1907-1957

‘The Champion of the Masses’

President Ramon Magsaysay
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Definition of Terms

Tenancy
Dissidence
Tenure
Agrarian Reform
Communism

Set back
Tenancy

The temporary possession or
occupancy of something (as a
house).
Tenure

The act, right, manner, or
period of holding a landing
property
Communism

- Communism, political and
economic doctrine that aims to
replace private property and a
profit-based economy with public
ownership and communal control
of the natural resources of a
society
Dissidence

- A political system or
organization that is disagreed
upon.
Agrarian Reform

- Can refer to either, narrowly,
to government-initiated or
government-backed
redistribution of agricultural
land to an overall redirection
of the agrarian system of the
country
Set Back

- To hinder or slow the
progress of.
Circumstances that led
to assumption of office

• The growing rivalry between President Quirino and
Ramon Magsaysay
• .Magsaysay leaving the Liberal Party and Joining the
Nacionalista Party
• Filipinos campaign for Magsaysay as President in the
following organizations of MPM and WMPM
The growing rivalry between President
Quirino and Ramon Magsaysay

Ramon Magsaysay (then Secretary of
Defense) resigned from his position for
he greatly opposed his given task of
killing the Huks, for he stated that such
will not solve the problem.
Ramon Magsaysay HUKBALAHAP
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Elpidio Quirino
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Magsaysay leaving the Liberal Party and
Joining the Nacionalista Party

Senators Recto and Laurel bucked his
nomination as president under the
Nacionalista Party. The Senators
persuaded delegates to support
Magsaysay in the nomination.
Claro M. Recto
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90/story/
Filipinos campaign for Magsaysay as
President in the following organizations of
MPM and WPMP

The organization of MPM established
clubs in 15, 000 barrios out of 18, 000 in
the Philippines.
 The club members checked
registration lists, canvassed voters and
supplied information.
Filipinos campaign for Magsaysay as
President in the following organizations of
MPM and WPMP

Took measures in combating fraud and
terrorism during elections.
MPM showed that an election could be
watched without naming the inspectors
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End of Term

The Death of Ramon
Magsaysay

. The Death of Ramon Magsaysay
caused by the crashing of the
Douglas C-47 Plane "Mt. Pinatubo"
on Mt. Manunggal, Cebu a few
months before the end of his office.
. Highlights, Major challenges
and Major setbacks

Of his administration
Highlights

Self-help for an intensive
community development
Flourishing of Trade and
Industry
Philippine Military at its Prime
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sr-s-greatest-style-moments-a00203-20170831
Challenges

Land Reforms
HUKBALAHAP Rebellion
Lack of funding for the
rehabilitation of the Philippines
from the damages of World
War II
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Set backs

The Spoiled Masses
The needed legislative
approval for Magsaysay's
programs
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https://article.wn.com/view/2017/03/19/R
emembering_President_Ramon_Magsaysay/

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ography&phrase=ramon%20magsaysay
Access to Education

Use of pre-fabricated schoolhouses and
vocational education
Use of pre-fabricated
schoolhouses and vocational
education

Magsaysay's administration
widened the opportunities for
education in barrios by building
more schoolhouses and giving
emphasis to vocational education.
Prefabricated Schools in Modern Times
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b-classrooms-for-ayacucho-schools-
damaged-by-quake/22819/
Effects

Strengthened the community
school movement and enhanced
chances of employment for the
country's youth.
Agrarian Reform

• Agricultural Tenancy Act of 1954
• NARRA
• Land Reform Act of 1955
• -Republic Act No. 821 or Creation of ACCFA
Agricultural Tenancy Act of
1954

 Provided the security of rights
between Farmers and landowners
and an equal distribution of
produce and income through the
organization of leasehold systems..
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414/today-in-philippine-history-january-26-
1954-president-magsaysay-issued-an-executive-
order-prohibiting-the-slaughtering-of-carabaos
Effects

The Court of Agrarian Relations
was created. Thus, creating
equality, a balanced society and
preventing discrimination within
the community.
NARRA

The National Resettlement and
Rehabilitation Administration
Aimed to resettle landless farmers
and rebel returnees (Huks) by
providing lots for homes and farms
in Palawan and Mindanao
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ever/
Effects

Aided the Huks in their financial
stand by providing jobs and
homes. Equality within the Filipino
people was built. Thus, leading to
many of Magsaysay's triumphs.
Land Reform Act of 1955

 A land tenure act was established for
the acquisition and distribution of large
tenanted rice and corn lands over 200
hectares for individuals and 600
hectares for corporations.
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Effects

The government committed to
maintain peace and equality in the
agrarian system. All were given
livelihoods and rights to the
abundance of the Philippine
Islands.
Republic Act No. 821 or
Creation of ACCFA

ACCFA - Agricultural Credit
Cooperative Financing Administration
 Provided small farmers and share
tenants loans with low interest rates of
six to eight percent.
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Effects

The law aided small farmers and
cooperative associations to market
efficiently their agricultural
commodities and placed
agriculture on a basis of economic
equality with other industries.
Access to Health and
Social Services

• National Self-Help Community Development
Program
• Construction of Artesian wells (closely
related to infrastructure)
National Self-Help
Community Development
Program

