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The establishment of the Agricultural Credit Cooperative Financing Administration (ACCFA) to help farmers market their crops and save them from usurers.
2. The establishments of rural banks in the provinces to give load to farmers at low interest rates.
3. The creation of new government agencies to handle labor problems and to take care of and distribute relief to poor families as well as to the victims of natural disasters such as fires, floods, and typhoons.
4. The conclusion of the Quirino-Foster Agreement to further intensify the economic development of the country. This agreement provided for a Philippine-American partnership in the economic development of the country, wherein the United States furnish funds and technical advisers, and the Philippines will furnish labor and provide counterpart funds. All economic projects were to be jointly supervised by the Philippine Council for US Aid and the Foreign Operations Administration (FOA).

The major controversy surrounding his governance was his bid for a second term in office in 1949. Next to the elections in 1969 (wherein Ferdinand Marcos won as president), the elections wherein Quirino won was believed to be the most corrupt. He was also the first president to undergo an impeachment trial because he allegedly purchased a very expensive Golden Orinola using government money. Along with these controversies, Quirino was also critiqued for permitting immorality in the armed forces, neglecting the problems of the masses, and involving himself to the American government which made him compliant to international economies. Because of these flaws, Ramon Magsaysay reigned in the next national elections.

What part of Ilocos Sur does Elpidio Quirino born?
Elpidio Quirino is the Father of ___________?
Quirino applied for a position as a __________ in the Philippine Commission until 1916.
Which is currently the premier party of Elpidio Quirino?
What year does Quirino retired in politics?

Answer: 1. Vigan Ilocos Sur, 2. Foreign Service, 3. legal clerk, 4. Liberal Party, 5. 1953

President Elpidio Quirino receives military honors for the last time, accompanied by President-elect Ramon Magsaysay. After the honors, the two shook hands and President Quirino departed to his rest house in Novaliches, while President-elect Magsaysay ascended the platform for his oath-taking.

References:
http://elpidsqui.blogspot.com/2011/07/elpidio-quirinos-legacy.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elpidio_Quirino

Prepared by:
Ricca Rose Diaz
Mitch Glydelle Cacatan
James Philip
Desiree Mae Dumayes
Leamie Lista
Mark Angelo Alonzo

"Every epoch has its own heroes and every hero has his own epoch."

- E. Quirino

Social Programs

Elpidio Quirino was a native of Caoayan, Ilocos Sur although born in Vigan, Ilocos Sur to Don Mariano Quirino of Caoayan, Ilocos Sur and Doña Gregoria Mendoza Rivera of Agoo, La Union. Quirino spent his early years in Aringay, La Union. He studied and graduated his elementary education to his native Caoayan, where he became a barrio teacher. He received secondary education at Vigan High School, then went to Manila where he worked as junior computer in the Bureau of Lands and as property clerk in the Manila police department. He graduated from Manila High School in 1911 and also passed the civil service examination, first-grade.
Quirino attended the University of the Philippines. In 1915, he earned his law degree from the university's College of Law, and was admitted to the bar later that year. He was engaged in the private practice of law.
Quirino was married to Alicia Syquia, in 1919 the couple had 4 children namely Tomas Quirino, Armando Quirino, Victoria Quirino-Delgado and Fe Angela Quirino.
Quirino retired from politics to private life in 1953. He offered his dedication to serve the Filipino people, he became the Father of Foreign Service.
He died of a heart attack on February 29, 1956. He was buried at Manila South Cemetery in Makati.

Applied for a position as a legal clerk in the Philippine Commission until 1916.
The transition from Philippine Commission to Philippine Bicameral Legislature gave him the opportunity to work with Senate President Manuel L. Quezon.
He decided to run for a congressional position in 1919.
Quezon appointed him to represent the Philippines in the International Bar Conference in Beijing, China (1921).
His first attempt to run for a senatorial position failed when a certain Isabelo Delos Reyes prevailed over him.
Elected as one of the delegates of Constitutional Convention in 1934, representing his constituents in the district of Ilocos Sur.
Appointed again by Quezon as a finance secretary of Commonwealth then to department of interior.
Ran and won for a vice-presidential post through Liberal Party.

Economic Programs

Formed the Agricultural Cooperatives Financing Administration
Created Farmers Cooperative Marketing Association
Set a new tax policy which increased the tariff rates in order to protect the local economic industry against unfair foreign competition
Established the Central Bank of the Philippines to stabilize the Philippine currency.

Established the Presidential Action Committee on Social Amelioration
Attempted to negotiate with the Huks, particularly with Ka Luis Taruc.
Programs Implemented
PACSA (President’s Action Committee on Social Amelioration) - was beneficial for financially challenged families;
ACCFA (Agricultural Credit Cooperatives Financing Administration) - aided farmers in selling what they harvested;
Labor Management Advisory Board - guided him on matters regarding labor;
Rural Banks of the Philippines - helped countrymen in the rural areas manage their finances;

Quirino failed to win the people's affection. Several factors caused the unpopularity of his administration:
Unabated rampage of graft and corruption in his government, as revealed in the Tambobong-Buenavista scandal, the Import Control Anomalies, the Caledonia Pile Mess and the Textbook Racket;
Wasteful spending of the people's money in extravagant junkets abroad;
Failure of government to check the Huk menace which made travel in the provinces unsafe, as evidenced by the killing of former First Lady Aurora Quezon and her companions on April 21, 1949 by the Huks on the Bongabong-Baler road, Baler, Tayabas (now part of Aurora province).
Economic distress of the times, aggravated by rising unemployment rate, soaring prices of commodities, and unfavorable balance of trade. Quirino's vaunted "Total Economic Mobilization Policy" failed to give economic relief to the suffering nation.the Liberal Party moguls in the 1947, 1949 and 1951 elections.