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  Elpidio Quirino - Encyclopedia.com
Quirino was elected (1919) to the Philippine house of representatives, and as senator (1925-35, 1941) he devoted himself to problems of finance.
After the liberation (1945) of the Philippines, Quirino became president pro tempore of the senate and was elected (1946) first vice president of the independent Philippine republic.
When President Manuel Roxas died (1948), Quirino succeeded to the presidency and was elected to that office in 1949.
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  Elpidio Quirino
Elpidio Quirino was a political leader and the 6th president of the Philippines.
Quirino's six years as president were marked by notable postwar reconstruction, general economic gains, and increased economic aid from the United States.
Quirino's administration was tainted by widespread graft and corruption.
www.angelfire.com /al4/al_den/quirino.htm   (583 words)

  
 Elpidio Quirino Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Elpidio Quirino was born on Nov. 16, 1890, in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, the son of the warden of the provincial jail.
Quirino taught school while studying at Vigan High School and then went to Manila, where he worked as junior computer in the Bureau of Lands and as property clerk in the Manila police department.
Quirino was elected president in 1949, when, according to historians and newspaper reports, widespread terrorism and violation of legal electoral processes occurred.
www.bookrags.com /biography/elpidio-quirino   (601 words)

  
 Quirino, Philippines
For Cua, running the Provincial Government of Quirino is not a walk in the park because his 100-day old administration is being challenged by burdens which he said were not solved in the past.
CABARROGUIS, Quirino (September 5) — Assistant Regional Director Andrew Villacorta of the Department of Agriculture, spearheaded the distribution of at least twenty units of Open Surface Pump (OSP) to members of the Irrigators Association of Aglipay, Cabarroguis, Diffun and Maddela, in Quirino in a simple ceremony held at the provincial gymnasium recently.
Earlier, the province of Quirino was put under state of calamity after losses of close to fifty two million worth of damaged crops were reported due to the prolonged dry spell.
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 Elpidio Quirino   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Elpidio Quirino (November 16, 1890 - February 29, 1956) was a political leader and the sixth President of the Philippines.
Quirino's administration faced a serious threat in the form of the communist Hukbalahap (Huk) movement.
Elpidio Quirino was a Catholic and is the first president of Ilocano descent.
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 Elpidio Quirino Summary
Elpidio Quirino (November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was the sixth President of the Philippines.
Quirino attended the University of the Philippines in 1915, earning his law degree and practicing law until he was elected as member of the Philippine House of Representatives from 1919 to 1925, then as senator from 1925 to 1931.
In 1934, Quirino was a member of the Philippine Independence mission to Washington D.C., headed by Manuel Quezon that secured the passage in the United States Congress of the Tydings-McDuffie Act.
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 Sun.Star Zamboanga - Quirino Bridge completion vital to Mindanao progress: group   (Site not responding. Last check: )
He said the completion of Quirino Delta Bridge is needed to ensure security in the area and safety of the traveling public, and ease the flow of goods and commodities.
Constructed in the early 50's, Quirino Bridge is composed of a four-span forty-meter steel truss with a total length of 160 lineal meters and serves as the only link of Cotabato City and other key areas in South Central Mindanao and mainland Armm to the northern areas in Mindanao.
Quirino Bridge is among the inter-regional projects included by President Arroyo in the newly established Supra-Region for Mindanao under the oversight committee of Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Jesus Dureza.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/zam/2006/08/09/news/quirino.bridge.completion.vital.to.mindanao.progress.group.html   (545 words)

  
 ELPIDIO QUIRINO
He was born in Vignan on Luzon, studied law,After obtaining a law degree from the University of the Philippines, near Manila, in 1915, Quirino practiced law until he was elected a member of the Philippine House of Representatives in 1919-25 and a senator in 1925-31.
Basic social problems, however, particularly in the rural areas, remained unsolved; Quirino's administration was tainted by widespread graft and corruption.
Magsaysay, who had been largely successful in eliminating the threat of the Huk insurgents, broke with Quirino on the issue of corruption, campaigning for clean elections and defeating Quirino as the Nacionalista candidate in the presidential election of 1953.
www.angelfire.com /on/philpres/quirino.html   (367 words)

