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1898 99
SIGNIFICANT
EVENTS
12JUNE1898TREATY OF
PARIS
AUTHORITY
1897 MALOLOS
BIAK NA BATO
CONSTITUTION
LEGISLATURE
MALOLOS
CONGRESS
(unicameral,
1898-99)
14AUG1898
July 1901
US Military
Govt
LAW
GENERAL
ORDERS
1899 - Treaty of
Paris ends
Spanish-American
War, cedes
Philippines to U.S.
after payment to
Spain by U.S. of $
20 million. Emilio
Aguinaldo
declares
independence
then leads a
guerrilla war
against U.S.
1900 35
1916- U.S.
congress passes
the Jones Law
establishing
elected Filipino
legislature with
EXECUTIVE
Pres. Emilio
Aguinaldo
23Jan189923March1901
JUDICIARY
Audencia
Terriitorial de
Manila (1886)
PHIL. ORGANIC
ACT, 1902
PHIL. AUTONOMY
ACT
1901-1907 PHIL
COMMISSION
(all American
appointees,
unicameral)
1907-1916 PHIL
ASSEMBLY (HOR)
+ PHIL
COMMISSION
(SENATE)
(predominantly
elective)
Spooner
Amendment of
1916 All Filipino
Legislature
ACT or
PUBLIC ACTS
TAFT
COMMISSION(190
0)
Chief Justice
Cayetano
Arellano 19011920; appointed
by Willam
Mckinley
Victorino Mapa,
1920-1921;
appointed by
Woodrow Wilson
Manuel Araullo,
1921-1924,
appointed by
PERIOD
Warren Harding
Tydings-Mcduffie
Law, 1934
SUPREME COURT
SIGNIFICANT
EVENTS
CJ + 6 Associates
AUTHORITY
TYDINGSMCDUFFIE
ACT
1935-41
LEGISLATURE
HOR / SENATE
(bicameral,
LAW
COMMONWEALT
H
ACTS
1935
CONSTITUTION
8Dec1941
1945,
Japanese
invades Phis.
Resistance:
Hukbalahap
1943
44
EXECUTIVE
Pres. Manuel L.
Quezon
15Nov19351Aug1944
(semi-independent
Commonwealth
Government)
Commonwealth Govt
in exile (US)
NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY
(unicameral,1935
1943
CONSTITUTION
CONGRESS OF
THE PHILIPPINES ;
HOR/SENATE
(bicameral, 1941)
Council Of State,
Chairperson Jorge B.
Vargas
JUDICIARY
SUPREME COURT
CJ + 10 Associates
Ramon Avacena
1925-1941,
appointed by
Calvin Coolidge
Jose Abad
Santos, 1941-42,
appointed by
Manuel Quezon
1945 46
1935
CONSTITUTION
1946 - The U.S.
gave the
Philippines
CONGRESS OF
THE PHILIPPINES ;
HOR/SENATE
(bicameral, 1945)
PHIL TRADE
ACTS
Pres. Manuel
Roxas
28May1946COMMONWEAL 15April1948
SUPREME COURT
CJ + 10 Associates
TH ACTS
independence
and Manuel Roxas
y Acua is elected
as the first
president of the
new republic.
PERIOD
1973 86
SIGNIFICANT
EVENTS
AUTHORITY
LEGISLATURE
BATASAN
PAMBANSA
1972 - Martial
Law was declared
by President
Marcos.
PRESIDENTIAL
DECREE
1971
Constituional
Convention
1981 - Marcos
lifts Martial Law.
1983 - Opposition
leader Benigno
"Ninoy" Aquino
returns from exile
and is
assassinated on
arrival at Manila
International
Airport; Aquino's
widow Corazon
leads the "People
Power" protest
movement.
LAW
1973
CONSTITUTION
NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY
(Batasan
Pambansa)
200 members
from diff
provinces
Manuel Moran
1945-1951,
appointed by
Sergio Osmena
EXECUTIVE
Pres Ferdinand E.
Marcos
30Dec196525Feb1986
!973 Parliamentary
Govt
Prime Minister
Ferdinand Marcos
JUDICIARY
Querube
Makalintal 19731975, appointed
by Ferdinand
Marcos
Fred Ruiz Castro
1976-1979,
appointed by
Ferdinand Marcos
Enrique
Fernando 19791985, appointed
by Ferdinand
Marcos
Felix Makasiar
July 1985November1985,
appointed by
Ferdinand Marcos
Ramon Aquino
1985-1986,
appointed by
Ferdinand Marcos
1986 87
PERIOD
1986 - Marcos
was declared
winner in a
presidential
election beating
Corazon Aquino
amid charges of
fraud;
demonstrations
erupt; Marcos
flees to Hawaii;
Aquino is
declared
president and
forms a new
government.
SIGNIFICANT
EVENTS
1986
Constitutional
Commission
EXECUTIVE
ORDERS
CONGRESS OF
THE PHILIPPINES ;
HOR/SENATE
(bicameral, 1987)
Pres. Corazon C.
Aquino
25Feb198630June1992
1986
CONSTITUTION
Claudio
Teehankee 19861988, appointed
by Corazon
Aquino
Pedro Yap April
1988-June1988,
appointed by
Corazon Aquino
Marcelo Fernan
1988-1991,
appointed by
Corazon Aquino
AUTHORITY
1987
CONSTITUTION
LEGISLATURE
LAW
JUDICIARY
Pres. Fidel V.
Ramos
30June199230June1998
Andres Narvasa
1991-1998,
appointed by
Corazon Aquino
2007 - Former
President Joseph
Estrada is
convicted of
plunder, the first
ever in the history
of the Philippines.
Pres. Joseph
Estrada
30June199820Jan2001
Hilario Davide,
Jr. 1998-2005,
appointed by
Joseph Estrada
2010 - First
automated
national elections
in the Philippines.
Artemio
Panganiban
2005-2006,
appointed by
Gloria M-Arroyo
1987 PRESENT
HOR / SENATE
EXECUTIVE
EOs
Reynato Puno
2006-2010,
appointed by
Gloria M-Arroyo
Renato Corona
2010-2012,
appointed by
Gloria M-arroyo
Pres. Benigno
Aquino III
30June-Present
Sources:
Atty. Ida Escano-Cantons lecture, September 12, 2015, NEU
Phil.history.org
Malacanang.gov.ph
Sc.judiciary.gov.ph
Wikipedia.org
Congress.gov.ph
Encyclopedia.com
Ma. Lourdes
Sereno 2010present,
appointed by
Benigno Aquino III
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