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  President of the Philippines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The President of the Philippines is the head of state and government of the Republic of the Philippines.
The official title of the president is the "President of the Philippines," as specified in the present Constitution of the Philippines (1987).
President of the Philippines reports on the status of the nation, normally to the resumption of a joint session of the Congress (the House of Representatives and the Senate).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_the_Philippines   (1482 words)

  
 The Philippine Presidency Project
Presidents being inaugurated at the Quirino Grandstand could thus look out on a historic vista: the monument of the nation hero, on whose death anniversary presidents took their oath of office, and the Filipino flag, commemorating the proclamation of freedom in 1898 and its restoration in 1946.
She is the 12th president of a republic: that is, of a Philippine government that calls itself a republic (2 were Commonwealth presidents, with Roxas being the transitional president from Commonwealth to Republic).
It is wrong, totally, and absolutely wrong, and ignorant, to call the president “the President of the Republic of the Philippines.” The constitutionally-mandated, and thus, restricted, title for the chief executive of the country is the “President of the Philippines.” That is the title used in the Constitution and the president’s oath of office.
www.pangulo.ph   (3223 words)

  
 Executive Order No. 310   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Seal of the President of the Philippines shall consist of the Coat-Of-Arms of the President of the Philippines, and a white circle around the Coat-of-Arms enclosed by two (2) golden-yellow marginal rings.
The Seal of the Vice president of the Philippines shall consist of the Coat-of-Arms of the Vice President of the Philippines, and a blue circle around the Coat-of-Arms.
The Flag of the Vice President of the Philippines shall consist of the Coat-of-Arms of the Vice President in proper colors, with a rectangular white background (instead of the circular white shield).
www.ops.gov.ph /records/eo_no310.htm   (1298 words)

  
 Seal of the President of the Philippines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Seal of the President of the Philippines is a symbol used to represent the history and dignity of the president of the Philippines.
The Philippine sun used in the coat-of-arms is adopted from the national flag, the eight rays represent the eight provinces placed under martial law at the onset of the revolution against Spain.
The seal of the President of the Philippines shall consist of the coat of arms of the President of the Philippines encircled by the words 'Seal of the President of the Philippines'.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seal_of_the_President_of_the_Philippines   (941 words)

  
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A seal is defined as an impressed device attached to a paper for purposes of authentication, and the instrument, by which it is made is a seal press or a stamp.
The seals of the Republic are the seals of office — not the man occupying the position — hence the text "Official Seal" on the circular border of the seal.
The official seal of the Senate of the Philippines is actually an adaptation of the Coat of Arms of the Republic, which was approved on July 15, 1950.
www.nsclub.net /senate/1b1.htm   (710 words)

  
 State Seal of Texas
The seal of a nation or state is used today for authenticating documents of high importance or high ceremony issued in the name of the sovereign or the chief executive authority, such as the president or governor.
The Spanish royal seal was replaced by the Mexican seal, which consists of an eagle holding a serpent and standing on a cactus, encircled by wreaths of oak and olive.
President Lamar approved Krag's art, which is attached to the act and currently in the custody of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
www.sos.state.tx.us /statdoc/seal.shtml   (2512 words)

  
 Philippines: President and Vice President
The Philippines' Presidential Flag is a blue 2:3 (I assume; it did not seem as long as the national Philippines flag), with the President's Emblem centered inside it.
In 1935, with the inauguration of the autonomous Commonwealth of the Philippines, a flag was adopted for the President of the Philippines, as well as for the US High Commissioner (successor to the US Governors-General, and representative of American sovereignty in the islands).
The Philippine presidential flag was based on the American presidential flag of the time: a navy blue flag defaced with the coat of arms of the Commonwealth, with a white mullet in each corner.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ph-pres.html   (1925 words)

