Proclamation No. 1565, s. 1976

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1565, August 6, 1976 ]

DECLARING MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1976, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN LAOAG CITY.

WHEREAS, the ninth day of August is the birthday of the late Governor Roque B. Ablan, an outstanding resistance leader during the last world war;

WHEREAS, the residents of Laoag City, his birthplace, desire to celebrate his birthday with appropriate 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, August 9, 1976, as a special public holiday in Laoag City.

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 August in the year 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