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President Joseph Ejercito Estrada was born on the 19th of April, 1937, to Engineer and Mrs. Emilio Ejercito. His father worked for the government. Joseph's mother, Maria Marcelo, studied music at the Colegio de Santa Rosa. After high school, Joseph decided to study engineering to follow in the footsteps of his father. But in his third year at Mapua, he decided to try the movies. Displeased with his decision to drop out of college,his parents forbade him to use his family name, which forced him to adopt "Estrada" (Spanish for street) as a screen name, and "Erap" ("Pare" or friend spelled backwards) as a nickname. During his movie career, he played the lead role in more than a hundred movies and produced more than 70 films. He was the first FAMAS Hall of Fame awardee for Best Actor (1981) and also became a Hall of Fame awardee as a Producer (1983). Estrada entered
politics when he ran for Mayor of San Juan in 1968. He was only proclaimed
mayor in 1969, after he won an electoral protest against Dr. Braulio Sto.
Domingo. As mayor (1969-1986), Estrada was named one of the Ten Outstanding
Young Men (TOYM) in Public Administration. He was also named Most Outstanding
Mayor and Foremost Nationalist (1972) and
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The symbols on the white triangle of the Philippine flag are an eight rayed sun and three stars in gold. The sun represents the dawning of a new era of self determination that was desired in 1898 (when the flag was first designed) after the Spanish-American war and the US promise of independence, which was granted in 1946. The 8 rays on the sun stand for the 8 provinces that rose in revolt against Spanish rule in the late 19th century. The 3 stars stands for the 3 principal geographic areas of the country, Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao. To complete
the symbolism of the flag, the red stripe represents courage and bravery
and the blue stripe is for noble ideals. The
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