Proclamation No. 1597, s. 1976

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1597, November 3, 1976 ]

DECLARING THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1976, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF BOHOL AND TAGBILARAN CITY.

WHEREAS, Thursday, November 4, 1976, marks the 80th birth anniversary of the late Carlos P. Garcia, former President of the Philippines, first President of the 1971 Constitutional Convention and one of the outstanding leaders of this country; and

WHEREAS, the people of Bohol, his birthplace, should be given full opportunity to pay homage to one of their province’s greatest sons;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Thursday, November 4, 1976, as a special public holiday in the Province of Bohol and Tagbilaran 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 3rd day of November, 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