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Manuel Quezon

Also: Manuel L. Quezon — the standard styled form, and the title of his page in the standard account, Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina — full Hispanic styling, President Quezon — the Commonwealth-era form

Manuel Quezon (Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina; born August 19, 1878, Baler, district of El Príncipe, then part of Nueva Écija — today Baler, Aurora;…

Also: Manuel Acuña Roxas — his full name, the form carried in the Library of Congress heading, Manuel Roxas y Acuña — the Spanish-style styling of his era's records, President Roxas — the standard short form of his presidency

Manuel Roxas (January 1, 1892, Capiz, Capiz – April 15, 1948, Clark Air Base, Angeles) was a Filipino statesman, the fifth President of the Philippines…

President Manuel

Also: Manuel Luis Quezon, Manuel L. Quezon, Father of the National Language (Ama ng Wikang Pambansa)

President Manuel (specifically Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina; August 19, 1878 – August 1, 1944) was a Filipino statesman, soldier, and politician who served as…

Agdangan, Quezon

Agdangan is a fifth-income-class coastal municipality in Quezon Province, Philippines, facing Tayabas Bay. Created on April 1, 1939 when President Manuel L. Quezon signed Executive…

Quezon City

Also: QC, City of Stars (media-industry nickname), Kyusi (colloquial)

Quezon City, officially the City of Quezon, is a highly urbanized city and the most populous city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines.…

Quezon (Province)

Also: Coconut Capital of the Philippines, The Former Tayabas Province, Land of Mount Banahaw

Quezon is a Philippine province in the Calabarzon region (Region IV-A). Its capital is Lucena City. Bordering Aurora (north), Camarines Norte and Sur (southeast), Tayabas…

Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan

Also: HMB — the standard initialism, People's Liberation Army — the English rendering of the Filipino name, Hukbo Mapagpalaya ng Bayan — a variant spelling Wikipedia uses in its account of Luis Taruc

The Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan (HMB, "People's Liberation Army") was the postwar reincarnation of the Hukbalahap — the Central Luzon peasant guerrilla army of the…

Frank Murphy

Also: William Francis Murphy — the full name, Governor-General Murphy — the Philippine Insular Government styling, High Commissioner Murphy — the Commonwealth-era styling

William Francis "Frank" Murphy (April 13, 1890, Harbor Beach, then Sand Beach, Michigan – July 19, 1949, Detroit) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist…

Gil Puyat

Also: Gil J. Puyat, Gil Juco Puyat Sr., Senator Gil Puyat

Gil Juco Puyat Sr. (September 1, 1907 – March 22, 1981) was a Filipino businessman, economist, and politician who served as President of the Senate…

Eulogio Rodriguez

Also: Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez Sr., Eulogio A. Rodriguez Sr., Yoyong

Eulogio "Amang" Adona Rodriguez Sr. (January 21, 1883 – December 9, 1964), also nicknamed Yoyong and in his later years Don Yoyong, was a Filipino…

1934 Constitutional Convention election

Also: 1934 ConCon delegate election, Philippine Constitutional Convention election, 1934 — the alias recorded in its authority data, Election of delegates to the 1934 Constitutional Convention

The 1934 Constitutional Convention election, held on July 10, 1934, was the special election that chose the 202 delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1934…

Chief Justice of the Philippines

Also: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines — the fuller styling carried in the authority records, CJ — the customary Philippine shorthand in legal citation and journalism

The Chief Justice of the Philippines is the head of the Supreme Court and of the Philippine judiciary — the presiding member of the tribunal…

Francisco Delgado

Also: Francisco Delgado y Afan — the record's full name, Francisco Afan Delgado — the common modern styling

Francisco Delgado — in full, Francisco Delgado y Afan (January 25, 1886, Bulacan – October 27, 1964, Manila) — was a Filipino lawyer, legislator, jurist,…

