Comments on: For trivia-hunters, Benigno S. Aquino III and the presidency (updated) http://www.quezon.ph/2010/06/11/for-trivia-hunters-benigno-s-aquino-iii-and-the-presidency/ Punditry. Politics. History. Commentary. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:35:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jerome Aning http://www.quezon.ph/2010/06/11/for-trivia-hunters-benigno-s-aquino-iii-and-the-presidency/comment-page-1/#comment-1080659 Jerome Aning Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:16:11 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?p=3989#comment-1080659 these trivias are awesome! just curious: who of the philippine presidents have descendants named "the third," e.g., is there an emilio aguinaldo 3rd, jose laurel 3rd or carlos garcia 3rd? i would be nice putting them together in one room with noynoy:) these trivias are awesome! just curious: who of the philippine presidents have descendants named “the third,” e.g., is there an emilio aguinaldo 3rd, jose laurel 3rd or carlos garcia 3rd? i would be nice putting them together in one room with noynoy:)

]]> By: mlq3 http://www.quezon.ph/2010/06/11/for-trivia-hunters-benigno-s-aquino-iii-and-the-presidency/comment-page-1/#comment-1080232 mlq3 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:23:01 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?p=3989#comment-1080232 In "so help us God..." by Malaya and Malaya some of these statistics are there. Aguinaldo: Population 7.92 million (1898) Area under agricultural cultivation 1.66 million hectares (1896) No. of Farms 815,453 (1903) No. of Manufacturing Establishments 3,259 (1903) Total Exports US$ 22.99 million (1900) National Budget of the Philippine Republic (estimates, 1899) Expenditures P 6.32 million Allocation for the army P 4.07 million Communications and Public Works P 0.36 million Receipts P 6.43 million Portion from direct taxes P 1.01 million Portion from emergency war tax P 4.05 million Quezon: Population: 14.00 million (1936) 17.00 million (1941) Total Exports P 295.36 million (1936) P 322.26 million (1941) US Direct Investments in the Philippines US$ 90.7 million (1940). From The World Economy, Historical Statistics, Pr Capita GDP in 1990 International Geary-Khamis Dollars was 1 262 in 1935, 1 587 in 1940 (1 235 in Indonesia, 1 442 in South Korea for same period, 2 874 for Japan). Acemoglu and Johnson in <a href="http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.126.7786&rep=rep1&type=pdf" rel="nofollow">Disease and Development: The Effect of Life Expectancy on Economic Growth</a> put forward the following : Philippines, Year: 1940 predicted mortality 0.976 life expectancy 47.3 population 16,585 total GDP 26,326 GDP per Capita 1,587 Laurel: <a href="http://www.econ.upd.edu.ph/respub/dp/pdf/DP2003-07.pdf" rel="nofollow">Gerardo Sicat in a 2003 paper </a>wrote, <blockquote>In effect, total output in 1945 was 70 percent lower than that of 1940. Going to the estimate of the war damage in today’s current terms (2003), the economic loss (not including human, of course) suffered during the war was equivalent to 13 percent of the current GDP of 2003. Translating this to the output of 1940 on the very conservative assumption that there was no growth of per capita output over the years, the economic loss from the war was 62 percent of the GDP of 1940.</blockquote> Osmena: From The World Economy, Historical Statistics, Pr Capita GDP in 1990 International Geary-Khamis Dollars was 646 in 1946. Population 19.06 million (1946) Gross Domestic Product P61,128 million (1946) Income Per Capita P3,207 (1946) Total Exports P4,370 million (1946) Roxas: From The World Economy, Historical Statistics, Pr Capita GDP in 1990 International Geary-Khamis Dollars was 646 in 1946, 993 in 1948. Population: 19.23 million (1948) GDP P 85,269 million (1947) GDP Growth Rate 39.5 % (1946-47 average) Income Per Capita P 4,434 (1947) Total Exports P24,824 million (1947) Quirino: Population: 19.23 million, 1948 GDP P99,628 million (1948); 146,070 million (1953) GDP growth rate 9.43 %, 1948-53 average Income Per Capita P5,180 (1948); P7,596 (1953) Total Exports P35,821 million (1948); P34,432 million (1953). From The World Economy, Historical Statistics, Pr