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  1. Apr 3, 2019 · April 3, 2019 | 12:00am. The man whose picture graces our blue-colored P100 bills is Manuel A. Roxas, the first president of the new Republic of the Philippines. He was the fifth Philippine ...

  2. Manuel Roxas (born Jan. 1, 1892, Capiz, Phil.—died April 15, 1948, Clark Field, Pampanga) was a political leader and the first president (1946–48) of the independent Republic of the Philippines. After studying law at the University of the Philippines, near Manila, Roxas began his political career in 1917 as a member of the municipal council ...

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  3. On March 14, 1947, the Military Bases Agreement was signed by President Manuel A. Roxas and Paul V. McNutt, the United States high commissioner in the Philippines and concurred in by the Philippine Senate on March 26, 1947, and accepted and ratified by the US on January 21, 1948. There were 18 Philippine senators who voted in favor of the ...

  4. World War II. * Japanese Occupation of the Philippines (1942–1945) * Philippines Campaign (1944–1945) Manuel Acuña Roxas QSC (Tagalog: [maˈnwel aˈkuɲa ˈɾɔhas]; January 1, 1892 – April 15, 1948) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fifth president of the Philippines from 1946 until his death in 1948.

  5. Jan 21, 2024 · New Republic, New Leader: The Philippines Under President Roxas. American Colonial Period (1901-1946) 21 January 2024 Michael Camus. Manuel Acuña Roxas served as the fifth president of the Philippines from May 28, 1946, to April 15, 1948. He played a significant role in the establishment of the independent Third Philippine Republic after the ...

  6. During the period of Martial Law under President Ferdinand Marcos, July 4 was changed to Philippine-American Friendship Day, and relegated to a working holiday. President Corazon Aquino did away with Philippine-American Friendship Day altogether, but President Fidel V. Ramos restored it on the occasion of the 50th anniversary.

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  8. Captured in 1942 by the Japanese forces. He was forced to serve in the puppet government of José Laurel. Roxas was elected president of the Senate on June 9, 1945. He broke with President Osmeña and formed the Liberal party, which he led to victory as presidential candidate on April 23, 1946. Roxas thus became the last president of the ...

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