Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition Series 2):
SEPTEMBER 21, 1944
President Jose P. Laurel issued Proclamation No. 29 placing the entire Philippines under Martial Law and suspended the Writ of Habeas Corpus.
This declaration came after Allied forces bombed Davao on September 18, 1944.
On September 22, 1944, he issued Proclamation No. 30 declaring that a state of war existed between the Philippines against the United States and Great Britain.
Laurel, who took his oath of office as President of the 2nd Philippine Republic before Supreme Court Chief Justice Jose Yulo on October 14, 1943 was later superceded by the Makapili which was organized in December of 1944.
While American forces and Filipino guerrillas engaged the Japanese forces in different battles and defeating them, Laurel’s government was moved to Baguio in the last month of 1944, and Laurel’s small party was taken to Tokyo, Japan in March of 1945.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved
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