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Progressive Party (Philippines)
The Progressive Party of the Philippines (PPP), also known as the Party for Philippine Progress, was a reformist political party that existed in the late 1950s and the 1960s. It is considered to be the earliest Filipino form of a genuine alternative party to the then-dominant political pair of the Nacionalista Party and the Liberal Party. The party ceased to exist by 1969. History 1950s The party was founded in 1957 by Manuel Manahan and Raul Manglapus, both of whom had served as key members of the administration of President Ramon Magsaysay before his untimely death earlier that year. The formation came as a result of the dissatisfaction of members of the Nacionalista Party over the "cold treatment" given to them by allies of newly installed President Carlos P. Garcia. In the 1957 general election held later that year, Manahan ran as the standard-bearer of the new party while Vicente Araneta served as his running mate. The party also fielded a complete slate of eight senato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Manahan
Manuel Perez Manahan (January 1, 1916 – May 18, 1994) was a Filipino politician, journalist, businessman, and rural development advocate. He was a key government official during the administration of president Ramon Magsaysay, best known for his stint as the head of the Presidential Complaints and Action Commission. Together with Raul Manglapus, he co-founded the Progressive Party of the Philippines and served as its presidential candidate in 1957. He also served as Senator of the Philippines from 1961 until 1967. Early life and career Manahan was the third of six children of Juan Manahan and Cleotilde Perez. He finished high school in 1933 at the Ateneo de Manila, and acquired his bachelor of arts degree in 1937 at the same institution. After finishing his studies, Manahan began a business career, most notably in soft drinks manufacturing. In 1933, he established the Philippine Standard Products Company. In 1937, he became a business apprentice at H.E. Heacock and Company, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Philippine General Election
Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 14, 1961 in the Philippines. Incumbent President Carlos P. Garcia lost his opportunity for a second full term as President of the Philippines to Vice President President Diosdado Macapagal. His running mate, Senator Sergio Osmeña, Jr. lost to Senator Emmanuel Pelaez. Six candidates ran for president, four of whom were "nuisance" candidates. This was the only election in Philippine electoral history in which a vice-president defeated the incumbent president. Results President Vice-President Senate House of Representatives See also *Commission on Elections *Politics of the Philippines *Philippine elections *President of the Philippines *5th Congress of the Philippines References External links The Philippine Presidency ProjectOfficial website of the Commission on Elections {{DEFAULTSORT:Philippine General Election, 1961 1961 General election A general election is a political voting election whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Philippine Senate Election
A senatorial election was held on November 14, 1961 in the Philippines. The two candidates of the Progressive Party, guest candidates of the Liberal Party, topped the election, while the Liberals themselves won four seats cutting the Nacionalista Party's majority to 13 seats in the 24-seat Philippine Senate. Retiring incumbents All incumbents defended their seats in this election. Mid-term vacancies #Claro M. Recto (Nacionalista), died on October 2, 1960 Incumbents running elsewhere These ran in the middle of their Senate terms. For those losing in their respective elections, they can still return to the Senate to serve out their term, while the winners will vacate their Senate seats, then it would have been contested in a special election concurrently with the next general election. # Gil Puyat ( Nacionalista), ran for vice president and lost Results The Liberal Party won four seats contested in the election, while the Nacionalista Party and the Liberal Party won two each. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Philippine Senate Election
A senatorial election was held on November 10, 1959 in the Philippines. The 1959 elections were known as the 1959 Philippine midterm elections as the date when the elected officials take office falls halfway through President Carlos P. Garcia's four-year term. The Liberal Party continued chipping away from the Nacionalista Party's dominance in the Senate, winning two more seats, although the Nacionalistas still possessed 19 out of 24 seats in the chamber. Retiring incumbents Nacionalista Party # Alejo Mabanag Mid-term vacancies #Ruperto Kangleon (Democratic), died on February 28, 1958 Results The Nacionalista Party won five seats contested in the election, while the Liberal Party won two, and the Nationalist Citizens' Party won one. Lorenzo Tañada of the Nationalist Citizens' Party and Nacionalistas Mariano Jesús Cuenco, Fernando Lopez, and Eulogio Rodriguez defended their Senate seats. Lopez was originally from the Democratic Party, and ran as a Nacionalista on this electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Philippine Senate Election
A senatorial election was held on November 12, 1957 in the Philippines. The Nacionalista Party, despite losing two seats to the Liberal Party still held the Senate with twenty seats. The Liberals who won were actor Rogelio de la Rosa and former basketball player Ambrosio Padilla. Retiring incumbents Nacionalista Party #Jose P. Laurel #Manuel Briones Incumbents running elsewhere These ran in the middle of their Senate terms. For those losing in their respective elections, they can still return to the Senate to serve out their term, while the winners will vacate their Senate seats, then it would have been contested in a special election concurrently with the next general election. # Claro M. Recto ( NCP), ran for president and lost # Lorenzo Tañada ( NCP), ran for vice president and lost Results The Nacionalista Party won six seats contested in the election, while the Liberal Party won two. Nacionalistas Roseller T. Lim, Cipriano Primcias Sr., and Gil Puyat defended the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Araneta
