Proclamation No. 585, s. 1969

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 585, July 30, 1969 ]

DECLARING SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1969, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN ILOCOS NORTE AND LAOAG CITY.

WHEREAS, the 9th day of August 1969 marks the birthday of the late Governor Roque B. Ablan, an outstanding resistance leader during the Japanese occupation; and

WHEREAS, the people of the province of Ilocos Norte his birth place, should be given opportunity to celebrate the occasion with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Saturday, August 9, 1969, as a special public holiday in Ilocos Norte and Laoag 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 30th 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.) ERNESTO M. MACEDA
Executive Secretary