Proclamation No. 688, s. 2019

MALACANAN PALACE MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 688

DECLARING FRIDAY, 22 MARCH 2019, A SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALIWAG, PROVINCE OF BULACAN

WHEREAS, on 22 March 2019, Friday, the Municipality of Baliwag, Province of Bulacan, will mark the 156" birth anniversary of Mariano Ponce;

WHEREAS, Mariano Ponce, a native of Baliwag, Bulacan, was a prominent member of the propaganda movement and one of the leading figures in the Philippine reform movement during the Spanish colonization; and

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Municipality of Baliwag be given full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA, Executive Secretary, by authority of the President, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, do hereby declare Friday, 22 March 2019, a special (non-working) day in the Municipality of Baliwag, Province of Bulacan.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, | 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 28th dayof February _, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Nineteen.

By authority of the President:

(none MEDne & SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA

Executive Secretary

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