Vicente is an Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name ''Vincentius'' meaning "conquering" (from Latin ''vincere'', "to conquer"). Vicente may refer to: Location *São Vicente, Cape Verde - an island in Cape Verde People Given Name * Vicente Aleixandre (1898–1984), Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate * Vicente Álvarez Travieso, first alguacil mayor (1731–1779) of San Antonio, Texas * Vicente Aranda (1926–2015), Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer * Vicente del Bosque (b. 1950), former Spanish footballer and former manager of the Spain national football team * José Vicente Feliz, American settler * Vicente Fernández (1940–2021), Mexican retired singer, actor, and film producer * Vicente Fox Quesada (b. 1942), Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico * Juan Vicente Gómez (1857–1935), Venezuelan military dictator * Vicente Guaita (b. 1987), Spanish footballer * Vicente Guerrer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Philippine Presidential Election
The 1961 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on November 14, 1961. Incumbent president Carlos P. Garcia lost his opportunity for a second full term as president of the Philippines to Vice President Diosdado Macapagal. His running mate, Senator Gil J. Puyat, lost to Senator Emmanuel Pelaez. Six candidates ran for president, four of whom got nine votes nationwide together. This was the only election in Philippine electoral history in which a vice-president defeated the incumbent president. Results President Vice-President See also *Commission on Elections *Politics of the Philippines *Philippine elections *President of the Philippines * 5th Congress of the Philippines External links The Philippine Presidency ProjectOfficial website of the Commission on Elections {{Philippine elections 1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Philippine Presidential Election
The 1957 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on November 12, 1957. Incumbent President and Vice President to Ramon Magsaysay, Carlos P. Garcia was elected for a full term as President of the Philippines. Garcia assumed the post following the death of Magsaysay in a plane crash earlier that year. His running mate, Speaker Jose Laurel Jr., lost to Pampanga Representative Diosdado Macapagal. This was the first time in Philippine electoral history wherein a president was elected by a plurality rather than a majority, and in which the winning presidential and vice presidential candidates came from different parties. Results President Vice-President See also *Commission on Elections *Politics of the Philippines *Philippine elections *President of the Philippines * 4th Congress of the Philippines External links The Philippine Presidency ProjectOfficial website of the Commission on Elections {{Philippine elections 1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blas Ople
Blas Fajardo Ople (February 3, 1927 – December 14, 2003) was a Filipino journalist and politician who held several high-ranking positions in the executive and legislative branches of the Philippine government, including as Senate President from 1999 to 2000, and as Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2002 until his death. Perceived as a leftist-nationalist at the onset of his career in public service, Ople was, in his final years, a vocal supporter for allowing a limited United States military presence in the Philippines, and for American initiatives in the War on Terror including the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. Ople's most enduring role was his nineteen years as Secretary (later Minister) of Labor and Employment during the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos, when Philippine labor laws were overhauled through the enactment of the Labor Code of the Philippines that he had helped author. Early life and career Ople was born in Hagonoy, Bulacan on February 3, 1927, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gordon (politician)
Richard Juico Gordon (born August 5, 1945) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who most recently served as a Senate of the Philippines, Senator from 2016 to 2022, and previously from 2004 to 2010. He is the chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross since 2004. He rose to national prominence for his work in preserving and developing the former U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay, U.S. naval base in Subic when he served as the first chairman of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority from 1992 to 1998, and when he conceptualized the Wow Philippines campaign as Secretary of Tourism (Philippines), Secretary of Tourism from 2001 to 2004. Gordon was the mayor of Olongapo from 1980 to 1986 and from 1988 to 1993, and was also the youngest delegate to the 1970 Philippine Constitutional Convention election, 1971 Constitutional Convention. Early life and education Gordon was born in Castillejos, Zambales. His father, James Leonard Gordon, James L. Gordon, was Olongapo's first elected mayor who se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Lopez
Fernando Hofileña Lopez Sr. (April 13, 1904May 26, 1993) was a Filipino statesman. A member of the influential Lopez family of Iloilo, he served as Vice President of the Philippines, vice president of the Philippines for three terms – under Elpidio Quirino (1949–1953) for the Liberal Party (Philippines), Liberals and Ferdinand Marcos (1965–1969 and 1969–1972) for the Nacionalista Party, Nacionalistas. He was also the chairman of ABS-CBN Corporation from 1986 to his death in 1993. Early life and career Lopez was born on April 13, 1904, in Jaro, Iloilo City to Benito Villanueva Lopez and Presentacion Javelona Hofileña. He was the younger brother and only sibling of Eugenio Lopez Sr., Eugenio Lopez Sr. The Lopez family of Iloilo, Lopez family was the richest and most influential family in the province. Lopez studied high school at Colegio de San Juan de Letran, finishing in 1921. He studied law in the University of Santo Tomas, earning his Bachelor of La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
