#manuel roxas

Long story short:

Jose Alejandrino, who served alongside Heneral Luna, who gave us this iconic 'Amin na ang diyaryo' scene in Goyo:

Was "deprived of all of his prerogatives, privileges and emoluments" in a resolution which was adopted while Manuel Quezon was Senate President.

Although the case was entitled Alejandrino vs. Quezon, the petition had Quezon as the primary respondent because he was Senate President and not because Alejandrino and Quezon fought.

No, that honor goes to Senator Vicente de Vera.

According to the Resolution:

"[T]he Honorable Jose Alejandrino, Senator for the Twelfth District, be, as he is hereby, declared guilty of disorderly conduct and flagrant violation of the privileges of the Senate for having treacherously assaulted the Honorable Vicente de Vera, Senator for the Sixth District on the occasion of certain, phrases being uttered by the latter in the course of the debate regarding the credentials of said Mr. Alejandrino."

We don't know how Alejandrino assaulted De Vera. We don't know what were the exact words de Vera uttered that caused Alejandrino to assault him.

But we do know Alejandrino elevated this matter to the US Supreme Court dismissed the petition citing lack of jurisdiction.

Also, I know that scene with Roxas wouldn't be the Alejandrino scene despite Quezon being the Senate President because Roxas wasn't a member of the Senate at the time.

The Philippines had been colonized by the Spanish, the Japanese, and the Americans, but after having been granted independence from the United States of America, the people of the Philippines and its new leaders live on with their 'freedom', attempting to mend and rehabilitate the country as they did so.

Manuel Acuña Roxas was the fifth President of the Philippines. He was also the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the first one in the Third Republic, and also the first one after the granting of Independence in the country.

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He became President in 1946, until his untimely death in 1948. During that two years though, his focus was on the rehabilitation of the country of the Philippines after having suffered damages from World War 2.

General amnesty was granted first to the people who collaborated with the Japanese. Schools were opened even in the far flung barangays, and the Rice Share Tenancy Act of 1933 was proclaimed effective.

However, issues were still prominent during his time of presidency. Even though the act mentioned above was proclaimed, land tenure problems continued, and it might have even worsened in some areas. The Republic Act No. 1946, also known as the Tenant Act, was enacted as a remedial measure, with a 70-30 sharing arrangements and regulated share-tenancy contracts.

Under the parity rights, US investors where to be treated as equals of Philippine nationals, and that Philippine exports had quotas to the US while American exports did not have quotas to the Philippines.

The US had military bases without rent for 99 years-- although the lease ended in 1991.

He had promised the Hukbalahap group, which was an anti-Japanese guerrilla movement formed by peasant farmers in Central Luzon, agrarian reform in exchange for the surrender of arms, but negotiations failed.

He was not able to finish his full four year term, as he died of a heart attack in 1948. Two days after his death, Vice President Elpidio Quirino became the President of the Philippines.

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Written by: Jaemy Q. Glemao, 2JRN2

Sources:

Manuel Roxas | Presidential Museum and Library

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New Post has been published on http://www.therakyatpost.com/world/2014/04/26/would-be-philippine-leader-sorry-after-golf-club-scrap/

Would-be Philippine leader 'sorry' after golf club scrap

MANILA, April 26:

Philippine Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas has publicly apologised after a confrontation with golf club employees led to the official getting a short-term ban from one of Manila’s most prestigious golf courses.

Seen by many Filipinos as a potential successor to President Benigno Aquino, Roxas, better known as “Mar”, 56, said the incident concerned the payment of green fees at the private Wack Wack Golf and Country Club.

“I have already apologised for any infractions or hurt feelings as a result of this misunderstanding over the payment of green fees for non players,” Roxas said.

“It was not my intention to hurt or insult anyone, and I did not curse at anyone either,” he said, rejecting local press reports that he had cursed and shouted at golf club employees.

Local press reports alleged Roxas resented being charged green fees for a non-member friend he had invited.

Built in 1930, Wack Wack charges range fees of between 5,800 pesos (RM424) on weekends and 3,800 pesos on weekdays, the golfing website www.worldgolf.com said.

“Wack Wack Golf and Country Club… announced the two-month suspension of proprietary member Manuel A. Roxas  for violation of club rules and regulations,” the club said.

The statement did not discuss the nature of the violation, saying only that the punishment was “consistent with actions taken by the club to uphold its policies and to maintain good order at all times”.

Roxas, a 20-year member of the club, said he accepts the sanction.

“I do not consider myself above any law, rule, or regulation, accordingly I accede to it,” he added.

The scion of a landed central Philippines clan and grandson of a former Philippine president, former senator Roxas registered to run in the 2010 presidential election but later agreed to stand down and support his friend Aquino.

Roxas, a former New York investment banker, instead ran for vice president, projecting himself as a man of the people attuned to the sufferings of the poor. However he narrowly lost to Jejomar Binay, the opposition candidate.