MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 882, August 2, 1971 ]
DECLARING MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1971, AS a SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN ILOCOS NORTE AND LAOAG CITY.
WHEREAS, the ninth day of August, is the birthday of the late Governor Roque B. Ablan, an outstanding resistance leader of the occupation; and
WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that the people of Ilocos Norte, his birthplace, should be given full opportunity to celebrate his birthday;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Monday, August 9, 1971, as a special public holiday in the province of Ilocos Norte and in the City of Laoag.
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 2nd day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MECHOR
Executive Secretary
By the Executive Secretary:
(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Assistant Executive Secretary
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