Manuel A.

Roxas

Politics
o Recovery and rehabilitation of the country
Bell Trade Act or the Philippine Trade Act
General Amnesty
Military Bases Agreement
Tydings Rehabilitation Act
Parity Rights
Adopted Pro-American Policy
Economics
o Philippine Rehabilitation Finance Company
o Preferential tariffs to control the imports and exports
o U.S. citizens and corporations were granted equal access to the natural resources
and operation of public utilities on the country
o Sugar Industry
Education
o School Supplies Scandal
o Reconstruction of the damaged school buildings alone cost more than Php
126,000,000.00
Agriculture
o Rice Share Tenancy Act of 1933

Elpidio R. Quirino

Politics
o Social Programs
Unemployment Insurance
Old Age Insurance
Accident and Permanent Disability Insurance
Health Insurance
Maternity Insurance
State Relief
Labor Opportunity
Social Security Commission
PACSA
o Agrarian Reform
o Integrity Board
o Philippines Expeditionary Forces to Korea
o Quirino Foster Agreement
Economics
o Economic reconstruction of the nation
o PACSA (Presidents Action Committee on Social Amelioration) to mitigate the
sufferings of the indigent families

o ACCFA (Agricultural Credit Cooperatives Financing Administration) to help

the farmers market their crops and save them from loan sharks
o Rural banks of the Philippines to facilitate credit utilities in rural areas
Ramon F. Magsaysay

Politics
o Philippines golden years
o Made Malacanang literally a house of the people opened the palace to the
public
o PAF (Philippines Air Force)
o Policies
Presidents Action Body
Agrarian Reform
Republic Act No. 1160 of 1954 (National Resettlement and
Rehabilitation Administration (NARRA))
Republic Act No. 1199 (Agricultural Tenancy Act of 1954)
Republic Act No. 1400 (Land Reform Act of 1955 Land Tenure
Administration (LTA))
Republic Act No. 821 (Agricultural Credit Cooperative Financing
Administration)
SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization)
Joint Defense Council
Laurel Langay Agreement
Bandury Conference
Reparations Agreement
Economics
o Reparations Agreements
Japanese government would pay $800,000,000.00 as reparations

Carlos P. Garcia

Politics
o Communist Party of the Philippines
o Filipino First Policy
o Austerity Program
o Bohlen Serrano Agreement
Economics
o Austerity Program
Tighten up its controls to prevent abuses in the over shipment of exports
under license and in under pricing also
More rigid enforcement on the regulations on barter shipments
Government exports to be restricted to essential items
Reduce rice imports

Overhauling of the local transportation system

Tax system revision

Diosdado P. Macapagal

Politics
o Independence Day
o Policies
Socio-economic Program
Land Reform
Anti-corruption Drive
Sabah Claim
Maphilindo
Nacionalista Party
Economics
o Socio-economic Program removal of controls and restoration of free enterprise
o Five-Year Socio-economic Program
o Philippine peso was allowed to float on the free currency exchange market
Agriculture
o Agricultural Land Reform Code of 1963 (Republic Act No.3844) provided the
purchase of private farmlands

Ferdinand E. Marcos

Politics
o Sa ikauunlad ng bayan, disiplina ang kailangan
o New Society
Peace and Order
Land Reforms
Educational Reforms
Labor Reforms
Government Reorganization
Economic Reforms
Social Services
o Open-door policy
o 1973 Constitution
o Batasang Bayan and the IBP
o Political Achievements
1973 Constitution
Republic Act No. 6132 1970 Constitutional Convention Act
Presidential Decree No. 73 date of the plebiscite
General Order No. 20 postponing the plebiscite
Proclamation No. 1102 Constitution was ratified (organized by Marcos
through Presidential Decree No. 86)
Batasang Bayan and the IBP (Interim Batasang Pambansa)

