Location: Arayat, Pampanga
Category: Personages
Type: Biographical marker
Status: Level II – Historical Marker
Marker date: 2001
Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)
Marker text:
DIOSDADO P. MACAPAGAL
(1910–1997)
DIOSDADO P. MACAPAGAL WAS THE NINTH PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT. KNOWN AS THE ‘POOR BOY FROM LUBAO’, HIS PRESIDENCY IS REMEMBERED FOR ITS AGRICULTURAL LAND REFORM CODE, ABOLISHING TENANCY AND LAUNCHING A LAND-TO THE-TILLER PROGRAM, KNOWN AS THE ACT OF EMANCIPATION. HE IS THE EMANCIPATOR OF THE FILIPINO FARMER.
A PROJECT INITIATED AND FUNDED BY THE PROVINCIAL SCHOOL BOARD CY 2000
