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The Chief Justice of the Philippines ( Filipino: Punong Mahistrado ng Pilipinas) is the judge in charge of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. They are the highest ranking judge in the government of the Philippines. The current chief justice is Alexander Gesmundo. He was chosen to be the chief justice by President Rodrigo Duterte in 2021.
Barangay elections in the Philippines were held on May 14, 2018. The election elected the Punong Barangay, more commonly known as barangay captains, and members of the Sangguniang Barangay, or barangay council, in 41,948 barangays (villages) throughout the country whose terms start on June 30, 2018. Barangays are the smallest local government ...
Description. Also known as. English. Captaincy General of the Philippines. 1565–1898 territory of the Spanish Empire in Asia. Capitanía General de las Filipinas. Capitania General de las Filipinas. Spanish Philippines. Philippines under Spanish rule.
History. There were a few attempts to nationally elect local officials during the Spanish colonial period. Following the defeat of Spain in the Spanish–American War and the Philippines later in the Philippine–American War, the Captaincy General of the Philippines and the First Philippine Republic were replaced by the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands (which was established by ...
Establishment of First Philippine Republic. Philippine–American War. (1899–1902) Philippines. United States. American victory. The Philippines becomes an unincorporated territory of the United States. Collapse of the First Philippine Republic. Moro Rebellion.
t. e. The history of the Philippinesfrom 2001 to 2024 is known as the Spanish colonial period, during which the Philippine Islandswere ruled as the Captaincy General of the Philippineswithin the Spanish East Indies, initially under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, based in Mexico City, until the independence of the Mexican Empirefrom Spain in 1821.
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