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Flavier, Drilan, Paiigili~~n, 
Enrile, Anga~a, ~ i ~ g g o y  
Ejercito Estrada, ~ a g s a ~ ~ a ~  
Jr., and 
This bill seeks to grant Philippine Citizenship to Mr. Charles William Mosser, a US 
national. 
Mr. Mosser served in the US Navy during World War I1 and Set foot in the 
Philippines for the first time when his convoy, carrying much needed war material for 
fighting American troops and Filipino guerillas, arrived in Tacloban sometime in 1943. It 
was then that Mr. Mosser vowed to return to the Philippines someday, having fallen in 
love with the country and its inhabitants. 
After his discharge from the Navy, he entered the real estate business and made 
a success of the endeavor. At present, he manages 20 apartment buildings and 6 hotels 
in the City and County of San Francisco, California. He is also in the process of 
developing 28 condominium units in San Rafael California. 
Despite his successes in the United States, Mr. Mosser's desire to return to the 
Philippines never wavered. It is because of his love for the Philippines that he came 
back to our country and devoted his time and effort to the distribution of books, the 
rebuilding of schools and the giving of relief clothing to children. He was also able to 
establish business operations in our country among which includes hotel and restaurant 
property management services, construction and retail operations. 
Together with his Filipina wife, Annabelle Idemne Mosser, they formed the 
Charles and Annabelle Mosser Foundation, Inc., a foundation devoted to education. The 
foundation has been active in importing over five million books from the State of 
California and distributing them to schools all over the Philippines. It has also sponsored 
a program called Model of Excellence (MOE) Schools that equips schools with full 
libraries, library building, computer rooms, and computers. Along with these projects, 
he keeps a 5taff of Filipinos who perform functions that include the administration of 
scholarship programs, among others. 
For the last three years, Mr. Mosser and his wife have also been planting trees in 
denuded forests of the Island of Negros. He has also engaged the services of persons in 
replanting 20,000 denuded hectares in the island as part of his project to help 
irnpoverished upland people. His goal is to plant 18,600,000 trees of which 2,000,000 
have already been planted. 


Charles has lived a very long life and now at the advanced age of seventy-seven 
(77) years, he has found his home in the Philippines. His services to our people, from 
World War I1 to his present socio-civic activities, speak of his sincere desire to be one of 
us. Granting him citizenship will only serve to benefit our country. 
FRANCIS 
LINAN 
RADA 


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Introduced by Senators Flavier, Drilon, Pangilinan, Enrile, Angara, Jinggoy 
Ejercito Estrada, agsaysay Jr., and Biazon 
AN ACT 
GRANTING FILIPINO CITIZENSHIP TO MR. CHARLES W I L ~ I A ~  
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ALL THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AND ~REROGATIVE~ 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of ~@presen~atives 
of the ~hilip~jnes 
in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. 
There is hereby granted a special recognition to Mr. Charles 
William Mosser for his long and outstanding service to the Filipino people through his 
involvement in developmental and socio-civic projects in the country, proving himself 
more than worthy to be a Filipino. 
SEC. 2. The Republic of the Philippines will be considered the permanent place 
of abode of Mr. Charles William Mosser to which he shall forever owe and pledge 
allegiance and loyalty. 
SEC. 3. Philippine citizenship is hereby granted to Mr. Charles William Mosser, 
with all the rights, privileges and prerogatives appurtenant thereto. 
SEC. 4. This act shall take effect upon approval 
Approved,