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4 days ago · Jose P. Laurel (1943–1945) Sergio Osmeña (1944–1946) War Cabinet (1944–1945) On August 8, 1944, President Osmeña issued Executive Order 15-W reorganizing and consolidating the executive departments of the Commonwealth government.
3 days ago · President José P. Laurel of the Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state established in 1943, departed the city on March 22 and reached Taiwan eight days later, on March 30. The remainder of the Second Republic government, along with Japanese civilians, were ordered to evacuate Baguio on March 30.
3 days ago · July 2012--The Presidential Museum and Library is located in Kalayaan Hall, originally built in 1921 during the American colonial era as the Executive Building and today a wing of Malacañan Palace, the historic and official seat and residence of the President of the Philippines.
4 days ago · The following day President Roosevelt froze all Japanese assets within the United States and issued orders to absorb the forces of the Philippine Army. That same day the War Department created the US Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE) command, with jurisdiction over the Philippine Department and the military forces of the Commonwealth.
5 days ago · In the context of the Rizal Bill debate, Senator Jose P. Laurel proposed an alternative to the mandatory reading of Dr. José Rizal’s novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. Instead of making it compulsory for students to read these novels in their entirety, he suggested the preparation of a comprehensive syllabus that would include selected readings from the novels.
3 days ago · In 1965, President Diosdado Macapagal signed a decree converting Batangas from a municipality into a city and renaming it Laurel in honor of José P. Laurel, who served as president of the Japanese-backed Second Philippine Republic during World War II.
5 days ago · This group was created because of President Jose P. Laurel's refusal to conscript Filipinos for Japan. 9. On January 17, 1981, President Marcos signed this proclamation ending eight years and four months of martial law in the Philippines.
