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Robin Jacob, Music, Films, Movies, Theatre, Albums, CD, Cassettes,Robin Jacob, Manila, Emmanuel Quezon, Aguinaldo, Osmena, Roxa, Magapagal, MArocs, Aquino, Ramos,Estrada, Arroyo, Magsaysay, Spain, USA, China, Japan, Clark Airbase, Subic Navel Base"> </HEAD> <body bgColor=#ffffff> <CENTER> <TABLE WIDTH="1000" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <tr valign="top"> <center> <Img src="bg001.jpg" BORDER=0></TD></TR> <TR> <TD width="20%" height=30 bgcolor=#000000><center> <A HREF="cast & crew.htm"><FONT color=#ffffff face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> Cast & Crew</A></font></TD> <TD width="20%" height=30 bgcolor=#000000><center> <A HREF="timeline.htm"><FONT color=#ffffff face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> Time Line of the Philippines</A></font></TD> <TD width="20%" height=30 bgcolor=#000000><center> <A HREF="leaders.htm"><FONT color=#ffffff face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> Philippine Leaders</A></font></TD> <TD width="20%" height=30 bgcolor=#000000><center> <A HREF="independence.htm"><FONT color=#ffffff face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> Philippine Independence</A></font></TD> <TD width="20%" height=30 bgcolor=#000000><center> <A HREF="maps.htm"><FONT color=#ffffff face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> Maps & Sketches</A></font></TD> </TABLE> <TABLE WIDTH="1000" HEIGHT=600 BORDER="0 CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="0"> <tr valign="top"> <TR><td width=15% valign="top"> <BR> <FONT color=#0000cc face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3> <center><B><U>Content</B></U></font> <BR><BR> <A HREF="Episode 1.htm"><FONT color=#0000cc face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> <B>Episode One</B></A> <BR><BR> <A HREF="Episode 2.htm"><FONT color=#0000cc face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> <B>Episode Two</B> <BR><BR> <A HREF="Episode 3.htm"><FONT color=#0000cc face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> <B>Episode Three</B> <BR><BR> <A HREF="Episode 4.htm"><FONT color=#0000cc face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> <B>Episode Four</B> <BR><BR> <A HREF="Episode 5.htm"><FONT color=#0000cc face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> <B>Episode Five</B> <BR><BR> <A HREF="Episode 6.htm"><FONT color=#0000cc face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> <B>Episode Six</B> <BR><BR><A HREF="Episode 7.htm"><FONT color=#0000cc face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> <B>Episode Seven</B> <BR><BR> <A HREF="Episode 8.htm"><FONT color=#0000cc face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> <B>Episode Eight</B> <BR><BR> <BR><BR> <A HREF="index.htm"><FONT color=#0000cc face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3> <B>Home Page</B> <BR><BR> <A HREF="http://tigerfilms.biz"><FONT color=#333333 face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> <B>Tiger Films Pte Ltd</B> <BR><BR> <A HREF="http://robinjacob.com"><FONT color=#333333 face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> <B>Robin Jacob Web Site</B> <BR><BR><BR> <A HREF="mailto:info@thehistoryofthephilippines.com?SUBJECT='Inquiries'"> <font face="Trebuchet Ms, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" color="#000000"> <IMG SRC="email.gif" border=0> </A> </CENTER> </TD> <TD width=60% valign="top"> <BR> <CENTER> <FONT color=#000000 face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=4> <B>Manuel Acuña Roxas (January 1, 1892  April 15, 1948) </B> <BR><BR> <FONT color=#000000 face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> <P align=justify> Roxas was the first president of an independent Philippines (3rd Republic) He served as president from the first day of independence from the USA 1946 until his untimely death in 1948. He also served the shortest time of any president, 1 year 10 months and 18 days. <BR> Together with Congress Roxas prepared the groundwork for the advent of a free and independent Philippines, with Senator José Avelino ,the Senate President and Congressman Eugenio Perez the House of Representatives Speaker.<BR> On June 21, he appeared in the joint session of the Congress and urged the acceptance of two important laws passed by the Congress of the United States on April 30, 1946 to the Philippine lands. They are the Philippine Rehabilitation Act and the Philippine Trade Act.Both recommendations were accepted by the Congress. <BR> ] The country was facing near bankruptcy. There was no national economy, no export trade. Indeed, production for exports had not been restored. Regarded as the most bombed and destroyed country in the world, the Philippines was in a dire straights. Only Stalingrad and Warsaw could compare with Manila in terms of destruction. More than a million Filipinos were unaccounted for. Estimated war casualties as high as two million. <BR> </CENTER> </TD> <TD width=25% valign="top"><BR> <FONT color=#330099 face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3> <center><B><U> Presidents of the Philippines</B></U> <BR><BR> <A HREF="aguinaldo.htm"> <FONT color=#0000ff face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=1> EMILIO AGUINALDO -1898 - 1901</A> <BR><BR> <A HREF="quezon.htm"> <FONT color=#0000ff face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=1> MANUEL QUEZON - Nov 15, 1935 - Aug 1, 1944</A> <BR><BR> <A HREF="osmena.htm"> <FONT color=#0000ff face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=1> SERGIO OSMEÑA - Aug 1, 1944 - May 27, 1946</A> <BR><BR> <A HREF="laurel.htm"> <FONT color=#0000ff face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=1> JOSE LAUREL - Oct 14, 1943 - Aug 15, 1945</A> <BR><BR> <A HREF="roxas.htm"> <FONT color=#0000ff face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=1> MANUEL ROXAS - Jul 4, 1946 - Apr 15, 1948</A> <BR><BR> <A HREF="quirino.htm"> <FONT color=#0000ff face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=1> ELPIDIO QUIRINO - Apr 17, 1948 - Nov 10, 1953</A> <BR><BR> <A HREF="magsaysay.htm"> <FONT color=#0000ff face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=1> RAMON MAGSAYSAY - Dec 30, 1953 - Mar 17, 1957</A> <BR><BR> <A HREF="garcia.htm"> <FONT color=#0000ff face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=1> CARLOS GARCIA - Mar 18, 1957 - Dec 30, 1961</A> <BR><BR> <A HREF="macapagal.htm"> <FONT color=#0000ff face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=1> DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL - Dec 30, 1961 - Dec 30, 1965</A> <BR><BR> <A HREF="marcos.htm"> <FONT color=#0000ff face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=1> FERDINAND MARCOS - Dec 30, 1965 Feb 25, 1986</A> <BR><BR> <A HREF="aquino.htm"> <FONT color=#0000ff face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=1> CORAZON AQUINO - Feb 25, 1986 - June 30, 1992</A> <BR><BR> <A HREF="ramos.htm"> <FONT color=#0000ff face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=1> FIDEL RAMOS - June 30, 1992 - June 30, 1998</A> <BR><BR> <A HREF="estrada.htm"> <FONT color=#0000ff face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=1> JOSEPH ESTRADA - 1998 - 2001</A> <BR><BR> <A HREF="arroyo.htm"> <FONT color=#0000ff face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=1> GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO - 2001 - Present</A> </CENTER> </TD> </TR> </table> <CENTER> <font face="Trebuchet MS,Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#000000"> The copyright to this site, the script 'The History of the Philippines' and all concepts are held by Robin Jacob. 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