  
 WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Description   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Long before its formal creation as an independent province, Quirino was the forest region of the province of Nueva Vizcaya, inhabited by tribal groups known as the Negritos.
Quirino lies in the southeastern portion of Cagayan Valley.
It is situated within the upper portion of the Cagayan River basin and bounded by Isabela on the north, Aurora on the east and southeast, and Nueva Vizcaya on the west and southwest.
www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=description&province=8   (325 words)

  
 The Provincial Profile of Quirino
The area of what is now the province of Quirino was part of the range of Ilongot tribesmen who hunted and practiced upland agriculture.
Quirino is a major surplus producer of rice and corn, coffee and peanuts and is the leading producer of bananas in Region II.
Quirino is now slowly gaining the reputation of the producer of high quality banana chips, peanuts, processed meat and vinegar.
www.geocities.com /lppsec/pp/quirino.htm   (1014 words)

  
 GlobalPinoy, Travel - Quirino
Quirino Province is located at the southern part of Cagayan Valley, bounded by Isabela on the north, Aurora on the east and southeast, and Nueva Vizcaya on the West and Southwest.
Quirino is also rich in natural resources like gold, silver, copper, iron, marble and limestone.
Quirino is six and a half hours away from Manila.
www.globalpinoy.com /travel/province/quirino.php   (245 words)

  
 Quirino
Quirino is a province of the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon.
Its capital is Cabarroguis and was named after Elpidio Quirino, the sixth President of the Philippines.
Quirino used to be part of the province of Nueva Vizcaya, until it was separated in 1966.
www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/q/qu/quirino.html   (97 words)

  
 Victoria Quirino-Delgado, teenage first lady, dies; 75 - 12/02/06
Quirino-Delgado, the daughter of President Elpidio Quirino, had gone to Amsterdam for the baptism of her great granddaughter and was touring Europe with her family when she was stricken, according to her niece, Cory Quirino.
Since Quirino had lost his wife, Alicia Syquia, and three of their five children during the liberation of Manila in 1945, Victoria took over what should have been her mother’s role as official hostess of Malacañang.
Quirino was elected to a full presidential term in 1949, and since he never remarried, Victoria, called “Vicky” by friends and the press, became his official First Lady.
services.inquirer.net /print/print.php?article_id=35982   (1066 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | LIFE & TIMES > Cory Quirino–the new face of virgin coconut oil
Cory Quirino is an avowed virgin coconut oil (VCO) fan, and she credits this natural remedy for her radiance and robust health.
Quirino, who says that she won’t endorse a product she doesn’t use and believe in, took the offer because it seamlessly locks with her advocacy “to make every woman beautiful” with “natural and affordable products.”
Asked by the retail giant SM Supermalls to spread her gospel of wellness through a series of lectures in its branches, Quirino is happy that people are heeding the call toward a natural lifestyle.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2006/oct/26/yehey/life/20061026lif3.html   (441 words)

  
 The Untold Story of Argentina's Pioneer Animator
Quirino Cristiani in Santa Giuletta,on November 29, 1981, when he was being honored by the local government.
Our story begins on July 2, 1896, the day Quirino Cristiani was born in the little Italian village of Santa Guiletta, near Pavia; he was the son of Luigi Cristiani, a municipal secretary, and Adele Martinotti, a housewife.
Quirino Cristiani had drawn and animated the sequence using techniques he had learned from studying films by Émile Cohl that Valle had kept in his exchange.
www.awn.com /mag/issue1.4/articles/bendazzi1.4.html   (2937 words)

  
 Elpidio Quirino - INQ7.net   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Quirino was a man who exemplified much of what made his generation great.
With his political demise, the era of the gentleman drew to a close, and the few examples of this kind of manhood have, ever since, withdrawn to the quiet seclusion of their clubs, despairing over the tide of barbarism that has swept over the country.
Quirino pointed to the chair he had been accustomed to use and asked Magsaysay to try it for size.
news.inquirer.net /opinion/index.php?index=2&story_id=18865&col=111   (823 words)

