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Katipunan constitution, laws and official decrees Official decrees of Aguinaldo Provisional Constitution: Official decrees of Aguinaldo Malolos Constitution: Katipunan constitution, laws and official decrees United States Constitution: Philippine Organic Act (1902) Philippine Autonomy Act (1916) Tydings–McDuffie Act; 1935 Constitution: 1943 ...
A plebiscite on the amendment to the Constitution of the Philippines pursuant to resolution of the dated November 3, 1939, setting up export tariffs for goods such as sugar. This occurred on October 24, 1939.
Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina [b] GCGH KGCR (UK: / ˈ k eɪ z ɒ n /, US: / ˈ k eɪ s ɒ n,-s ɔː n,-s oʊ n /, Tagalog: [maˈnwel luˈis ˈkɛson], Spanish: [maˈnwel ˈlwis ˈkeson]; 19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who was president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 until his death in ...
The law also required the Philippine Senate to ratify the law. Manuel L. Quezon urged the Philippine Senate to reject the bill, which it did. Quezon himself led the twelfth independence mission to Washington to secure a better independence act. The result was the Tydings–McDuffie Act of 1934 which was very similar to the Hare-Hawes-Cutting ...
The 1st National Assembly of the Philippines (Filipino: Unang Asambleyang Pambansa ng Pilipinas) was the meeting of the legislature of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from November 25, 1935 until August 15, 1938, during the first three years of Manuel L. Quezon's presidency.
The Philippine Commission enacts the Sedition Act December 14 An earthquake estimated of magnitude 7.8 shakes Lucena City. 1902 January The first labor union of The Country, Union de Litografose Impresores de Filipinas, is organized. January 21 The Philippine Commission calls for the organization of Public Schools in the Philippines. March 30
The Constitution of the Philippines (Filipino: Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas or Konstitusyon ng Pilipinas) is the supreme law of the Philippines. Its final draft was completed by the Constitutional Commission on October 12, 1986, and ratified by a nationwide plebiscite on February 2, 1987. The Constitution remains unamended to this day.
In 1934, Filipino politicians obtained the passage of a Philippine independence law known as the Tydings–McDuffie Act. It was crafted to prepare the Philippines for its eventual independence after a ten-year period. [3] The Tydings–McDuffie Act also enabled them to draft and adopt a constitution, subject to the concurrence of the U.S ...