Trivia

Rodolfo Biazon was enrolled as a grade one student at the age of eleven, in 1946. In order to support his education, and at the same time look for ways to earn money, so he went to school in the morning and worked in the afternoon. He would collect seashells in Manila Bay which were [...]

Despite a three-month bout with illness, Santiago attended the University of the Philippines in Diliman. There she continued to participate and excel in numerous oratorical, public speaking, and debate contests. She became the first female editor-in-chief of the university’s student newspaper, The Philippine Collegian and was twice made Corps Sponsor of the Reserve Officer Training [...]

Gwendolyn Fiel Garcia is Cebu’s first woman governor

Geraldine Ecleo Villaroman is the first governor of the newly created province.

Fidel Ramos is the oldest person to become president of the Philippines. At the time of his assumption into power, Ramos was the oldest person to become president of the Philippines at the age of 64.

Fidel Ramos, along with the Philippines’ 20th Battalion Combat Team and his fellow West Point graduates of the 1950s, fought in the Korean War. Ramos was one of the heroes of the Battle of Hill Eerie,where he led his platoon to sabotage the enemy in Hill Eerie. He was also present in the Vietnam War [...]

Joseph Estrada is the first Philippine President who was impeached and then convicted. On September 12, 2007, the Sandiganbayan now including Justice Diosdado Peralta, finally gave its decision, finding Estrada not guilty on his perjury case but guilty of plunder "beyond reasonable doubt." He was sentenced to Reclusión perpetua. He was thus the first Philippine [...]

Andres Bonifacio – August 24, 1896 -May 10, 1897 Emilio Aguinaldo – March 22, 1897  – January 23, 1899 Miguel Malvar – April 1, 1901 – April 16, 1902 Macario Sakay – May 6, 1902 – July 14, 1906

Shortest serving President: Sergio Osmeña, 479 days

Longest serving President: Ferdinand Marcos, 7,362 days