Word: iloilo
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...even before that, Filipinos wrote Asia's first constitution and proclaimed its first republic. The monuments to the People Power revolution on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue offer a hint of the democratic achievements of the Philippines, but its citizens are capable of accomplishing even more. Leomil O. Aportadera Iloilo City, the Philippines...
LEOMIL O. APORTADERA Iloilo City, the Philippines
...implement the decision-which "is not going to happen overnight"-in consultation with traditional tribal chiefs. Qarase's civilian government was installed last July after hard-line nationalists led by George Speight ousted Mahendra Chaudhry, Fiji's first ethnic Indian Prime Minister. The court said President Ratu Josefa Iloilo must step down by March 15, after reconvening the disbanded Parliament...
...engaged in rumor-mongering and black propaganda." He suggested that the reports emanated from the "dirty tricks department" of Challenger Corazon Aquino's "desperate campaign." Late in the week, Marcos announced that the military had uncovered a plot to assassinate him while he was on a campaign trip to Iloilo City...
...Confesor, 60, Filipino statesman and anti-Japanese guerrilla leader; of a heart attack; in Manila. After working his way through the University of California and the University of Chicago, he returned to the Philippines, gave up a brief teaching career to enter politics, in 1937 was elected governor of Iloilo. When the Japanese came he rejected collaboration feelers, declared himself governor of all Panay, sent word to the invaders: "I will not surrender as long as I stand on my feet." When MacArthur returned, he was still standing...