act passed by the United States Congress specifying policy governing trade between the Philippines and the United States following independence of the Philippines from the United States. The United States Congress offered $800 million for post World War II rebuilding funds if the Bell Trade Act was ratified by the Philippine Congress. The specifics of the act required the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines be amended. The Philippine Congress approved the measure on July 2, two days before independence from the United States of America, and on September 18, 1946 approved a plebiscite to amend the Constitution of the Philippines. Authored by Missouri Congressman C. Jasper Bell, the Bell Trade Act required: * Preferential tariffs on US products imported into the Philippines; * A 2:1 fixed exchange rate between the Philippine peso and the United States dollar; * No restrictions on currency transfers fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitution Of The Philippines
The Constitution of the Philippines (Filipino language, Filipino: ''Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas'' or ''Konstitusyon ng Pilipinas'') is the Constitution, supreme law of the Philippines. Its final draft was completed by the Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986, Constitutional Commission on October 12, 1986, and ratified by a 1987 Philippine constitutional plebiscite, nationwide plebiscite on February 2, 1987. The Constitution remains unamended to this day. The Constitution consists of a preamble and eighteen articles. It mandates a Democracy, democratic and Republicanism, republican form of government and includes a bill of rights that guarantees entrenched freedoms and protections against governmental overreach. The Constitution also organizes the main branches of the Government of the Philippines, Philippine government: a legislative department known as the Congress of the Philippines, Congress, which consists of the Senate of the Philippines, Senate and the House of Repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarlac's 2nd Congressional District
Tarlac's 2nd congressional district is one of the three congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Tarlac. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916. The district consists of the provincial capital, Tarlac City, and adjacent municipalities of Gerona, Tarlac, Gerona, San Jose, Tarlac, San Jose and Victoria, Tarlac, Victoria. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress of the Philippines, 19th Congress by Christian Tell Yap of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC). Prior to its second dissolution in 1972, the district encompassed the southern municipalities of Bamban, Capas, Concepcion, Tarlac, Concepcion, La Paz, Tarlac, La Paz, Tarlac, and Victoria. Representation history Election results 2022 2019 2016 2013 2010 See also *Legislative districts of Tarlac References {{Philippine congressional districts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarlac
Tarlac, officially the Province of Tarlac (; ; ; ; ), is a landlocked Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon Regions of the Philippines, region. It had a population of 1,503,456 people according to the 2020 census. Its capital is the city of Tarlac City, Tarlac, which is the most populous in the province. It is bounded on the north by the province of Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija on the east, Zambales on the west, and Pampanga in the south. The province comprises three congressional districts and is subdivided into 17 municipalities and one city, Tarlac City, which is the provincial capital. The province is situated in the heartland of Luzon, in what is known as the Central Plain also spanning the neighbouring provinces of Pampanga, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, and Zambales. Tarlac covers a total land area of . Early in history, what came to be known as Valenzuela Ranch today was once a thickly-forested area, peopled by roving tribes of noma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nueva Ecija's 2nd Congressional District
Nueva Ecija's 2nd congressional district is one of the four congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Nueva Ecija. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1928. The district consists of the northern cities of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Muñoz and San Jose, Nueva Ecija, San Jose, as well as the municipalities of Carranglan, Llanera, Nueva Ecija, Llanera, Lupao, Pantabangan, Rizal, Nueva Ecija, Rizal, and Talugtug, which border Nueva Vizcaya and Pangasinan. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress of the Philippines, 19th Congress by Joseph Gilbert F. Violago of the National Unity Party (Philippines), National Unity Party (NUP). Representation history Election results 2022 2019 2016 2013 2010 See also *Legislative districts of Nueva Ecija References {{Philippine congressional districts in Region III Congressional districts of the Philippines Politics of Nueva Ecija 1926 e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nueva Ecija's 1st Congressional District
Nueva Ecija's 1st congressional district is one of the four congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Nueva Ecija. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1928. The district consists of the western municipalities of Aliaga, Cuyapo, Guimba, Licab, Nampicuan, Quezon, Santo Domingo, Talavera and Zaragoza bordering Pangasinan and Tarlac. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Mikaela Angela B. Suansing of the Lakas–CMD. Representation history Election results 2022 2019 2016 2013 2010 See also *Legislative districts of Nueva Ecija The legislative districts of Nueva Ecija are the representations of the province of Nueva Ecija in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines t ... References {{coord missing, Philippines Congressional districts of the Philipp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
