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April 23 – Manuel Roxas is elected as the first president of the Third Republic of the Philippines in the presidential elections, as well as the last president (equivalent to governor) of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, defeating incumbent Sergio Osmeña in advance of scheduled independence. [2] April 28 – The University of Batangas is ...
When the Philippines gained independence from the United States on July 4, 1946, Roxas became the first president of the new republic. On March 14, 1947, a military bases agreement between the Philippines and the US entered into force, granting the right to retain the use of certain military bases for a period of 99 years, with some ...
The Treaty of Manila of 1946, formally the Treaty of General Relations and Protocol, [1] is a treaty of general relations signed on July 4, 1946, in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. It relinquished U.S. sovereignty over the Philippines and recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines .
The 1946 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on April 23, 1946, according to Commonwealth Act No. 725. Incumbent president Sergio Osmeña ran for a full term but was defeated by Senator Manuel Roxas.
The 1st Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (Filipino: Unang Kongreso ng Komenwelt ng Pilipinas), also known as the Postwar Congress, [1] and the Liberation Congress, [2] refers to the meeting of the bicameral legislature composed of the Senate and House of Representatives, from 1945 to 1946.
The 1st Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Unang Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from May 25, 1946, until December 13, 1949, during the 22-month presidency of Manuel Roxas and the first two years of Elpidio Quirino's presidency.
The election was generally peaceful and orderly except in some places where passions ran high, especially in the province of Pampanga.According to the controversial decision of the Electoral Tribunal of the House of Representatives on Meliton Soliman vs. Luis Taruc, Pampanga was under the terroristic clutches and control of the Hukbalahaps.So terrorized were the people of Arayat, at one time ...
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 ...