Justin A.

Catalan BS in Management I
Regine E. Pedrablanca BS in Accountancy I

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL

Diosdado Pangan Macapagal (September 28, 1910

April 21, 1997) was the ninth President of the Philippines, serving
from 1961 to 1965, and the sixth Vice-President, serving from
1957 to 1961. He also served as a member of the House of
Representatives, and headed the Constitutional Convention of
1970. He is the father of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who was the
fourteenth President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010.
A native of Lubao, Pampanga, Macapagal graduated from
the University of the Philippines and University of Santo Tomas,
after which he worked as a lawyer for the government. He first
won election in 1949 to the House of Representatives,
representing a district in his home province of Pampanga. In
1957, he became Vice-President under the rule of
President Carlos P. Garca, whom he defeated in the 1961 polls.

DOMESTIC POLICIES

AGRICULTURAL LAND REFORM CODE OF 1963 (REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3844)

One of Diosdado Macapagals greatest achievements.

He instituted a public land clearance program to make new farmlands available for
immediate use.
Goal: to establish owner-cultivator ship and the economic family-size farm as the basis
of Philippine agriculture, and as a consequence, divert landlord capital in agriculture to
industrial development
To create a truly viable social and economic structure in agriculture conducive to greater
productivity and higher farm incomes
To provide more vigorous and systematic land resettlement program and public land
distribution
Change the traditional share tenancy to lease hold system
The tenant would give 25% of their harvest as payment

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4166 AN ACT CHANGING THE DATE OF PHILIPPINE

INDEPENDENCE DAY FROM JULY FOUR TO JUNE TWELVE, AND DECLARING JULY
FOUR AS PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC DAY, FURTHER AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE
SECTION TWENTY-NINE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.

Macapagal appealed to nationalist sentiments by shifting the commemoration of

Philippine independence day

References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diosdado_Macapagal
www-bcf.usc.edu/~camiling/bio/bios.htm
http://www.slideshare.net/untangleme/diosdado-macapagal-3364592
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Regine E. Pedrablanca BS in Accountancy I

On May 12, 1962, he signed a proclamation which declared Tuesday, June 12, 1962, as
a special public holiday in commemoration of the declaration of independence from
Spain on that date in 1898.
For having issued his 1962 proclamation, Macapagal is generally credited with having
moved the celebration date of the Independence Day holiday.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4180 AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX
HUNDRED TWO, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MINIMUM WAGE LAW, BY RAISING THE
MINIMUM WAGE FOR CERTAIN WORKERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Every employer shall pay to each of his employees who is employed by an enterprise
other than in agriculture minimum wages not less than six pesos a day: provided, that
this Act shall not apply to any retail or service enterprise that regularly employs not more
than five employees; or mining enterprises;
The minimum wage rates for employees in the government service shall be as follows:
for national government laborers and workers, six pesos a day; for provinces and cities,
first and second class, six pesos a day; third and fourth class, five pesos a day; and for
all other classes the minimum wage shall be fixed by the respective provinces and cities
as their finances may permit, provided the same shall not be less than four pesos, for
first and second class municipalities, six pesos a day; for third and fourth class
municipalities, five pesos a day; and for all other class of municipalities the minimum
wage shall be fixed by the respective municipalities as their finances may permit,
provided that the same shall not be less than four pesos.

EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION

It was patterned after a similar employment program of United States President Franklin
D. Roosevelt during Americas great depression in the 1930s
Purpose: stated on Section 2 which says It is hereby declared to be the continuing
policy and responsibility of the state to utilize every possible means to create maximum
employment opportunities for all who are able, willing and seeking to work but cannot
find employment, thus increasing mass purchasing power, developing income in rural
areas, and stimulating economic activity in general.
What this law basically does is to create and offer job opportunities to Filipinos who are
seeking or in need of employment

REPUBIC ACT NO. 3518 - AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE VETERANS' BANK, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

There is hereby created a bank to be known as the Philippine Veterans Bank, which
shall be commonly called the Veterans Bank. Its principal domicile and place of business
shall be in the City of Manila but branches or agencies may be established in the
provinces and cities as the Board of Directors may decide.

References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diosdado_Macapagal
www-bcf.usc.edu/~camiling/bio/bios.htm
http://www.slideshare.net/untangleme/diosdado-macapagal-3364592
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Regine E. Pedrablanca BS in Accountancy I

To grant long-term loans and advances preferably to veterans, their widows, orphans or
compulsory heirs against security and real estate and/or other acceptable assets
including backpay certificates issued by the National Treasurer.
To grant loans for the establishment, rehabilitation, expansion or development of any
agricultural, commercial or industrial enterprise, or personal service including public
utilities, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Board of
Directors and that preference be given to applicants who are veterans;

FOREIGN POLICIES/ACHIEVEMENTS

NORTH BORNEO CLAIM

On September 12, 1962, during President Diosdado Macapagal's administration, the

territory of eastern North Borneo (now Sabah), and the full sovereignty, title and
dominion over the territory were ceded by the then reigning Sultan of Sulu, HM Sultan
Muhammad Esmail E. Kiram I, to the Republic of the Philippines.
The cession effectively gave the Philippine government the full authority to pursue their
claim in international courts. The Philippines broke diplomatic relations with Malaysia
after the federation had included Sabah in 1963.

MAPHILINDO

In July 1963, President Diosdado Macapagal convened a summit meeting in Manila in

which a nonpolitical confederation for Malaysia, the Philippines, and
Indonesia, Maphilindo, was proposed as a realization of Jos Rizal's dream of bringing
together the Malay peoples, seen as artificially divided by colonial frontiers.
Maphilindo was described as a regional association that would approach issues of
common concern in the spirit of consensus. However, it was also perceived as a tactic
on the parts of Jakarta and Manila to delay, or even prevent, the formation of
the Federation of Malaysia.

VIETNAM WAR

Before the end of his term in 1965, President Diosdado Macapagal

persuaded Congress to send troops to South Vietnam. However this proposal was
blocked by the opposition led by Senate President Ferdinand Marcos who deserted
Macapagal's Liberal Party and defected to the Nacionalista Party.

References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diosdado_Macapagal
www-bcf.usc.edu/~camiling/bio/bios.htm
http://www.slideshare.net/untangleme/diosdado-macapagal-3364592