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Article: 49th Death Anniversary of President Elpidio R. Quirino.(Opinion & Editorial)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- February 28, 2005
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THE Philippines has had several Presidents, each of whom left a record and a legacy to the country. President Elpidio R. Quirino is distinguished by our historians as "one of the best Presidents of the Philippines the Filipino people have ever had."
President Elpidio R. Quirino became President of the Philippines due to the untimely death of President Manuel A. Roxas on April 15, 1948. He faced the daunting task of continuing the many unfinished works of President Roxas. Foremost of these were the rebuilding and rehabilitation of the countrys war-ravaged economy, the restoration of peace and order, especially in the countryside, and the charting of the countrys ...