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Philippines Republic Inaugurated On the 4th of July 1946 the independent Republic of the Philippines was officially declared. In order to help the Philippines rebuild the country after the ravages of World War II, the U.S. Congress had passed the Rehabilitation Act providing for payment of war claims.