DID YOU KNOW: Manila’s first mayor

Arsenio Cruz Herrera, designated president of the municipal board of Manila, was named the City of Manila’s first mayor on Aug. 7, 1901, by William Howard Taft, coinciding with the proclamation of the Manila charter. However, he was dissatisfied with being a mere figurehead, and after denouncing Gov. Luke Wright’s policies before the visiting party […]

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