Proclamation No. 336, s. 1988

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 336, October 19, 1988 ]

DECLARING MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1988, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY.

WHEREAS, paying homage to the dead on All Saints Day, celebrated on the first day of November of every year, is one of our most cherished traditions; and

WHEREAS, to give full opportunity to our people to properly observe the day with all its religious fervor which invariably requires them to travel to different regions of the country, Monday, October 31, 1988, which falls between a Sunday and a Special holiday, Tuesday, November 1, 1988, may be declared as a special public holiday without detriment to public interest;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Monday, October 31, 1988, as a special public holiday.

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 19th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight.

(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO

By the President:

(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.
Executive Secretary