Proclamation No. 597




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 597, August 29, 1969 ] DECLARING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1969, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN CEBU PROVINCE AND IN THE CITIES OF CEBU, DANAO, LAPU-LAPU, MANDAUE AND TOLEDO. WHEREAS, Tuesday, September 9, 1969, marks the birthday of the late President Sergio Osmeña, Sr., second President of the Commonwealth, patriot, statesman and advocate of nationalism and Philippine Independence, and WHEREAS, at least the people of his province should be afforded an opportunity to celebrate the event with appropriate ceremonies; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Tuesday, September 9, 1969, as a special public holiday in Cebu Province and in the Cities of Cebu, Danao, Lapu-lapu, Mandaue and Toledo. 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 29th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-nine. (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) ERNESTO M. MACEDA Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation