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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 373, March 6, 1965 ]

DECLARING THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1965, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCES OF ILOILO, CAPIZ, AKLAN, ANTIQUE AND ROMBLON, AND IN THE CITIES OF ILOILO AND ROXAS.

WHEREAS, the twentieth anniversary of the liberation of the Island of Panay and Romblon Province from the Imperial Japanese Forces falls on March 18, 1965; and

WHEREAS, the people of the Island of Panay and Romblon Province desire that they be given full opportunity to celebrate the event with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, pursuant, to the authority vested in me by Section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Thursday, March 18, 1965, as a special public holiday in the provinces of Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan, Antique and Romblon, and in the cities of Iloilo and Roxas.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-five.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

RAMON A. DIAZ
Executive Secretary

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