 Presidential Decree No. 995 created the Batasang Bayan

Economics
o GNP Growth Rate
o Year

o Annual rate of Growth

o Pre-War

o 3.3%

o Post-War

o 5.5%

o 1978-1979

o 6.1%

o 1979-1980

o 5.4%

o 1980-1981

o 4.9%

o Economic Achievements
Economic Prosperity during the 1970s and the early 1980s
Farmers had price support and financial support
Self-sufficient in rice exports
Kilusang Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran
Overseas Filipino Workers
Development of Infrastructures
Education
o Marcos believed that education was a very important role towards the goal of the
New Society.
o President Marcos vowed that his administration shall educate our children, our
men and women, and ourselves.
o Education Development Decree of 1972 defines a more responsive role for the
education system
Agriculture
o Exploitation of the poor and landless peasants by their landlords
o Presidential Decree No. 2 - proclaiming the whole country as a reform area
o Presidential Decree No. 27 abolishes tenancy
o By the end of martial law in 1981, 532, 153 tenant-farmers had become owners of
rice and corn lands in 45 provinces

Corazon C. Aquino

Politics
o 1987 Constitution
Proposed the creation of autonomous regions in the Cordilleras and
Muslim Mindanao
Restoration of the Presidential form of government and the congress

Created to replace the 1973 constitution

o Restoration of democratic institutions
o Freedom Constitution (Proclamation no. 3)
o National Reconciliation
o Autonomous Region is Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) was given the freedom to be
singled out of the country
o Presidential Commission on Good Government
o Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
Protection and rehabilitation of the mentally and physically disabled
Provide complete services for the needy
Improve inhuman conditions
o Generics Law
Weak support from doctors
Strong lobbying by multinational drug companies
Health departments incompetence
Economics
o Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG)
o Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) for a more equitable distribution
and ownership of land

Fidel V. Ramos

Politics
o Energy crisis
o National Integrated Projected Areas System
o Local Government Code
o Philippine Centennial
o Clean and Green Campaign
o Peace Agreements with MNLF
Economics
o Foreign Investment from Travel
o Asian Tiger Cub Economy

Joseph Ejercito Estrada

Politics
o Programs
National Anti Poverty Commission
Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA)
Presidential Anti Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF)
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
Enhanced Retail Access for the Poor

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Politics
o Strong Republic
o Garnered the biggest number of votes in Philippine history
o Field over 400 Senate Bills and Resolutions
o Authored or co-authored 55 bills signed into law of socio-economic legislation
that have brought our country to the status of Asias next tiger
o Ranked no. 1 in a public opinion survey of performance and awareness
Economics
o Expanded Value Added tax (E-VAT) a type of indirect sales tax levied on goods
and services at each production and distribution step and to generate more
revenues
o RA 7844 (The Export Development Act)
o RA 7718 (The Amended Build-Operate-Transfer Law)
o RA 7843 (Strengthening the Anti-Dumping Provisions)
o RA 8179 (Further liberalizing Foreign Investments)
o RA 7721 (Liberalizing baking in the Philippines)
o RA 7651 (Revitalizing and strengthening the Bureau of Customs)
o RA 7916 (Creating the Philippine Economic Zone Authority)
o RA 7640 (Constituting the Legislative-Executive Development Council)
o RA 1490 (Investment Houses Act)
o RA 7661 (Extending the life of the Asset Privatization Trust)
o RA 7903 (Creating the Zamboanga Special Economic Zone)
o SBN 345 (Promoting the Development of Interisland Shipping)
o SBN 358 (Development of Micro and Cottage Industries)
Agricultural
o RA 7900 promoting the production, processing, marketing, and distribution of
high-value crops
o RA 8175 Amending the Charter of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation
o RA 7942 Instituting a new system of mineral resources exploration
o Co-host Dighay Bayan TV program catering to farmers
o SBN 1282 (Food Security Buffer Stock Bill)
o SBN 2046 Amending the Sugar Restitution Law
o RA 7638 creating the Department of Energy

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