Proclamation No. 522




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 522, February 18, 1969 ] DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 24 TO MARCH 2, 1969, AS NATIONAL PRESS WEEK In order that the people may appreciate fully the vital role of the press in our community and national life, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from February 24 to March 2, 1969, as National Press Week. I hereby enjoin all the people of the Philippines to lend their full support and cooperation in the proper observance of National Press Week to the and that the press shall continue to be free, militant and fearless in upholding the people’s rights.1aшphi1 Proclamation No. 191 dated January 9, 1964 is modified accordingly. 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 18th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-nine. (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation