Proclamation No. 702, s. 2019

MALACANAN PALACE MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 702

DECLARING TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2019, A SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PLARIDEL, PROVINCE OF BULACAN

WHEREAS, on 23 April 2019, Tuesday, the Municipality of Plaridel, Province of Bulacan, will mark the celebration of the “Battle of Quingua’;

WHEREAS, the Battle of Quingua was fought on 23 April 1899 in Plaridel, Bulacan, wherein the Filipino forces were under the command of General Gregorio del Pilar, and was one of the most significant victories of the Filipinos in the Philippine-American war; and

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Municipality of Plaridel 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 Tuesday, 23 April 2019, a special (non-working) day in the Municipality of Plaridel, 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 3rd dayof April, inthe year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Nineteen.

By authority of the President:

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