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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 29, April 23, 1966 ]

DECLARING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1966, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF LAPULAPU.

WHEREAS, Wednesday, April 27, 1966, marks the 445th anniversary of the Battle of Mactan where the Filipinos’ first battle cry for freedom was sounded; and

WHEREAS, it behooves our people to keep a flame the ideals of freedom and liberty for which Lapulapu fought and died;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Wednesday, April 27, 1966, as a special public holiday in the City of Lapulapu.1aшphi1

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

Done in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-six.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary

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