Elpidio Quirino ... Then in 1953, Quirino granted clemency for Japanese prisoners of war in Muntinlupa. It was an unpopular decision that he explained in these words: “I should be the last one to ...

Former President Elpidio Quirino's death anniversary is usually commemorated every February 28th. But not this 2012 MANILA, Philippines – Former President Elpidio Quirino’s death anniversary ...

Sixty years after his death, Elpidio ... ulcers, Quirino signed a controversial statement that he probably knew would end his political career. It was a presidential pardon for the last remaining ...

Not many Filipinos know about President Elpidio Quirino beyond his ... and education in the Quirino years, respectively. “The last lecture by Ambeth Ocampo will be on postwar relations between ...

Elpidio Quirino at the Libingan ng mga Bayani paved the way for the reinterment of the latter’s remains with those of his fellow heroes, complete with full military honors, 60 years after his death.

Elpidio Quirino, who would later become President of the Philippines, lost his wife and three of his children. He hated the Japanese. Yet, eight years later, as President he decided to grant ...

The remains of Elpidio Quirino, the sixth president of the Philippines, will be reinterred at a special site at the Libingan ng mga Bayani on Monday. The reinterment will happen 60 years after he died ...

PRESIDENT Aquino will lead re-internment ceremonies for President Elpidio Quirino at the Libingan ng mga Bayani tomorrow (Monday), the 60th death anniversary of the country’s second post-war ...