  
 Asia Society: Speeches, His Excellency Fidel V. Ramos, former President of the Republic of the Philippines
At her inaugural, President Arroyo declared her goal to be "a Philippines without poverty in ten year's time." This is a worthy-and achievable-goal which can be the core of her government's vision for our country.
And the best way to ensure the President's election in her own right is for her government to install the key reforms the country needs as a result of the Estrada disaster and to prosecute Mr.
In regard to the economy, President Arroyo's message, which she has asked me to bring to you as her special representative, is that of her government's "serious commitment to make the Philippines a better place for you to do business." Dear friends, I suggest the time has come for you to reexamine your Philippine prospects.
www.asiasociety.org /speeches/ramos2.html   (2629 words)

  
 78th Signal Battalion Distinctive Unit Insignia
The gold sea lion and Philippine sun, adapted from the seal of the President of the Philippines, commemorate the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation awarded to the Battalion for service in World War II.
Crest: The gold sea lion and eight-rayed Philippine sun with blue background, from the Seal of the President of the Philippines, refer to the decoration earned by the unit, the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation.
The triangle is taken from the Presidential Seal and the National Flag of the Philippines.
www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil /Sig/78SignalBattalion.htm   (344 words)

  
 Philippines - historical flags of 20th Century
This flag was suppressed with the defeat of the Philippine Republic and the passing of sedition laws by the new American colonial government.
In 1998, for the centennial of the proclamation of Philippine independence, a law was passed changing the color of the flag not to Cuban blue, but to royal blue, as a compromise after a furious debate among historians and members of the public.
The Philippine newspaper Sun-Star (published in Cebu City) reported that the idea of adjusting the number of rays on the sun in the flag of the Philippines was rejected by the country's Centennial Commission.
www.fotw.net /flags/ph-hist2.html   (1483 words)

  
 USA-Presidents.Info - Teddy Roosevelt Final State of the Union Address
At present this office is under the combined control, supervision, and administrative direction of the President and of the Joint Committee on Printing of the two Houses of the Congress.
Our people in the Philippines have achieved what may legitimately be called a marvelous success in giving to them a government which marks on the part of those in authority both the necessary understanding of the people and the necessary purpose to serve them disinterestedly and in good faith.
I trust that within a generation the time will arrive when the Philippines can decide for themselves whether it is well for them to become independent, or to continue under the protection of a strong and disinterested power, able to guarantee to the islands order at home and protection from foreign invasion.
www.usa-presidents.info /union/roosevelt-8.html   (15286 words)

  
 Society of Association Executives - Philippines - Is For You
The President shall perform such other duties as are necessarily incident of the office of Chairman of the Board or as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.
The President shall call such meetings of the Executive Committee as the business of the Society may require, or a meeting shall be called by the Executive Director on request of three (3) members of the Executive Committee.
Except for the office of the President, any member nominated by petition of two and one half percent (2 1/2%) of the voting membership shall be placed on the ballot.
www.dotpcvc.gov.ph /MICE/saephil/sae-bylaws.html   (4020 words)

  
 USA-Presidents.Info - Teddy Roosevelt Fourth State of the Union Address
These justly prized medals are given in the Army alike to the officers and the enlisted men, and it is most unjust that the commissioned officers and warrant officers of the Navy should not in this respect have the same rights as their brethren in the Army and as the enlisted men of the Navy.
The Philippine people, or, to speak more accurately, the many tribes, and even races, sundered from one another more or less sharply, who go to make up the people of the Philippine Islands, contain many elements of good, and some elements which we have a right to hope stand for progress.
It is because I feel this so deeply that in the administration of these islands I have positively refused to permit any discrimination whatsoever for political reasons and have insisted that in choosing the public servants consideration should be paid solely to the worth of the men chosen and to the needs of the islands.
www.usa-presidents.info /union/roosevelt-4.html   (13031 words)