Capita GDP in 1990 International Geary-Khamis Dollars was 993 in 1948 Magsaysay: Population: 21.4 million (1954) GDP P157,054 million (1954); P179,739 million (1956) GDP Growth Rate 7.13 % (1954-56 average) Income Per Capita P7,339 (1954); 8,073 (1956) Total Exports P36,462 million (1954); P34,727 million (1956) Unemployment Rate 11.2 % (1956) Garcia: Population: 22.68 million (1957) GDP P189,457 million (1957); P224,430 million (1961) GDP growth rate 4.54 % (1957-61average) Income Per Capita P8,353 (1957); P7,927 (1961) Total Exports P35,980 million (1957); P39,845 million (1961) Unemployment Rate 3.8 % (1957); 7.5 % (1961) Peso -US $ exchange rate P2.00 to $1 (1957); P2.64 to $1 (1961) Macapagal: Population: 29.2 million (1962) GDP P234,828 million (1962); P273,769 million (1965) GDP growth rate 5.15 % (1962-65 average) Income Per Capita P8,042 (1962); P 8,617 (1965) Total Exports P46,177 million (1962); P66,216 million (1965) Unemployment Rate 8.00 % (1962); 7.2 % (1965) Peso -US $ exchange rate P3.80 to $1 (1962); P3.90 to $1 (1965) Marcos: 1966-1971 Population: 36.68 million (1970) GDP P285,886 million (1966); P361,791 million (1971) GDP growth rate 4.75 % (1966-71 average) Income Per Capita P 8,932 (1967); P 9,546 (1971) Total Exports P70,254 million (1966); P63,626 million (1971) Unemployment Rate 7.10 %, (1966); 5.20 % (1971) Peso - US $ exchange rate P3.9 to $1(1966); P6.44 to $1 (1971) 1972 - 1985 Population: 37.90 million (1972) GDP P381,497 million (1972); P 571, 883 million (1985) GDP growth rate 3.43 % (1972-85 average) Income Per Capita P 9,802 (1972); P 10,524 (1985) Total Exports P71,572 million (1972); P137,341 million (1985) Unemployment Rate 6.30 % (1972); 12.55 % (1985) Peso -US $ exchange rate P6.3 to $1 (1972); P12.55 to $1 (1985) Acemoglu and Johnson in <a href="http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.126.7786&rep=rep1&type=pdf" rel="nofollow">Disease and Development: The Effect of Life Expectancy on Economic Growth</a> put forward the following : Philippines, Year: 1980 predicted mortality 0.000 life expectancy 61.1 population 50,940 total GDP 121,012 GDP per Capita 2,376 Aquino: Population: 56.00 million (1986) GDP P591,423 million (1986); P716,522 million (1991) GDP Growth Rate 3.33 % (1986-91 average) Income Per Capita P 10,622 (1986); P 11,250 (1991) Total Exports P160,571 million (1986); P231,515 million, (1991) Unemployment Rate 11.83 % (1986); 10.58 % (1991) Peso -US $ Exchange Rate 20.38 (1986); 27.61 (1991) Ramos: Population: 65.34 million (1992) GDP P718,941 million (1992); P893,151 million (1997) GDP growth rate 4.9 % (1992-98 average) Income Per Capita P 11,003 (1992); P 12,147 (1997) Total Exports P241,431 million (1992); P465,322 million (1997) Unemployment Rate 9.78 % (1992); 7.9 % (1997) Peso -US $ exchange rate P25.61 to $1 (1992); P29.40 to $1 (1997) Estrada: Population: 75.16 million (1998) GDP P887,905 million (1998); P954,962 million (2000) GDP growth rate 2.96 % (1998-2000 average) Income Per Capita P 11,814 (1998); P 12,483, (2000) Total Exports P 1,389,860 million (1998) P 1,859,441 million (2000) Unemployment Rate 10.1 % (1998); 10.1 % (2000) Peso - US $ exchange rate P40.9 to $1 (1998); P44.2 to $1(2000). Arroyo: Population: 77.90 million ( 2001) GDP P987,433 million (2001); P1,046,083 million (2002) GDP growth rate 3.45 % (2001-02 average) Income Per Capita P12,675 (2001); P13,175 ( 2002) Total Exports 65,201 million US $ (‘01); 70,635 million $ (‘02) Unemployment Rate 9.8 % (2001); 11.8 % (as of Oct. 2003) Peso -US $ exchange rate P51.0 to $1 (2001); P51.6 to $1 (2002). For later data see <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/4970042/Economic-briefing-by-Dr-Michael-Alba" rel="nofollow">Alba</a>, <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/4969977/Inquirer-Briefing-by-Cielito-Habito" rel="nofollow">Habito</a> and <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/25948446/Uncertain-Times" rel="nofollow">Wallace.</a> See also <a href="http://kyotoreview.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/issue/issue3/article_277.html" rel="nofollow">An assessment of the Philippine Evonomy by Germelino Bautista</a> In “so help us God…” by Malaya and Malaya some of these statistics are there.

