MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 1539, March 25, 1976 ]
DECLARING NAPOLEON V. ABUEVA, PABLO ANTONIO, LAMBERTO V. AVELLANA, VICTORIO G. EDADES, JOVITA FUENTES, LEONOR OROSA GOQUINCO AND NICK JOAQUIN AS NATIONAL ARTISTS
WHEREAS, the Constitution provides for the State patronage of the arts and letters;
WHEREAS, the category known as National Artists was created under Proclamation No. 1001 dated April 27, 1972, and since then, eight artists have been given this award for having excelled in their respective fields, each producing a body of work that has enhanced the Filipino’s cultural heritage;
WHEREAS, such pre-eminent achievements deserve the recognition and acknowledgment of our government in pursuit of its policy of preserving and developing Filipino culture and national identity; and
WHEREAS, the works of Napoleon V. Abueva, Pablo Antonio, Lamberto V. Avellana, Victorio G. Edades, Jovita Fuentes, Leonor Orosa Goquinco and Nick Joaquin are reflective of this pre-eminent excellence, and of that national genius that contributes to the artistic heritage of the Philippines and of the world;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, and upon recommendation of the National Artist Awards Committee and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1001, as amended by Proclamation No. 1144 dated April 27, 1972 and May 15, 1973, respectively, do hereby declare Napoleon V. Abueva, Pablo Antonio, Lamberto V. Avellano, Victorio G. Edades, Jovita Fuentes, Leonor Orosa Goquinco and Nick Joaquin as National Artists.
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 25th day of March, 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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