Signed on February 3, 1997: Declaring the month of April 1997, as National Child Health Month
Signed on February 3, 1997: Reserving for school site purposes of the Bala Elementary School a certain parcel of land of the public domain situated at barangay Bala, municipality of Magsaysay, province of Davao del Sur, island of Mindanao
Signed on February 3, 1997: Declaring 1997 as the Philippine Astronomy Centennial Year and constituting a national committee for its celebration
Signed on February 3, 1997: Amending Proclamation No. 889, dated September 30, 1996 to include certain parcels of land of the private domain situated in Barangay Cantao-an, Municipality of Naga, Province of Cebu, in the area designated as the New Cebu Township - Ecozone
Signed on February 3, 1997: Authorizing the United Way Philippines, Inc., to conduct a national fund campaign for a period of one (1) year
Signed on February 3, 1997: Declaring Friday, February 14, 1997, as special day in the province of Kalinga
Signed on January 31, 1997: Declaring Thursday, February 20, 1997 as "James Gordon Day" in the city of Olongapo
Signed on January 31, 1997: Declaring a state of calamity in the provinces of Agusan del Sur, Davao Oriental and Davao del Norte
Signed on January 22, 1997: Authorizing the Heart Foundation of the Philippines to conduct a national fund campaign for a period of one (1) year
Signed on January 22, 1997: Declaring Monday, February 17, 1997 as a special day in the municipality of Bacoor, province of Cavite
Signed on January 22, 1997: Declaring 1997 as Constitution Awareness Year
Signed on January 20, 1997: Revoking Proclamation No. 164 dated October 6, 1987 which excluded from the operation of Proclamation 1716 dated February 17, 1978 the parcels of land not being utilized for government center site purposes but actually occupied for residential purposes and declaring the land open to disposition, and reverting all the parcels of land covered and so declared to the operation of said Proclamation 1716
Signed on January 20, 1997: Declaring Monday, February 3, 1997, as a special day in Cabanatuan City
Signed on January 15, 1997: Declaring 1997 as "Taon ng Diwang Pilipino" and designating the National Centennial Commission to lead in the celebration
Signed on January 8, 1997: Declaring Friday, January 10, 1997 as a special day in the municipality of Koronadal, province of South Cotabato
Signed on January 3, 1997: Declaring Tuesday, January 7, 1997, as a special day in the province of Camiguin
Signed on December 20, 1996: Reserving for the purpose of establishing a settlement and agricultural community under the Agrarian Reform Community Program of the Department of Agrarian Reform, certain parcels of lands of the public domain situated in the Municipalities of Arteche, Jipapad, Oras and San Policarpo, all of Eastern Samar
Signed on December 20, 1996: Calling the Congress of the Philippines to a special session
Signed on December 16, 1996: Retaining for the Armed Forces of the Philippines a portion of Naval Station San Miguel in the Municipalities of San Narciso and San Antonio, Province of Zambales
Signed on December 16, 1996: Reserving for school site purposes of the Banagbanag Elementary School a certain parcel of land of the public domain situated in barangay Banagbanag, municipality of Montevista, Davao del Norte, island of Mindanao
Signed on December 16, 1996: Reserving for school site purposes of the Rafael Palma Elementary School, certain parcels of land of the public domain situated in the municipality of Diffun, province of Quirino, island of Luzon
Signed on December 16, 1996: Reserving for the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy a portion of Naval Station San Miguel in the Municipality of San Narciso, Province of Zambales
Signed on December 16, 1996: Declaring 1997 as the death centenary of gat Andres Bonifacio and designating the National Centennial Commission to take charge of the celebrations therefor
Signed on December 11, 1996: Amending Proclamation No. 887, dated 03 April 1992, as amended, which established the Mindanao State University - General Santos City and the human settlement sites in Tambler, General Santos City, by granting ownership of the lands reserved for human settlement site purposes to the City of General Santos and declaring the same open for disposition in favor of the qualified beneficiaries