Philippine Commonwealth Government History PDF

Commonwealth Government 1935 On August 2. 1935. Act Number 4211 was enacted — permitting under-aged persons to take the board exam on condition that they will not practice their profession until they attained the required age of 21. During the inauguration of the Commonwealth Government on Novemb...

Commonwealth Government 1935 On August 2. 1935. Act Number 4211 was enacted — permitting under-aged persons to take the board exam on condition that they will not practice their profession until they attained the required age of 21. During the inauguration of the Commonwealth Government on November 15. 1935. a reorganization of the DPWC was undertaken. Under the set up. it was composed of the Bureau of Public Works. Ports. Aeronautics. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Metropolitan Water District Division of Marine. Railway and Repair Shop. National Radio Broadcasting. Irrigation Council and Board of Examiners for Civil. Mechanical. Chemical and Mining Engineers. 1937 The Philippine Association of Civil Engineers (PACE) was formed from a group of civil engineers in the private sector with Engr. Enrique Sto. Tomas Cortes as its first president The objectives of both organizations were similar with each other in which both of them wants to: "elevate the standards of the profession, encourage research and engineering knowledge and technology, foster fellowship among members, and promote interrelation with other technological and scientific societies". The PACE being the most active than the PSCE led to the transfer of many PSCE members to PACE. 1938 In 1938, statutes for practice of architecture from engineering separated by law —National Assembly Bill No. 1850 On January 31. 1938, the first Bicol train was put into operation On May 8. 1938, the unified system of railroad from San Fernando. La Union in the North to Legazpi in the South was formally inaugurated 1940 Highway 54 was the former name of the Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA). Stretching some 54 kilometers. Highway 54 serves as a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of Filipinos passing or doing business in Metro Manila. It formed a major part of the circumferential roads in Metro Manila. From the south. it passes through five cities Pasay. Makati. Mandaluyong. Quezon City, and Caloocan. Its southem endpoint is at the rotunda near the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City while its northern point is at Monumento in Caloocan City near the Andres Bonifacio monument. When the avenue was constructed in 1940 by engineers led by Florencio Moreno and Osmundo L. Monsod. it was first named as North and South Circumferential Road. But at the end of World War II, the American occupiers changed the name to Highway 54. But in 1959, by virtue of Republic Act 2140, the highway was renamed in honor of Epifanio de los Santos, a famous statesman of the province of Rizal. During Japanese Occupation (World War II) 1941 The tides of war in the Pacific came in December 1941 and thereby interrupted the normal operations of the schools and colleges. By order of the President of the Philippines, all schools were closed. When the Japanese forces entered Manila in January 1942, they occupied the College/School buildings. In 1941, outbreak of World War II, the Department of Public Works and Communications (OPWC) and other government offices were practically abolished due to dislocation of manpower, lack of funds, materials and equipment, installation of enemy administration and the setting up of resistance movement. 24 December 1941 to 01 August 1944 During the Japanese occupation, the exiled Commonwealth government of President Manuel Quezon issued Executive Order 396, which reorganized and grouped the cabinet. The Department of Public Works and Communication became the Department of National Defense. Public Works. Communications and Labor with Basilio Valdes as Secretary. 1942 On Philippine soil, to mitigate the sufferings of the people under the iron-clad rule of the Japanese, the Philippine Executive Commission was established. Under President Jose P. Laurel's administration. Quintin Paredes served as Minister of Public Works and Communications. Caliraya Dam is an embankment dam located in the town of Lumban province of Laguna, in the Sierra Madre Mountain Range of the Philippines. The reservoir created by the dam. Lake Caliraya, initially supplied one of the oldest hydroelectric plants in the Philippines, and later became a popular recreational area for numerous water sports and fishing. The dam construction was started in 1939 and a small hydroelectric plant was operated in 1942. Continuation of Commonwealth Government (After the War) After the Second World War, the new independent Philippine government continued the rehabilitation and construction of roads, bridges, buildings and other infrastructures, through the reparations and war damages paid by the Japanese government. Other financial grants and aids received from the US government were used in the construction and rehabilitation of roads, bridges, buildings and other infrastructures. 1944 President Sergio Osmefta issued Executive Order 15-W on August 8. 1944 reorganizing and consolidating the Executive Departments of the Commonwealth government with Secretary Basilio Valdes as Secretary of National Defense and Communications. 1945 The reorganization of the government after it was re-established on Philippine soil was undertaken with Executive Order No. 27 on February 27. The Department of National Defense and Communications was again named Department of Public Works and Communications. 08 March 1945-1946 Justice Sotero Cabahug replaced Secretary Valdes as Secretary of Public Works and Communications.