Proclamation No. 580, s. 1969

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 580, July 16, 1969 ]

DECLARING WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1969, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN BATANGAS PROVINCE, BATANGAS CITY AND LIPA CITY

WHEREAS, Wednesday, July 23, 1969, marks the birthday of Apolinario Mabini, the Sublime Paralytic, whose ideals and principles in life are now the nation’s treasured legacy; and

WHEREAS, the people of his province should be given the opportunity to celebrate his birth anniversary with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Wednesday, July 23, 1969, as a public holiday in Batangas province, Batangas City and Lipa 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 16th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-nine.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary