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2 days ago · The First Philippine Republic (1899–1901) Emilio Aguinaldo, President of the First Philippine Republic. On January 23, 1899, the First Philippine Republic was proclaimed under Asia's first democratic constitution, with Aguinaldo as its president.
3 days ago · Philippines, island country of Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. It is an archipelago consisting of more than 7,000 islands and islets lying about 500 miles (800 km) off the coast of Vietnam. Manila is the capital, but nearby Quezon City is the country’s most-populous city. Both are part of the National Capital Region (Metro Manila ...
2 days ago · But in 1940, through an amendment to the 1935 Constitution, a bicameral Congress of the Philippines consisting of a House of Representatives and a Senate was created. Those elected in 1941 would not serve until 1945, as World War II erupted.
5 days ago · Philippine-American War, war between the United States and Filipino revolutionaries from 1899 to 1902, an insurrection that may be seen as a continuation of the Philippine Revolution against Spanish rule. It began after the United States assumed sovereignty of the Philippines following the defeat of Spain in the Spanish-American War.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 days ago · The first era, covering the years from 1946 to 1972, was the Congress created following World War II and the subsequent independence of the Philippines from American colonial rule. The second era, reckoned from the enactment of the 1987 Constitution which re-established the Congress survives until the present.
3 days ago · as a strategy to enable Ferdinand Marcos to stay in power past the two Presidential terms allowed him under Philippine Constitution of 1935; and as a technique for covering up the ill-gotten wealth of Marcos, his family, and his cronies.
5 days ago · Appropriating Funds for the Operation of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines During the Period from July First, Nineteen Hundred Seventy-Four to June Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred Seventy-Five and for Other Purposes: 1974-07-19: P.D. No. 504: Further Amending Section 4 of Republic Act No. 4155, as Amended: 1974-07-19: P.D. No. 505
