Proclamation No. 1834, s. 1979

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1834, March 21, 1979 ]

DECLARING THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1979, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN BALIUAG, BULACAN

WHEREAS, the 116th birth anniversary of the late Mariano Ponce, a noted bibliographer, propagandist, journalist, historian, diplomat, physician, outstanding reformist born in Baliuag, Bulacan, falls on March 22, 1979;

WHEREAS, the people of the town desire to celebrate with fitting ceremonies his natal day;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare March 22, 1979, as a special public holiday in Baliuag, Bulacan.

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

Done in City of Manila, this 21st day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant