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4 days ago · On Jan. 23, 1950, Elpidio Quirino delivered his second Sona from his hospital room at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. His Filipino audience back home heard him live on radio.
Jul 13, 2024 · • President Elpidio Quirino enacted the bill as Republic Act No. 265 (The Central Bank Act) • The Central Bank of the Philippines (CBP) was officially inaugurated with Miguel P. Cuaderno, Sr. as its first governor, operating under the broad policy objectives of RA No. 265 to promote economic development and maintain monetary stability.
6 days ago · Notably, President Elpidio Quirino delivered his SONA from Maryland in the United States on January 1950 via live radio broadcast as he was then confined at a hospital in Baltimore. President Ferdinand Marcos was the first to deliver his SONA at the Batasang Pambansa, on June 1978.
2 days ago · The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The president is directly elected by the citizens of the Philippines and is one of only two nationally elected executive officials, the other being the vice president of the Philippines.
Jul 19, 2024 · Elpidio Quirino; president of the Philippines, 1948-1953. "So live that you can look at every man straight in the eye."
2 days ago · The Central Bank Act authored by then Congressman José J. Roy was signed into law in June of the same year by the newly proclaimed President Elpidio Quirino, who succeeded the late President Roxas, affixing his signature on Republic Act (RA) No. 265 or the Central Bank Act of 1948.
3 days ago · In early August 1950, he offered President Elpidio Quirino a plan to fight the Communist guerrillas, using his own experiences in guerrilla warfare during World War II. After some hesitation, Quirino realized that there was no alternative and appointed Magsaysay Secretary of National Defence in September 1950. [7]
