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...President of the Philippines, Diosdado Macapagal, has long appealed to the electorate as a tao (common man) who will never forget his humble beginnings. "I come from the poor. Let me reap for you the harvest of the poor. Let us break the chain of poverty. Let me lead you to prosperity!" he cried at his campaign whistle stops. "I have sat at the sumptuous tables of power, but I have not run away with the silverware...
...rice-growing Pampanga province, north of Manila. His first name means "God-given" in Spanish. His mother was a devout Roman Catholic who taught catechism to schoolchildren, and his father wrote poetry in the local dialect. Since poets do no better financially in the Philippines than anywhere else, Diosdado Macapagal's family was often hungry...
...child, Diosdado tended the big, black water buffaloes that are the Philippine beasts of burden, stole out at night to catch frogs in the rice fields for food, and did well enough in the village school to be named class valedictorian. He would have been too ashamed of his clothes to appear, if a generous neighbor had not supplied him with a white shirt and a pair of canvas shoes...
Nacionalista (Present President Carlos Garcia); Liberal (Vice President Diosdado Macapagal...
...seasoned campaigner, Puyat has a solid reputation as an economist and business executive, is not tarred with the widespread charges of corruption leveled against Garcia's administration. In November, Garcia and Puyat will be matched against the Liberal Party nominees: earnest Diosdado Macapagal, who claims the mantle of the late great President Magsaysay, and his running mate Emmanuel Pelaez. Both are reform-minded enthusiasts who will campaign on a ready-made platform: "Throw the Rascals...