On the 4thof July 1924, the FIRST SUPREME COUNCIL in the PHILIPPINES was constituted as SUPREMO CONSEJO DEL GRADO 33 PARA FILIPINAS (The First in the Far East!) as founded by Illustrious & Potent Bro. Timoteo Paez, Gr. 33, SGC. It was proclaimed in the entire Masonic world on December 30, 1924.