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1922 Baptismal Certificate of Diokno issued in Ermita, Manila. Jose W. Diokno was born in Manila on February 26, 1922, to Ramón Diokno y Marasigan, a former senator and Justice of the Supreme Court from Taal, Batangas, and Leonor May Wright y Garcia, an American mestiza.
This list of members of the Congress of the Philippines by wealth includes only the fifty richest current members of the Congress of the Philippines based on their statement of assets, liabilities and net worth as of December 31, 2018 for the House of Representatives and as of December 31, 2019 for the Senate.
The United States was consistently ranked as one of the Philippines' favorite nations in the world—90% of Filipinos viewed the U.S. and 91% viewed Americans favorably in 2002; [4] [5] 90% viewed U.S. influence positively in 2011; [6] 85% viewed the U.S. and Americans favorably in 2013; [7] 92% viewed the U.S. favorably in 2015; [8] and 94% ...
The 1995 Mining Act, which allows 100% foreign ownership of Philippine mines, has come under fire from left-wing political groups. [ citation needed ] Arroyo was also openly against the implementation of capital punishment in the country, advocating instead for better criminal rehabilitation during her time as Senator.
[376] [377] Also, while the United States is one of the countries critical to Philippine drug war campaign, [378] [379] [380] most of the militant groups [381] – particularly left-wing groups [382] – also criticize Philippine-US relations due to the United States' "imperialism" [382] [383] and neoliberal policies.
The Philippine American War or "Philippine Insurrection" has two phases. First phase was the conventional military warfare between two organized armies: The US Forces and the First Philippine Republican Army. This was period was from February to November 1899.
It was a remarkable turn of events that once again brought together the two most powerful women in American politics – both from the San Francisco Bay area, both products of the city’s ...
Juan Martin Flavier (Tagalog pronunciation: [hwan mɐɾˈtɪn flaˈvjeɹ]; June 23, 1935 – October 30, 2014) was a Filipino physician and politician.He served as the Secretary of Health under President Fidel V. Ramos from 1992 to 1995, and was later elected to the Senate, serving from 1995 to 2007.