Proclamation No. 369, s. 1968

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 369, March 18, 1968 ]

DECLARING MARCH 18, 1968, AS “LIBERATION DAY” FOR THE ISLAND OF PANAY.

WHEREAS, March 18, 1968, marks the 23rd anniversary of the landing of American liberation forces on the island of Panay at Tigbauan Beach, Iloilo;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare March 10, 1968, as “Liberation Day” for the Island of Panay.

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 18th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary