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The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 is known as the American colonial period, and began with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, when the Philippines was still a colony of the Spanish East Indies, and concluded when the United States formally recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on ...
During the American Colonial Period, tenant farmers complained about the sharecropping system, as well as by the dramatic increase in population which added economic pressure to the tenant farmers' families. [3] As a result, an agrarian reform program was initiated by the Commonwealth. However, success of the program was hampered by ongoing ...
The history of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898 is known as the Spanish colonial period, during which the Philippine Islands were ruled as the Captaincy General of the Philippines within the Spanish East Indies, initially under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, based in Mexico City, until the independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain in 1821.
Duterte then prioritized infrastructure spending, [146] [147] [148] and sought to end the communist insurgency, [149] formally declaring the Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples Army (CPP-NPA) as a terrorist group, [150] [151] creating a reintegration program for former rebels, [152] [153] and granting amnesty to eligible members.
The Philippine Constabulary was placed on active service with the Philippine Commonwealth Army and re-established from October 28, 1944, to June 30, 1946, during the Allied liberation and the post–World War II era. Fighting continued in remote corners of the Philippines until Japan's surrender in August 1945, which was signed on September 2 ...
The Philippine president has approved an amnesty program for Muslim and communist rebels who would agree to surrender their weapons as they return to normal life in the latest such attempt to tame ...
The relationship has been historically strong, described by some as a "special relationship" [1] [2] as a consequence of the Philippines' American colonial period between 1898 and 1946. The Philippines is one of the United States oldest Asian partners and a strategically major non-NATO ally.
Students of this scholarship program were known as pensionados. From the initial 100 students, the program provided education in the United States to around 500 students. They would go on to be influential members of the Philippine society, with many of the alumni of the program going on to work for the government in the Philippine Islands.