Professional Documents
Culture Documents
country
1. Ferdinand Marcos Only President to He enforced
make PHP equal to discipline to
$ Filipinos
Made effective He is known as the
reforms Philippines’ Dictator
Boosted the
economy
2. Ramon Magsaysay Gave land to the Known as “The
landless farmers People’s President”
Improved Philippine Filipinos leaned on
Agriculture public officials
more.
3. Manuel Quezon Approved Tagalog A province and a
as national city was named
language of the after him (Quezon
Philippines. City and Quezon
Gave women the Province).
right to vote. Known as the
Fought for the “Father of National
Independence of Language” of the
the Philippines Philippines.
through the
passage of
Tydings-Mcduffie
Act
4. Carlos Garcia Filipino First Policy Served the Filipinos
Austerity Program first before foreign
Cultural Arts was people.
revived Known as the
“Prince of Visayan
Poets”
5. Diosdado Fought graft and Until now the
Macapagal corruption during Minimum Wage
his term Law is being
Declared June 12 implemented.
as the day of
Philippine
Independence
Minimum Wage
Law