Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
14th President of the Philippines from 2001 until 2010

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (born April 5, 1947) is a Filipina politician who served as
the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 until 2010, as the 10th Vice
President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, as the incumbent deputy speaker
of the 17th Congress and a member of the House of Representatives representing
the 2nd District of Pampanga since 2010. She was the country's second female
president (after Corazon Aquino), and the daughter of former President Diosdado
Macapagal. Arroyo is also the first duly elected female Vice President of the
Philippines.
Arroyo was a former professor of economics at Ateneo de Manila University where
Benigno Aquino III was one of her students. She entered government in 1987,
serving as assistant secretary and undersecretary of the Department of Trade and
Industry upon the invitation of President Corazon Aquino. After serving as a
senator from 1992 to 1998, she was elected to the vice presidency under
President Joseph Estrada, despite having run on an opposing ticket. After Estrada
was accused of corruption, she resigned her cabinet position as Secretary of
Social Welfare and Development and joined the growing opposition to the
president, who faced impeachment. Estrada was soon forced from office by the
EDSA Revolution of 2001, and Arroyo was sworn into the presidency by Chief
Justice Hilario Davide, Jr. on January 20, 2001. She was elected to a full six-year
presidential term in the controversial May 2004 Philippine elections, and was
sworn in on June 30, 2004. Following her presidency, she was elected to the
House of Representatives, making her the second Philippine presidentafter Jose
P. Laurelto pursue a lower office after their presidency.
On November 18, 2011, Arroyo was arrested following the filing of criminal
charges against her for electoral fraud. She was held at the Veterans Memorial
Medical Center in Quezon City under charges of electoral sabotage. but released
on bail in July 2012. She was rearrested while in the hospital on charges of
misuse of $8.8 million in state lottery funds in October 2012. On July 19, 2016,
she was acquitted by the Supreme Court by a voting of 11-4. She is a member of
the Philippine Academy of the Spanish Language.
Here are the achievements of the Arroyo administration that may help what
many Filipinos consider to be a corrupt and incompetent regime:
1. The Strong Republic Nautical Highway
During the earlier part of former President Arroyos term, the RoRo (roll-on, roll-off)
network of ships and barges that link the highly fragmented islands of the Philippines
was a prominent talking point in the presidents speeches. The ships have always
been there and the geographic challenges but the supposed efforts of the president
have helped in stream lining the network.
2. Job creation
Arroyo has always had a mantra of creating one million jobs for Filipinos. The creation
of jobs is done through the infusion of fresh capital in the form investments. Arroyo
has gone on many international trips to secure the support of various companies and
businessmen by making the country seem palatable and a worthy venue for their next
business ventures.
3. Conventional infrastructure
The Arroyo regime has also ushered in greater gains in terms of infrastructure in
the country. In her administration, we have seen the emergence of many
domestic and international airports like the ones in Bacolod and Clark which the
former president ended up naming after her late and former President Diosdado
Macapagal. Gloria may not have been the visionaries that Ferdinand and Imelda
were during the 70s with their goals of making world-class establishments and
buildings but GMA has certainly tried her best to connect and interlink the various
major towns in the country. The road conditions in between the farms and the
actual market places were farmers could peddle their goods have always been a
key talking point in various stump speeches of political candidates and
government officials and Gloria seems to have taken this to heart. It may not
have been perfect, but she certainly tried.
4. Holiday Economics
The typical Filipino worker or student would probably remember the Arroyo policy
of moving holidays around for the sake of boosting local tourism to be the one
shining example of the former presidents contribution for the betterment of
society. Thanks to Glorias insistence that the holidays be moved to a Monday or
a Friday to allow for a three-day weekend, many students and employees have
been able to get a day of rest while a good number of Filipinos also used the
opportunity to travel.
5. The relatively peaceful and orderly elections
While there are still questions of electoral fraud and whether or not automation
should be used again in future elections, it seems clear that the nation was more
or less sold on the fact that the 2010 elections were largely cleaner than the
controversial 2004 elections. Preliminary results showing the apparent big lead of
Aquino over his rivals made it clear that he was indeed on his way to victory the
expected result of many Filipinos due to what the surveys were indicating a few
days before the actual polls.
Contributions and Achievements:
*second female president of the country
*first and only female vice-president of the Philippines so far
*first president to take oath outside Luzon
*former Economics professor at the Ateneo de Manila University, where current

president Benigno Aquino III was one of her students
*ex-classmate of former U.S. President Bill Clinton at Georgetown Universitys
Walsh School of Foreign Service, where she maintained Deans list status
*oversaw higher economic growth than the past three presidents before her
*peso became the best-performing currency of the year in Asia in 2007
*eVAT Law was implemented under her term
*currently on the 200-peso bil
Benigno Aquino III

15th President of the Philippines from 2010 until 2016
The Presidency of Benigno Aquino III, also known as Benigno Aquino III
Administration, began at noon on June 30, 2010, when he became the fifteenth
President of the Philippines, succeeding Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Aquino is the
third-youngest person to be elected president, and the fourth-youngest president
after Emilio Aguinaldo, Ramon Magsaysay and Ferdinand Marcos.Aquino is the
first president to be a bachelor, being unmarried and having no children Aquino is
the second president not to drink alcoholic beverages; the first president not to
drink alcohol was Emilio Aguinaldo. Aquino is the eighth president to be a
smoker.Aquino is the first graduate of Ateneo de Manila University to become
president. Aquino is the third president who will only hold office in Malacaan
Palace, but not be a resident, following Corazon Aquino and Fidel V. Ramos.
Aquino is the first president to make Bahay Pangarap his official residence.
Aquino is the third president to use his second given name, Simeon, as his middle
initial, as Manuel L. Quezon and Jos P. Laurel did.Aquino is the second president
to be a child of a former president, his mother was former President Corazon
Aquino; the first president to be a child of a former president was President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo, who is the daughter of former President Diosdado Macapagal.
Contributions and Achievements:
*created the no "wang-wang" (street siren) policy

*appointed statesman Jesse Robredo to serve as secretary of Interior and Local
Government in 2010, where Robredo served until his death in 2012
*initiated K-12 education in the Philippines
*renamed the Office of the Press Secretary to Presidential Communications
Operations Office and appointed new officers
*suspended allowances and bonuses to Government Owed and Controlled

Corporation and Government Financial Institution board members
*oversaw 7.1% growth of the Philippine economy in 2012

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14th President of the Philippines from 2001 until 2010

*former Economics professor at the Ateneo de Manila University, where current

Benigno Aquino III

*created the no "wang-wang" (street siren) policy

*suspended allowances and bonuses to Government Owed and Controlled

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