March 11, 1947
MANILA, March 11 — On March 11, 1947, the Filipino people ratified in a nationwide plebiscite the "parity amendment" to the 1935 Constitution.
This amendment granted United States citizens equal rights with the Filipinos in the utilization and exploitation of natural resources in the United States and the Philippines.
Also approved in that plebiscite were the Bell Trade Act and the Military Bases Agreement.
On this same day in 1966, the old Mountain Province was divided into four separate provinces: Mountain Province, with Bontoc as the capital; Benguet, with La Trinidad as the capital; Kalinga-Apayao with Tabuk as the capital; and Ifugao, with Lagawe as the capital.
Mountain Province used to belong partly to the Ilocos Region (Region 1) and the rest to the Cagayan Valley (Region 2).
With the passing of Republic Act No. 6766, Mountain Province was made part of the Cordillera Administrative Region.
On March 11, 2003, the Department of Tourism's "More than the usual WOW Philippines advertisement campaign" won the Best International Video Advertising Award in Berlin. (PNA)
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