GROUP 2

Science, Technology
and Nation Building

DIOSDADO

MACAPAGAL 9TH
 PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

POLICY IMPACT
(H.B.no.1810)
R.A 3661 An Act to Establish Having a service offered on free
Philippine scholar ship.
Science High School They learned and inspire them. They
(PSHS) CHARTER can have the motivation to study
hard.

Promoting the Growth of a

Helps shape the Philippines as a nation.
Biotechnology Industry in the Increasing population and
Philippines environmental protection.
and for other purpose or Bioctechnology become an important
 component in scientific research and technology.

POLICY IMPACT
He introduced the country's first land reform law,
placed the peso on the free currency exchange
market, and liberalized foreign exchange and import
R.A 3019 SUPPRESS controls. Macapagal worked to suppress graft and
corruption and to stimulate the Philippine economy.
GRAFT AND He placed the peso on the free currency-exchange
market, encouraged exports, passed the country’s
CORRUPTION AND first land-reform legislation, and sought to curb
income tax evasion, particularly by the wealthiest
STIMULATION OF families, which cost the treasury millions of pesos
yearly. His reforms, however, were crippled by a
PHILIPPINE ECONOMY House of Representatives and Senate dominated by
the Nacionalistas, and he was defeated in the 1965
As President, Macapagal worked to suppress graft and
presidential elections by Ferdinand Marcos.
corruption and to stimulate the Philippine economy.
 POLICY IMPACTS
International Monetary Fund As chief executive, Mr. Macapagal yielded to pressure
from
the International Monetary Fund and liberalized
foreign exchange and import controls.The International
Monetary Fund, or IMF, promotes international financial
stability and monetary cooperation. It also facilitates
international trade, promotes employment and
sustainable economic growth, and helps to reduce global
poverty.
date of the country's independence from
He changes the the United States in 1946, to June 12, when
Filipino patriots in 1898 declared
Independence Day independence from nearly 400 years of
During his term, Mr. Macapagal shifted the Spanish rule.
nation's independence day from July 4, the