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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1700, January 6, 1978 ]

DECLARING MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1978, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN DAGUPAN CITY

WHEREAS, January 9, 1978, marks the historical landing of the American Forces led by the late Gen. Douglas MacArthur at Bonuan, Blue Beach, Dagupan City that ultimately led to the liberation of the Philippines from the Japanese Imperial Army; and

WHEREAS, the residents of Dagupan City should be afforded the opportunity to commemorate this historical event with fitting ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Monday, January 9, 1978, as a special public holiday in Dagupan City.1aшphi1

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant

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