MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 428, February 24, 1978 ]
CREATING AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE 36TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF BATAAN AND THE FALL OF CORREGIDOR
WHEREAS, the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor are historic milestones in our nationhood; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed fitting and proper to commemorate these historic events with appropriate activities and/or ceremonies in order to impress our people as well as the rest of the world of the valor and sacrifices of those who fought and died during the epic struggle for freedom and democracy, and of the transcending significance of such struggle in our national development and aspirations;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby consitute and create an Executive Committee to formulate plans and devise ways and means for the successful execution of appropriate activities and/or ceremonies for the commemoration of the 36th anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor.
The Committee shall be composed of the following:
The Undersecretary for Civilian Relations
Department of National Defense | – | Chairman |
The Undersecretary of Tourism
Department of Tourism | – | Co-Chairman |
The Deputy Chief of Staff
Armed Forces of the Philippines | – | Vice-Chairman |
Administrator
Philippine Veterans Affairs Office | – | Member |
General Manager
Philippine Tourism Authority | – | Member |
Commanding General
Philippine Army | – | Member |
Flag-Officer-In-Command
Philippine Navy | – | Member |
Executive Vice-President
Veterans Federation of the Philippines | – | Member |
The Special Assistant on Veterans Affairs
Department of National Defense | – | Member |
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The Chairman
National Historical Institute | – | Member |
The Director
National Media Production Center | – | Member |
Director
Bureau of Public Works | – | Member |
The National Commander
Kabataang Barangay National Secretariat | – | Member |
| The Chief, Office for Civil Relations, AFP | – | Member |
The Acting Chief
Military Shrines Services, PVAO | – | Member/Secretary |
The Committee may request any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government for such assistance as it may need, and to create such committee, sub-committee or staffs as may be necessary.
Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant
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