  
 Navy SEAL Center - SEAL History
From 1962 when the first SEAL teams were commissioned to present day, Navy SEALs have distinguished themselves as an individually reliable, collectively disciplined and highly skilled maritime force.
SEALS have also played a role in Operation Iraqi Freedom, where they ran numerous special reconnaissance and direct action missions including the securing of off-shore gas and oil terminals, and raiding suspected chemical, biological and radiological sites.
SEALs are currently fighting the war on terrorism in other global hot spots including the Philippines and the Horn of Africa.
specialoperations.military.com /navy-seals/missions.html   (460 words)

  
 Navy UDT-SEAL Museum :|: History
SEAL involvement in Vietnam began immediately and was advisory in nature.
Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron THREE rescued General Macarthur (and later the Filipino President) from the Philippines after the Japanese invasion and then participated in guerrilla actions until American resistance ended with the fall of Corregidor.
In early 1962, when America's presence in Vietnam was strictly at the advisory level, President Kennedy recognized the changing face of warfare and gave the thumbs up for the services to create their own special operation detachments.
www.navysealmuseum.com /heritage/history.php   (2347 words)

  
 Spence Dry: A SEAL's Story - Page 1
Special operations forces from SEAL (sea, air, land) Team One and Underwater Demolition Team (UDT)-11 were assigned to assist the POWs.
The team's primary mission was to engage in unconventional warfare, conducting counterguerrilla and clandestine operations in coastal and riverine areas, but with President Richard Nixon's "Vietnamization" policy in full swing, the only combat assignments were one-year tours as advisors to South Vietnamese units.
The diesel-electric submarine was modified to carry approximately 60 troops plus four SEAL delivery vehicles (SDVs) in two "wet" hangars on her bow.
www.military.com /NewContent/0,13190,NI_0705_Seal-P1,00.html   (1476 words)

  
 The College President
Romeo Sadural Cabanilla, the second president of the Aurora State College of Technology (ASCOT) has come to accept the fact that being a State College or University (SUC) president is his destiny.
Being the new ASCOT president means having to perpetually pass the Sierra Madre Mountain.
He became the president of the main Student Body Organization of CLAC in 1967 and was also a Student Assistant for most of his four years in College.
geocities.com /aurorastatecollege/president.htm   (1529 words)

  
 UPMASA-- The University of the Philippines Medical Alumni Society in America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The present UPMASA seal is an adaptation of the University of the Philippines Seal.
The text around the UP seal was changed to "University of the Philippines Medical Alumni" and the word "America" replaced the contents of the shield under the eagle, and the year of incorporation of the Society, "1980".
Presidents' Reflections: Cosme R. Cagas, M.D. Presidents' Reflections: Antonio B. Donesa, M.D. Presidents' Reflections: Vitaliano Bernardino, Jr., M.D. Presidents' Reflections: Leo Pardo, M.D. Presidents' Reflections: Benjamin Albano, M.D. Presidents' Reflections: Emmanuel Lat, M.D. The University of the Philippines Medical Alumni Society in America
www.upmasa-online.org /about.php?id=49   (252 words)

  
 Consulate General of the Philippines - Chicago
The Consulate General of the Philippines in Chicago is pleased to announce that pursuant to Republic Act.
Any citizen of the Philippines abroad previously declared insane or incompetent by competent authority in the Philippines or abroad, as verified by the Philippine embassy, consulate or foreign service establishment concerned, unless such competent authority subsequently certifies that such person is no longer insane or incompetent.
In case of seafarers, file the application with the representative of the Commission at the Philippine embassy, consulate and other foreign service establishment having consular jurisdiction over the locality where your vessel is docked during the period for the filing of applications.
www.chicagopcg.com /oav.html   (3552 words)

  
 TREATY OF PEACE of December Tenth Eighteen Hundred Ninety Eight
Don Eugenio Montero Rios, president of the Senate, Don Buenaventura de Abarzuza, senator of the Kingdom and ex-minister of the Crown; Don Jose de Garnica, deputy to the Cortes and associate justice of the supreme court.
Pieces of heavy ordinance, exclusive of filled artillery, in the fortifications and coast defenses, shall remain in their emplacements for the term of six months, to be reckoned from the exchange of ratifications of the treaty, and the United States may, in a satisfactory agreement between the two governments on the subject shall be reached.
The present treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by Her majesty, the Queen Regent of Spain; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible.
www.doi.gov /oia/Islandpages/treaty1898.html   (1196 words)

