Pablo Ocampo
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Pablo Ocampo, a Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands; born in Manila, Philippine Islands, January 25, 1853; attended Colegio de San Juan de Letran
, and graduated from Santo Tomas University in 1882; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1882 and practiced in Manila; prosecuting attorney of the district of Tondo 1883 and 1884; secretary of the Royal Court of Manila under the Spanish regime 1885-1887; relator of the supreme court of the Philippine Islands in 1887 and 1888; counsel to the Economic Association of the Philippines 1888-1890; was a representative of the Provinces of Principe, Infanta, Lepanto, and Bontoc in the Filipino Government in Malolos and was elected secretary of the Filipino Parliament; professor of law in the University of Malolos in 1898; editor of La Patria at Manila, in 1899 and 1900; editor of the Faro Juridico y Consultor de los Jueces de Paz, the first law publication on the Philippine Islands, in 1907 and 1908; appointed by the Government of the Filipino Republic as its representative in Manila; elected as a Resident Commissioner to the United States and served from November 22, 1907, to November 22, 1909; one of the delegates of the American Congress to the Interparliamentary Congress of Nations held in the Reichstag at Berlin, Germany, in 1908; representative from Manila in the Second Philippine Legislature; member of the first independence mission to the United States; adviser and counsel of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo from the time of his connection with the revolutionary government until 1925; died in Manila, Philippine Islands, February 5, 1925; interment in La Loma Catholic Cemetery
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Colegio de San Juan de Letran
The Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Letran College, or simply Letran is a private Roman Catholic institution of learning located in Intramuros, Manila, in the Philippines. The college was founded in 1620. Colegio de San Juan de Letran has the distinction of being the oldest college in the...
, and graduated from Santo Tomas University in 1882; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1882 and practiced in Manila; prosecuting attorney of the district of Tondo 1883 and 1884; secretary of the Royal Court of Manila under the Spanish regime 1885-1887; relator of the supreme court of the Philippine Islands in 1887 and 1888; counsel to the Economic Association of the Philippines 1888-1890; was a representative of the Provinces of Principe, Infanta, Lepanto, and Bontoc in the Filipino Government in Malolos and was elected secretary of the Filipino Parliament; professor of law in the University of Malolos in 1898; editor of La Patria at Manila, in 1899 and 1900; editor of the Faro Juridico y Consultor de los Jueces de Paz, the first law publication on the Philippine Islands, in 1907 and 1908; appointed by the Government of the Filipino Republic as its representative in Manila; elected as a Resident Commissioner to the United States and served from November 22, 1907, to November 22, 1909; one of the delegates of the American Congress to the Interparliamentary Congress of Nations held in the Reichstag at Berlin, Germany, in 1908; representative from Manila in the Second Philippine Legislature; member of the first independence mission to the United States; adviser and counsel of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo from the time of his connection with the revolutionary government until 1925; died in Manila, Philippine Islands, February 5, 1925; interment in La Loma Catholic Cemetery
La Loma Cemetery
The La Loma Catholic Cemetery was opened in 1884 and is located mostly in the city of Manila and the northwestern part to Caloocan.The La Loma Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Manila with an area of slightly less than 54 hectares...
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