MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 1532, February 9, 1976 ]
AUTHORIZING THE PHILIPPINE TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY, INC. TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND FUND CAMPAIGN DURING THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 15 TO DECEMBER 31, 1976.
WHEREAS, Tuberculosis remains to be the leading killer-disease that saps the manpower resources of the country and is still the primary cause of the physical, emotional and social miseries of a great number of our people;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to muster all resources, both from the government and the private sectors, to control this disease which hampers the social and economic development efforts of the New Society; and
WHEREAS, only the unremitting moral and financial support of the entire nation can boost the coordinated efforts of the government and the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, Inc. in the amelioration and care of indigent TB victims;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby authorize the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, Inc. to conduct its national educational and fund campaign during the period from February 15 to December 31, 1976.
I call upon all citizens and residents of the Philippines, regardless of nationality or creed, to support actively and give generously of their means to the anti-TB cause so as to hasten control of this impoverishing and communicable disease and thereby minimize human suffering amongst the poor who, in our humane and compassionate community, need not be underprivileged or abandoned.
It is hereby reiterated that all donations or contributions to the Philippine Tuberculosis Society’s Fund Campaign shall be exempt from income and gift taxes, and the same shall constitute allowable deductions in full from the income of the donors and contributors for income tax purposes.
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 9th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant
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