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Source: www.officialgazette.gov.ph

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 43, August 20, 1962 ]

DECLARING THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1962, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF BULACAN



WHEREAS, Marcelo H. del Pilar, our hero and patriot who used the nom de plume of “Plaridel” in his struggles in Spain to obtain reforms for the Philippines during the Spanish regime, was born in Bulacan, Bulaean, on August 30, 1850; and

WHEREAS, the people of Bulacan desire that they be given full opportunity to celebrate Plaridel’s birthday with fitting ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Thursday, August 30, 1962, as a special public holiday in the province of Bulacan.

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 20th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-two.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:
SALVADOR L. MARIÑO
Executive Secretary

 

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