  
 Quirino Ayala's Family   (Site not responding. Last check: )
José Quirino Ayala, son of Antonio, was born about 1831 at Buenavista, Mexico.
Quirino died on June 24, 1891 at Buenavista, Mexico.
Quirino married on February 26, 1854 in the Catholic Church at San Felipe, Mexico to Maria Dolores Lopez, daughter of Luis Lopez and Paula Barrientos.
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 ABS-CBN 50 Years
(ALTO was a contraction of Quirino's first name and Aleli, his wife.) And it was Tony Quirino who was the driving force for putting the pieces of the TV puzzle together.
Quirino also arranged the importing of an initial 300 sets with the aid of a Chinese businessman who owned a Binondo hardware store named Joe's Electric.
Thus, in January 1957, Tony Quirino sold ABS to Don Eugenio Lopez, the famed tycoon who then merged it with his Chronicle Broadcasting Network (or CBN, born in 1956).
www.abs-cbn.com /50tv/history_b.html   (869 words)

  
 Quirino’s ‘golden orinola’ was plastic - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
Quirino was honored during his 116th birthday in simple rites here and in nearby Caoayan town.
When Quirino was in Malacañang from 1948 to 1953, the scandal of the so-called “golden orinola” costing P250 helped destroy his image.
When he became president, Quirino rebuilt the country by starting the Central Bank of the Philippines with Miguel Cuaderno, paid all the loans of the former administration, pardoned the Hukbalahap and raised the salaries of teachers, “all in the first three weeks in office,” Eduardo said.
newsinfo.inquirer.net /breakingnews/metroregions/view_article.php?article_id=33293   (558 words)

  
 Philippine Post Magazine: Reverie
The contemporary observer can only assume that either Filipinos of that generation had no idea as to the extent that they were being ripped-off by their leaders, or, we have certainly come a long way since then in terms of the cupidity of our leaders.
With his political demise, the era of the gentleman drew to a close, and the few examples of this kind of manhood have, ever since, withdrawn to the quiet seclusion of their clubs, despairing over the tide of barbarism that has swept over the country.
Quirino, a product of an older world and a stickler for propriety, made it known that he would not attend the inaugural ceremony if Magsaysay did not go to Malacanang to fetch him.
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 Vice President Elpidio Quirino
President Quirino was born in Vigan, Ilocos Sur on November 16, 1890 to Mariano Quirino, a commissioned officer in the Spanish army, and Gregoria Rivera.
In 1925 Quirino was elected senator at the comparatively early age of 35.
He was accorded a warm welcome in reciprocation of the magnanimous act he did, while President, of extending amnesty to the Japanese prisoners of war who were then serving their sentence at Muntinlupa.
www.freewebtown.com /ovp/bio/quirino.htm   (645 words)

  
 . : HerWord : All in a Day's Work : .
Yes, it may be the fact that she looks fantastic for her age, since it is no mean feat for most women over forty to maintain an hourglass figure, a minimum amount of wrinkles, and a porcelain complexion that'll send others scurrying to their dermatologists.
But most likely, it is something that radiates from Cory's inner self, the belief that beauty and health are within anyone's grasp as long as they have the desire, dedication and discipline -- from a person who believes that beauty is nothing without spiritual harmony, a sharp intellect and good health.
Quirino also encouraged the audience to meditate more and "connect to the mind of Heaven," as well as to "embrace yourself" (figuratively and literally, giving oneself a hug and saying that you accept yourself.)
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 Jennifer Quirino
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 Malacañang Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: )
After obtaining a law degree from the University of the Philippines in 1915, Quirino practiced law until he was elected as member of Philippine House of Representative in 1919-25 and as senator in 1925-1931.
When Roxas died on April 15, 1948, Quirino suceeded to the presidency.
Subsequently, Quirino retired to private life, in his new country home in Novaliches where he died of heart attack on February 28, 1956.
www.op.gov.ph /museum/pres_quirino.asp   (441 words)

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