Aguinaldo: Population 7.92 million (1898) Area under agricultural cultivation 1.66 million hectares (1896) No. of Farms 815,453 (1903) No. of Manufacturing Establishments 3,259 (1903) Total Exports US$ 22.99 million (1900) National Budget of the Philippine Republic (estimates, 1899) Expenditures P 6.32 million Allocation for the army P 4.07 million Communications and Public Works P 0.36 million Receipts P 6.43 million Portion from direct taxes P 1.01 million Portion from emergency war tax P 4.05 million

Quezon: Population: 14.00 million (1936) 17.00 million (1941) Total Exports P 295.36 million (1936) P 322.26 million (1941) US Direct Investments in the Philippines US$ 90.7 million (1940). From The World Economy, Historical Statistics, Pr Capita GDP in 1990 International Geary-Khamis Dollars was 1 262 in 1935, 1 587 in 1940 (1 235 in Indonesia, 1 442 in South Korea for same period, 2 874 for Japan). Acemoglu and Johnson in Disease and Development: The Effect of Life Expectancy on Economic Growth put forward the following : Philippines, Year: 1940 predicted mortality 0.976 life expectancy 47.3 population 16,585 total GDP 26,326 GDP per Capita 1,587

Laurel: Gerardo Sicat in a 2003 paper wrote,

In effect, total output in 1945 was 70 percent lower than that of 1940. Going to the estimate of the war damage in today’s current terms (2003), the economic loss (not including human, of course) suffered during the war was equivalent to 13 percent of the current GDP of 2003. Translating this to the output of 1940 on the very conservative assumption that there was no growth of per capita output over the years, the economic loss from the war was 62 percent of the GDP of 1940.

Osmena: From The World Economy, Historical Statistics, Pr Capita GDP in 1990 International Geary-Khamis Dollars was 646 in 1946.
Population 19.06 million (1946) Gross Domestic Product P61,128 million (1946) Income Per Capita P3,207 (1946) Total Exports P4,370 million (1946)

Roxas: From The World Economy, Historical Statistics, Pr Capita GDP in 1990 International Geary-Khamis Dollars was 646 in 1946, 993 in 1948. Population: 19.23 million (1948) GDP P 85,269 million (1947) GDP Growth Rate 39.5 % (1946-47 average) Income Per Capita P 4,434 (1947) Total Exports P24,824 million (1947)

Quirino: Population: 19.23 million, 1948 GDP P99,628 million (1948); 146,070 million (1953) GDP growth rate 9.43 %, 1948-53 average Income Per Capita P5,180 (1948); P7,596 (1953) Total Exports P35,821 million (1948); P34,432 million (1953). From The World Economy, Historical Statistics, Pr Capita GDP in 1990 International Geary-Khamis Dollars was 993 in 1948

