La Liga Filipina

Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):

JULY 3, 1892

The La Liga Filipina (The Philippine League), a mutual aid, self-help society was founded by Dr. Jose Rizal in the house of Doroteo Ongjunco in Calle Ylaya, Tondo, Manila with Ambrosio Salvador as President: Deodato Arellano, secretary: Bonifacio Arevalo, treasurer; and Agustin dela Rosa, fiscal. 

Also in the gathering were Pedro Serrano Laktaw (Panday Pira), Domingo Franco (Felipe Leal), Jose Ramos (Socorro), Moises Salvador (Araw), Faustino Villaruel (Ilaw), Numeriano Adriano (Ipil), Apolinario Mabini (Katabay) and Andres Bonifacio (May Pagasa).  

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Vicente Orestes Romualdez

Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition Series 3):

JULY 3, 1885

Vicente Orestes Romualdez y Lopez (July 3, 1885 - September 30, 1955), the father of former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos was born in Tolosa, Leyte. 

He was “Hukom Pamayapa” in Tolosa and later served as provincial sheriff of Leyte. Romualdez studied law at Escuela de Derechos de Manila and passed the bar in 1916. 

He received the title “Doctorate of Civil Laws (Sobresaliente) at the University of Sto. Tomas in 1923. 

During the Japanese occupation, he joined the guerrilla movement. 

His brother Norberto was a Supreme Court Associate Justice.

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Elihu Root Sends Telegraph To End U.S. Military Government

Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition Series 2):

JULY 2, 1902

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt’s Secretary of War Elihu Root telegraphed that with the end of the Philippine insurrection against the sovereignty of the United States and with the establishment of civil governments in the provinces, the office of the Military Governor will be terminated. 

The United States Military Government of the Philippines was established on August 14, 1898 right after Manila fell into the hands of the Americans. 

The U.S. military commander was given the authority by the president as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, to govern the Philippine islands. 

General Wesley Merritt was the first acting governor and was succeeded by General Elwell Stephen Otis followed by General Arthur MacArthur Jr. and General Adna Chaffee Jr. 

After the position of the military governor was abolished, the Civil Governor-General took its place and was the executive authority in the Philippines.

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The Bell Trade Act

Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):

JULY 2, 1946

The Bell Trade Act or the Philippine Trade Act of 1946 was approved by the Philippine Legislature during the term of Pres. Manuel Roxas. 

The Act sponsored by Missouri Congressman Charles Jasper Bell was passed by the U.S. Congress and governed the granting of Philippine independence. 

It controversially tied the Philippine economy to that of the United States. 

An $800 million post-war fund was offered if the Act was ratified. 

Pres. Sergio Osmeña called it a curtailment of Philippine sovereignty, virtual nullification of Philippine Independence.” 

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Imelda Romualdez Marcos

Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition Series 3):

JULY 2, 1929

Imelda Romualdez Marcos (July 2, 1929), the former First Lady and widow of Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos was born in Manila to Remedios Trinidad and Vicente Romualdez, the brother of Supreme Court Associate Justice Norberto Romualdez. 

Known as the Rose of Tacloban, Imelda was a singer, model and Muse of Manila before marrying Marcos. 

They ruled the country for 20 years and were forced to leave to Hawaii during the 1986 People Power Revolution. 

Imelda and her children returned in 1991 and became a Congresswoman of Ilocos Norte. She is the mother of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.

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Dr. Olivia Simeona Demetria Salamanca

Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):

JULY 1, 1889

Dr. Olivia Simeona Demetria Salamanca y Diaz (July 1, 1889 - July 13, 1913), the second woman in the Philippines to earn a medical degree was born in San Roque, Cavite. 

The daughter of a wealthy couple, Col. Jose Salamanca of the Philippine Revolutionary Army who was a pharmacist and a signatory of the Malolos Constitution and Cresencia Diaz. 

Dr. Salamanca became the Secretary of the Philippine Anti-Tuberculosis Society in 1910. Her work with TB patients also made her a victim that led to her death on July 13, 1913. 

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Pres. Theodore Roosevelt Signs Into Law The Cooper Act

Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):

JULY 1, 1902

Pres. Theodore Roosevelt signed into law the Philippine Bill of 1902 or the Cooper Act sponsored by Congressman Henry Allen Cooper. 

The bill proposed the creation and the administration of a civil government in the Philippines and called for the ratification of all changes made in the Philippine government by the U.S. president; extension of the American Bill of Rights to the Filipinos except the trial by jury; creation of a bicameral legislative body with the Philippine Commission as the upper house and the Philippine Assembly as the lower house among others. 

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