Administered by a corps of
professional community
development workers to find the
creative energies of the people to
make the desire for improvement a
benefit.
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in-a-plane-crash-in-cebu
Effects

Inspired by Magsaysay, private
groups intensified their rural self-
help community programs. Labor
and education were achieved
through the program thus
benefiting the people.
Construction of Artesian
wells (closely related to

infrastructure and
agriculture)
Magsaysay ordered the
construction of artesian wells and
water systems to give clean,
potable water.
Artesian Well in Modern Times
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from:https://www.researchgate.net/fig
ure/2-An-Artesian-Well_fig3_33788541
Effects

The rural folks were given clean
water which was a great benefit to
the people's health for water is a
basic need that helps retain life.
 However, other Artesian wells
did not yield a single drop of water
and became monuments instead.
Infrastructure
development

Reparation, Extending and construction
of barrio roads and bridges
Reparation, Extending and
construction of barrio roads
and bridges
In order to link the rural
districts to the urban centers to
make the rural areas part of the
national community, 252 km of
new road were constructed in
1954.
Reparation, Extending and
construction of barrio roads
and bridges

In 1955, 565km roads were

constructed.
Construction
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Reparation
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e/ramon-magsaysay
Effects

Due to the implementation, there
was an increase in the mobility of
the rural population and poverty-
stricken people could take active
participation in community and
national life.
Effects

This also gave the peasant an
easier way to market his
product.
Poverty alleviation

Establishment of the Office of the
Presidential Assistant on Community
Development (PACD)
Establishment of the

PACD
PACD - Presidential Assistant on
Community Development (PACD)
The PACD sought to make rural
communities more active and self-
reliant and to reduce their dependence
on the government.
Magsaysay
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president-ever/
Effects

The rural folk had the initiative
to raise food production and
family income, improve health
and sanitation, of which,
benefitted themselves.


Programs which include

• The promotion of Local
Industry
• Construction of infrastructures
• Implementation of agrarian
reforms
• Etc.

All contributed to poverty
alleviation.
Peace and Order

Anti-dissidence campaigns against
the Huks
Anti-dissidence campaigns
against
the Huks
The government's awareness on
the possibility of Huks taking over
Manila led to battles aginst the
rebels led by Luis Taruc who made
rapid inroads by promises and
threats similar to the Communists.
HUKBALAHAP
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ap-rebellion-philippines-195649
Effects

Active Huk resistance no
longer presented as an active
threat to the country's and its
people's security.
Promotion of local
industries

Agricultural Credit and Cooperative
Financing Administration (ACCFA)
Farmers Cooperative and Marketing
Association (FACOMAS)
Agricultural Credit and
Cooperative Financing
 (ACCFA)
Administration

The agency aimed to help farmers

in marketing their products by
giving warehouse facilities through
cooperatives.
.
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09/ramon-del-fierro-magsaysay.html
Effects

Farmers were given loans on
credit thus making the people's
financial status increase.
Effects

The program showcases the
equality between all
occupations and promotes
agriculture throughout the
country.
Farmers Cooperative and
Marketing Association

(FACOMAS)
 A marketing association which
gave loans to its members to help
in marketing their products
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09/ramon-del-fierro-magsaysay.html
Effects

Local industries, like that of
farmers, were recognized and
emphasized thus presenting
equality throughout the whole
community
Environmental and
Resource Protection

Funding of the Agricultural research
Education on Modern Agricultural
Methods
Funding of the
Agricultural
 research

 An agricultural research which

focused on the control of crop pests
and diseases was funded by the
Congress after Ramon Magsaysay
urged them
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http://gracevalera.blogspot.com/2011/
09/ramon-del-fierro-magsaysay.html
Education on Modern Agricultural
Methods and Improvement of

irrigation systems.

 The education and

improvement of systems was done
for an increase in farm
productivity, an increase in the
nation’s resources.
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_Magsaysay
Effects

Agricultural research on the
enemies of the environment
and education on Agriculture
aid the people with their own
needs
Effects

But also, with the proper
methods used, the environment
is safe and properly utilized
Foreign Relations

Reparation Agreement
Laurel-Langley Agreement
Defense Council
Reparation
Agreement
 An agreement of which took a
series of negotiations between
Japan and the Philippines.
Reparation
Agreement
 The Japanese Government
paid $550 million (in cash,
service, capital goods and
industrial loan) for the war
damages done.
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Magsaysay
Effects

This aided the Philippine
economy, slightly, amidst
loans. Due to the agreement,
the controversy between the
Filipinos and Japanese was
settled.
Laurel-Langley
 Agreement
 A trade agreement between the
U.S and the Philippines, which
satisfied all of the Philippines's
economic interests and replaced
the Bell Trade Act .
Laurel-Langley Agreement
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in-history-laurel-langley-agreement-
signed-by-us-and-philippines/
Effects

The agreement substantially
gave the country and its people
greater freedom to industrialize
while continuing to receive
privileged access to US
markets.
Defense Council

During U.S. Secretary John Dulles visit
in the Philippines, a joint defense
council, an agreement between
separately represented parties with
common legal interests that allows the
parties to share confidential information
with each other, was established
John Dulles
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y/John-Foster-Dulles/
Effects

Thus were the terms of the Mutual
Defense Pact between
the Philippines and the United
States duly implemented.
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