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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 536, March 15, 1969 ]

DECLARING TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1969, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE AND CITY OF ILOILO.

WHEREAS, Tuesday, March 18, 1969, marks the 24th anniversary of the landing of American Liberation forces in the Island of Panay at Tigbauan Beach, Iloilo;

WHEREAS, under Proclamation No. 369 dated March 18, 1968, said event was declared as “Liberation Day” for the Island of Panay; and

WHEREAS, the people of the province and city of Iloilo, the place of the first beachhead, should be given full opportunity to celebrate the event with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested upon me by law, do hereby declare Tuesday, March 18, 1969, as a special public holiday in the province and city of Iloilo.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 15th day of March, 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

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