Magsaysay: Population: 21.4 million (1954) GDP P157,054 million (1954); P179,739 million (1956) GDP Growth Rate 7.13 % (1954-56 average) Income Per Capita P7,339 (1954); 8,073 (1956) Total Exports P36,462 million (1954); P34,727 million (1956) Unemployment Rate 11.2 % (1956)

Garcia: Population: 22.68 million (1957) GDP P189,457 million (1957); P224,430 million (1961) GDP growth rate 4.54 % (1957-61average) Income Per Capita P8,353 (1957); P7,927 (1961) Total Exports P35,980 million (1957); P39,845 million (1961) Unemployment Rate 3.8 % (1957); 7.5 % (1961) Peso -US $ exchange rate P2.00 to $1 (1957); P2.64 to $1 (1961)

Macapagal: Population: 29.2 million (1962) GDP P234,828 million (1962); P273,769 million (1965) GDP growth rate 5.15 % (1962-65 average) Income Per Capita P8,042 (1962); P 8,617 (1965) Total Exports P46,177 million (1962); P66,216 million (1965) Unemployment Rate 8.00 % (1962); 7.2 % (1965) Peso -US $ exchange rate P3.80 to $1 (1962); P3.90 to $1 (1965)

Marcos: 1966-1971 Population: 36.68 million (1970) GDP P285,886 million (1966); P361,791 million (1971) GDP growth rate 4.75 % (1966-71 average) Income Per Capita P 8,932 (1967); P 9,546 (1971) Total Exports P70,254 million (1966); P63,626 million (1971) Unemployment Rate 7.10 %, (1966); 5.20 % (1971) Peso – US $ exchange rate P3.9 to $1(1966); P6.44 to $1 (1971) 1972 – 1985 Population: 37.90 million (1972) GDP P381,497 million (1972); P 571, 883 million (1985) GDP growth rate 3.43 % (1972-85 average) Income Per Capita P 9,802 (1972); P 10,524 (1985) Total Exports P71,572 million (1972); P137,341 million (1985) Unemployment Rate 6.30 % (1972); 12.55 % (1985) Peso -US $ exchange rate P6.3 to $1 (1972); P12.55 to $1 (1985) Acemoglu and Johnson in Disease and Development: The Effect of Life Expectancy on Economic Growth put forward the following : Philippines, Year: 1980 predicted mortality 0.000 life expectancy 61.1 population 50,940 total GDP 121,012 GDP per Capita 2,376

Aquino: Population: 56.00 million (1986) GDP P591,423 million (1986); P716,522 million (1991) GDP Growth Rate 3.33 % (1986-91 average) Income Per Capita P 10,622 (1986); P 11,250 (1991) Total Exports P160,571 million (1986); P231,515 million, (1991) Unemployment Rate 11.83 % (1986); 10.58 % (1991) Peso -US $ Exchange Rate 20.38 (1986); 27.61 (1991)

Ramos: Population: 65.34 million (1992) GDP P718,941 million (1992); P893,151 million (1997) GDP growth rate 4.9 % (1992-98 average) Income Per Capita P 11,003 (1992); P 12,147 (1997) Total Exports P241,431 million (1992); P465,322 million (1997) Unemployment Rate 9.78 % (1992); 7.9 % (1997) Peso -US $ exchange rate P25.61 to $1 (1992); P29.40 to $1 (1997)

Estrada: Population: 75.16 million (1998) GDP P887,905 million (1998); P954,962 million (2000) GDP growth rate 2.96 % (1998-2000 average) Income Per Capita P 11,814 (1998); P 12,483, (2000) Total Exports P 1,389,860 million (1998) P 1,859,441 million (2000) Unemployment Rate 10.1 % (1998); 10.1 % (2000) Peso – US $ exchange rate P40.9 to $1 (1998); P44.2 to $1(2000).

Arroyo: Population: 77.90 million ( 2001) GDP P987,433 million (2001); P1,046,083 million (2002) GDP growth rate 3.45 % (2001-02 average) Income Per Capita P12,675 (2001); P13,175 ( 2002) Total Exports 65,201 million US $ (‘01); 70,635 million $ (‘02) Unemployment Rate 9.8 % (2001); 11.8 % (as of Oct. 2003) Peso -US $ exchange rate P51.0 to $1 (2001); P51.6 to $1 (2002). For later data see Alba, Habito and Wallace. See also An assessment of the Philippine Evonomy by Germelino Bautista

]]> By: UP n Grad http://www.quezon.ph/2010/06/11/for-trivia-hunters-benigno-s-aquino-iii-and-the-presidency/comment-page-1/#comment-1080228 UP n Grad Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:53:04 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?p=3989#comment-1080228 How did Pilipinas do under the terms of the individual presidents? What was the life-expectancy before, and the life-expectancy after? What was the employment-figures before, and the employment figures after? What was the percent going to Sunday mass before, and the percent after? What was the per-capita-GDP before and after? How did Pilipinas do under the terms of the individual presidents? What was the life-expectancy before, and the life-expectancy after? What was the employment-figures before, and the employment figures after? What was the percent going to Sunday mass before, and the percent after? What was the per-capita-GDP before and after?

]]> By: UP n Grad http://www.quezon.ph/2010/06/11/for-trivia-hunters-benigno-s-aquino-iii-and-the-presidency/comment-page-1/#comment-1080217 UP n Grad Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:43:08 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?p=3989#comment-1080217 I disagree, Carl. Binay as President-2016 will not happen. Filipino citizens are against political dynasties --- so says Pilipinas constitution. I disagree, Carl. Binay as President-2016 will not happen. Filipino citizens are against political dynasties — so says Pilipinas constitution.

]]> By: Carl Cid Inting http://www.quezon.ph/2010/06/11/for-trivia-hunters-benigno-s-aquino-iii-and-the-presidency/comment-page-1/#comment-1080212 Carl Cid Inting Sun, 13 Jun 2010 06:49:40 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?p=3989#comment-1080212 Don't know about suffixes, but there's a good bet that the next President will have 3 first names. None less than Jesus, Joseph and Mary rolled into 1. :-) Don’t know about suffixes, but there’s a good bet that the next President will have 3 first names. None less than Jesus, Joseph and Mary rolled into 1. :-)

]]> By: carlosvjugo http://www.quezon.ph/2010/06/11/for-trivia-hunters-benigno-s-aquino-iii-and-the-presidency/comment-page-1/#comment-1080201 carlosvjugo Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:10:08 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?p=3989#comment-1080201 mlq3, any guess on who will be the second person with the suffix-III to be elected president? mlq3, any guess on who will be the second person with the suffix-III to be elected president?

]]> By: mlq3 http://www.quezon.ph/2010/06/11/for-trivia-hunters-benigno-s-aquino-iii-and-the-presidency/comment-page-1/#comment-1080185 mlq3 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:01:06 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?p=3989#comment-1080185 He's the third, after Quezon and Laurel. He’s the third, after Quezon and Laurel.

]]> By: baycas2 http://www.quezon.ph/2010/06/11/for-trivia-hunters-benigno-s-aquino-iii-and-the-presidency/comment-page-1/#comment-1080184 baycas2 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:24:48 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?p=3989#comment-1080184 how about the first president having two first names? how about the first president having two first names?

]]> By: baycas2 http://www.quezon.ph/2010/06/11/for-trivia-hunters-benigno-s-aquino-iii-and-the-presidency/comment-page-1/#comment-1080183 baycas2 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:06:14 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/?p=3989#comment-1080183 "automated" president (as deo macalma initially described p-noy)... noynoy is the first "automated" president. “automated” president (as deo macalma initially described p-noy)…

noynoy is the first “automated” president.

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