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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1438, June 5, 1975 ]

DECLARING FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1975, AS NORBERTO ROMUALDEZ DAY, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE CITIES OF BACOLOD, CATBALOGAN, CALBAYOG, TACLOBAN AND ORMOC AND IN THE PROVINCES OF LEYTE AND SAMAR.

WHEREAS, Friday, June 6, 1975, marks the birth centenary of Norberto Romualdez, educator, historian, jurist, parliamentarian, novelist, musicologist, philosopher, poet, and considered one of the “Seven Wise Men” of the 1934 Constitutional Convention; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to pause from our daily activities to ponder on the important contributions of Norberto Romualdez to the development and progress of the Philippines as a nation;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Friday, June 6, 1975, as NORBERTO ROMUALDEZ DAY and as a special public holiday in the Cities of Bacolod, Catbalogan, Calbayog, Tacloban and Ormoc and the Provinces of Leyte and Samar.

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 5th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

By the Executive Secretary:

(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Assistant Executive Secretary

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