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                    [Title] => Senate turns 100, remembers great members
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As the Senate celebrates its centennial, Senate President Franklin Drilon cited the role its great members have played through the decades in protecting the country’s democracy.

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I write about Manuel L. Quezon (the president of the Philippine Commonwealth) for two reasons.

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From 1916 to 1935, senators were elected by districts.

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Abe Lincoln, in his Gettysburg Address, defined a democracy as “a government of the people, for the people, and by the people.

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While it was only in 1936 that an official state of the nation address (SONA) was delivered by a president of the Philippines, President Emilio Aguinaldo delivered the closest thing to a state address on September 15, 1898.

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Five days from now the academic world will recall the saga of our 109-year-old yearning for a classroom language.

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The Senate was convened on Oct. 16, 1916 by virtue of the Jones Law — the country’s basic law or constitution from 1916 to 1935 — of that year.

A month-long celebration will start today amid a rift with Malacañang caused by President Arroyo’s issuance of Executive Order 464, barring civilian and military officials from appearing before congressional inquiries without her clearance.
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As the Senate celebrates its centennial, Senate President Franklin Drilon cited the role its great members have played through the decades in protecting the country’s democracy.

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I write about Manuel L. Quezon (the president of the Philippine Commonwealth) for two reasons.

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From 1916 to 1935, senators were elected by districts.

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Abe Lincoln, in his Gettysburg Address, defined a democracy as “a government of the people, for the people, and by the people.

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While it was only in 1936 that an official state of the nation address (SONA) was delivered by a president of the Philippines, President Emilio Aguinaldo delivered the closest thing to a state address on September 15, 1898.

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Five days from now the academic world will recall the saga of our 109-year-old yearning for a classroom language.

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The Senate was convened on Oct. 16, 1916 by virtue of the Jones Law — the country’s basic law or constitution from 1916 to 1935 — of that year.

A month-long celebration will start today amid a rift with Malacañang caused by President Arroyo’s issuance of Executive Order 464, barring civilian and military officials from appearing before congressional inquiries without her clearance.
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