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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 508, January 3, 1969 ]

DECLARING MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1969, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN QUEZON CITY.

WHEREAS, the birthday anniversary of Melchora Aquino, known as “Tandang Sora”, famous heroine of the Revolution, falls on January 6, 1969; and

WHEREAS, the people of Quezon City, where Tandang Sora was born, should be afforded an opportunity to honor her with appropriate ceremonies for her humanitarian work and sacrifices;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by Section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Monday, January 6, 1969, as a special public holiday in Quezon City.

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 3rd day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-nine.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippine

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary

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