Proclamation No. 1248, s. 2007

,,' .. -.,' MALACANANG Manila '.- "-..';. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES " PROCLAMATION NO. 1248 DECLARING THE SECOND WEEK OF MARCH OF EVERY YEAR AS "BANKERS INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES (BAIPHIL) TRAINING ANDDEVELOPMENT WEEK" . . WHEREAS, the Bankers Institute of the Philippines (BAIPHIL) was organized in 1941 with the mission of providing support to banks towards productivity enhancement through research, information exchange and education; WHEREAS, the BAIPHIL is widely acknowledged as a leading trainrng institute - the training provider of choice not only for banking related-seminas but more significantly for corporate governance courses as well; WHEREAS, the BAIPHIL, comprises the senior executives of its more than 60 institutional mebers and is a member of the Asian Pacific Associat!on of BankingInstitutes (APABI); . WHEREAS, the BAIPHIL, has played a critical role in the development and advancement of the Philippine banking industry In the last sixty five years that it has been in existence; WHEREAS, it is imperative that the tradition of excellence in training and development that the BAIPHIL has nurtures and inculcated among its members be institutionalized, preserved and be further propagated. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby dec!are the second week of March of every year as "Bankers Institute of the Philippines (BAIPHIL)Training and Development Week". IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. in the year of Our Lord, Don.e in the City of Manila, this 6th day of !March.-Two Thousand and Seven. .~ ...