Teodoro R. Yangco

Also: Teodoro Rafael Yangco y Argüelles — the full name in the record, Theo Yangco — the nickname the record carries, Teodoro R. Yangco — the standard short form

Teodoro R. Yangco — in full, Teodoro Rafael Yangco y Argüelles, nicknamed "Theo" (November 9, 1861, San Antonio, Zambales – April 20, 1939, buried in…

Crisanto Evangelista

Also: Crisanto Abaño Evangelista — full name

Crisanto Abaño Evangelista (November 1, 1888 – June 2, 1942) was a Filipino labor leader and communist politician — the printers'-union official who rose through…

Philippine Bar Examination

Also: Philippine Bar Examinations (plural form usual in Court usage), The Bar, Bar Exams

The Philippine Bar Examination is the professional licensure examination for the practice of law in the Philippines, administered exclusively by the Supreme Court of the…

President of the Philippines

Also: Pangulo ng Pilipinas — the Filipino designation, Presidente ng Pilipinas — the Filipino styling in common use, Malacañang — the common metonym, after the palace that houses the office

The President of the Philippines (Filipino: Pangulo ng Pilipinas) is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines — the single elected…

Philippine Normal University

Also: Philippine Normal School (PNS, 1901–1949), Philippine Normal College (PNC, 1949–1991), PNU (standard abbreviation)

The Philippine Normal University (PNU) is the state university at 104 Taft Avenue, Ermita, Manila, created by Act No. 74 of the Philippine Commission, enacted…

Teodoro Agoncillo

Also: Teodoro Andal Agoncillo — full name, National Scientist Agoncillo — the 1985 posthumous honor, Author of The Revolt of the Masses (1956), History of the Filipino People (1960), Malolos: The Crisis of the Republic (1960), The Writings and Trial of Andres Bonifacio (1963), The Fateful Years: Japan's Adventure in the Philippines (1965), A Short History of the Philippines (1969), Filipino Nationalism: 1872–1970 (1974), The Burden of Proof (1984), and the Tagalog literary study Ang Maikling Kuwentong Tagalog (1949)

Teodoro Agoncillo (Teodoro Andal Agoncillo; November 9, 1912 – January 14, 1985) was a Filipino historian, the leading figure of the nationalist historiography that recast…

Philippine Air Force

Also: Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas, PAF, Philippine Army Air Corps — designation of the predecessor force, 1936–1947

The Philippine Air Force (Filipino: Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas; PAF) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, responsible for…

Jorge Bocobo

Also: Jorge Cleofas Bocobo — the name-form carried by his Wikidata record, Jorge C. Bocobo

Jorge Bocobo (October 19, 1886 – July 23, 1965), also recorded as Jorge Cleofas Bocobo, was a Filipino lawyer, educator, jurist, and codifier — a…

National Defense Act

Also: Commonwealth Act No. 1, CA No. 1, The National Defense Act — statutory short title under Section 1

The National Defense Act is the short title of Commonwealth Act No. 1, officially "An Act to Provide for the National Defense of the Philippines,…

Institute of National Language

Also: Surian ng Wikang Pambansa (the Filipino name, abbreviated SWP), Institute of Philippine Languages (the post-1987 renaming under Executive Order No. 117), Linangan ng mga Wika sa Pilipinas (the Filipino name of the renamed institute, as identified in Republic Act No. 7104)

The Institute of National Language (Filipino: Surian ng Wikang Pambansa) was the Commonwealth-era agency created by Commonwealth Act No. 184, approved on November 13, 1936,…

Parol

Also: Farol — the Spanish source word, still used for the lantern tradition's Hispanic antecedents, Paritaan — a native-language generic term for lanterns recorded alongside parol, Parul Sampernandu — the commercial electric star lantern of San Fernando, Pampanga, from a phonetic rendering of "parol San Fernando"

A parol is the Philippine ornamental Christmas lantern, today standardized as a five-pointed star that symbolizes the Star of Bethlehem, though early Spanish-era versions were…

Manuel L Quezon (disambiguation)