Proclamation No. 1553, s. 1976

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1553, June 17, 1976 ]

DECLARING THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1976, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN MANILA.

WHEREAS, the City of Manila celebrates the twenty-fourth day of June as “Araw ng Maynila” marking the foundation of the City in 1571;

WHEREAS, under the Presidential Decree No. 940 the City of Manila was declared as the capital of the Philippines and the permanent seat of the National Government;

WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that the residents of Manila be given full opportunity to celebrate this milestone in their city’s history;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Thursday, June 24, 1976, as a special public holiday in the City of Manila.

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 17th day of June in the years of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant