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Article: President Elpidio Quirino remembered on 111th Birthday.(Opinion/Editorial)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- November 16, 2001
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ELPIDIO Quirino, 2nd President of Republic of the Philippines, will be remembered on his 111th birthday on November 16, 2001. The late president's family has scheduled a mass at the Santuario de San Antonio in Makati and a floral offering ceremony to be held at Quirino's burial site in South Cemetery.
Elpidio Quirino, recognized by his peers as one of the most distinguished political leaders of his era, was born in Vigan, Ilocos Sur on November 16, 1890.
He started his political career as the elected representative of Ilocos Sur in 1919. He was elected senator in 1925 and reelected in 1931.
During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, ...