  
 Presidential Proclamation No. 28   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
President of the Philippines by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Tuesday, June 12, 1962, as a special public holiday throughout the Philippines in commemoration of our people's declaration of their inherent and inalienable right to freedom and independence.
I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
The Philippine History Group of Los Angeles invites you to send your comments to the editor of this Philippine Centennial Series, Hector Santos.
www.bibingka.com /phg/documents/jun12.htm   (319 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Pressure builds for Philippines' president to resign
MANILA, PhilippinesPresident Gloria Macapagal Arroyo faced intense pressure yesterday to step down as 10 of her Cabinet members and former President Corazon Aquino added their voices to those demanding her resignation.
The president's critics have been demanding she account for her role in the vote-fixing scandal, which erupted after tapes surfaced of wiretapped conversations she allegedly held last year with a national election commissioner.
"The longer the president stays in office under a cloud of doubt and distrust and with her style of decision-making, the greater the damage on the economy and the more vulnerable the fragile political situation becomes to extremists seeking to undermine our democratic life."
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002370155_arroyo09.html   (614 words)

  
 PHILIPPINE LAW UPDATE - OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
Transferring the Philippine Coast Guard to the Department of Transportation and Communications.
Providing guidelines on the filling up of temporary vacancies in local elective offices where all or some of the winning candidates in the May 11, 1998 elections have not yet been proclaimed and/or a failure of elections was declared by the Commission on Elections [COMELEC].
Attaching the Memorandum of the President dated July 13, 1998 directing that a special audit team composed of members of the Department of Budget and Management, the National Bureau of Investigation and other government agencies to conduct an audit of negotiated contracts entered into by the past administration of the City of Zamboanga.
members.tripod.com /chanrobles/legal3president.htm   (861 words)

  
 President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's Speech during the Inauguration of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Philippines Country ...
Overall, the Philippines is ADB's 11th largest shareholder with 84,304 shares or 2.43 percent of the total shares.
Given the large amount of financial and technical support that the ADB has afforded to the Philippines, and may I thank ADB for its support when I was still the Secretary of Social Welfare and Development for my department our efforts have been consistently met with encouraging results.
The presence of the ADB headquarters here and again I'm very grateful that, that was occasioned by my father's great advocacy has given the Philippines the seal of approval so to speak, not only before the regional economic community but the whole world as well.
www.adb.org /Documents/Speeches/2001/sp2001002.asp   (1421 words)

  
 Opposition lawmakers to file criminal charges against Arroyo - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune
MANILA, Philippines Opposition lawmakers vowed Tuesday to file impeachment charges against Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who tried to calm the crisis by announcing a truth commission to investigate vote-rigging allegations against her.
In an open letter to the Philippines' influential Roman Catholic bishops, Arroyo repeated her refusal to quit, said she would set up a truth commission and indicated that the solid turnout for a rally in her support on Saturday had helped provide ''a more balanced view'' of public opinion.
Arroyo had been vice president before she was swept to power in 2001, following the ouster of Joseph Estrada amid huge protests over allegations of massive corruption and misrule.
www.iht.com /articles/2005/07/19/asia/web.0719phils.php   (692 words)

  
 Unit Crest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The golden sea lion, adapted from the seal of the President of the Philippines, represents the award of the Philippine Presidential Unit Streamer for the Manarawat Campaign, scene of the first combat jump of the unit.
The winged sword with three notches in the blade, signifies the Regiment's three combat jumps, one in the Philippines and two in Korea.
The red diamond shape is symbolic of the city of Yokohama, Japan, where the 187th soldiers landed as the first American combat troops and began four years of occupation duty.
www.campbell.army.mil /3BDE/unit_crest.htm   (243 words)

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