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died, is located; Aguinaldo Mansion in Kawit, Cavite, where General Emilio Aguinaldo,
first President of the Philippines, was born, and where Philippine Independence was
solemnly proclaimed on June 12, 1898; and Batan, Aklan, where the "Code of
Kalantiyaw" was promulgated in 1433.

[138] Under the principle of ejusdem generis, "where a general word or phrase follows

an enumeration of particular and specific words of the same class or where the latter
follow the former, the general word or phrase is to be construed to include, or to be
restricted to persons, things or cases akin to, resembling, or of the same kind or class
as those specifically mentioned."

The purpose and rationale of the principle was explained by the Court in National Power
Corporation v. Angas as follows:

The purpose of the rule on ejusdem generis is to give effect to both the
particular and general words, by treating the particular words as indicating
the class and the general words as including all that is embraced in said
class, although not specifically named by the particular words. This is
justified on the ground that if the lawmaking body intended the general
terms to be used in their unrestricted sense, it would have not made an
enumeration of particular subjects but would have used only general terms.
[2 Sutherland, Statutory Construction, 3rd ed., pp. 395-400]. (See Pelizloy
Realty Corp. v. The Province of Benguet, 708 Phil. 466, 480-481 [2013], as
cited in Alta Vista Golf and Country Club v. City of Cebu, G.R. No. 180235,
January 20, 2016)

[139] See Cudia v. The Superintendent of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA), G.R.

No. 211362, February 24, 2015, 751 SCRA 469, 542.

[140] Also includes the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's National Cemetery in the

District of Columbia.

[141] See 32 C.F.R. § 553.3 and 10 U.S.C.A. § 4721.

[142] Id.

[143] 10 U.S.C.A. § 4723.

[144] 36 C.F.R. § 12.2.

[145] Id.

[146] Id.

[147] See National Electrification Administration v. COA, 427 Phil. 464, 485 (2002).

[148] On August 19, 1992, the Government of the Republic of the Philippines,

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