On a street in Manila, during the final days of World War II, a man stands devastated, holding the dead body of his baby daughter. This man was Elpidio Quirino, who would later become President of the ...

This day in 1890, Elpidio Quirino y Rivera was born in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, and baptized three days later. He was the son of Don Mariano Quirino, who was originally from Caoayan, Ilocos Sur. Mariano was ...

A WISH by former President Fidel V. Ramos to be buried, when his time comes, beside President Elpidio Quirino at the Libingan ng mga Bayani paved the way for the reinterment of the latter’s remains ...

MANILA, Philippines - The remains of the late President Elpidio Quirino was transferred from the South Cemetery in Makati City to the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City on Monday. Feb. 29, 2016 ...

Not many Filipinos know about President Elpidio Quirino beyond his being the country’s sixth President, who presided over the postwar reconstruction of the Philippines after the Japanese occupation.

In celebration of the 125th birth anniversary of the 6th President of the Republic, who started his journey to greatness as a barrio school teacher, the President Elpidio Quirino Foundation in ...

Filipinos have a euphemism which they apply these days to corrupt practices, whether of the minor variety, as in the recent stuffing of a beauty-contest ballot box, or of the grand public crookedness ...

On each trip to Japan I try to pay my respects to two small, often overlooked, bronze monuments in the heart of Tokyo: The first stop is at the bust of Jose Rizal in Hibiya Park, the second at a ...

“If he were my father,” said a physician, “I wouldn’t care if he were President or not. I’d tell him to relax and live longer.” But President Elpidio Quirino of the Philippine Republic was in no mood ...