Proclamation No. 987, s. 2015

MALACANAN PALACE MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 987

DECLARING THURSDAY, 23 APRIL 2015, AS A SPECIAL (NON- WORKING) DAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PLARIDEL, PROVINCE OF BULACAN

WHEREAS, on Thursday, 23 April 2015, the Municipality of Plaridel, Bulacan marks the celebration of the “Battle of Quingua’;

WHEREAS, the Battle of Quingua, wherein the Filipino forces were under the command of General Gregorio del Pilar, was one of the most significant victories of the Filipinos in the war; and

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

NOW, THEREFORE, |, PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR., Executive Secretary, by authority of His Excellency, BENIGNO S. AQUINO Ill, do hereby declare Thursday, 23 April 2015, as a special (non-working) day in the Municipality of Plaridel, 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! 7? gay of March

Lord, Two Thousand and Fifteen.

, in the year of Our

By authority of the President:

PAQUITO N/OCHOA JR. Executive Secretary “

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