Proclamation No. 437, s. 1968

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 437, August 1, 1968 ]

DECLARING FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1968 AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF ILOCOS NORTE AND CITY OF LAOAG.

WHEREAS, the ninth day of August is the birthday of the late Governor Rogue B. Ablan, at outstanding resistance leader of the occupational; and

WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that the people of Ilocos Norte, his birthplace, be given full opportunity to celebrate his birthday;

NOW, THEREFORE, I FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by Section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Friday, August 9, 1968 as a special public holiday in the province of Ilocos Norte and City of Laoag.

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

Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of August, 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