Proclamation No. 968




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 968, February 10, 1972 ] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 6 TO 12, 1972, AS NATIONAL PRESS WEEK. In order that the people may appreciate fully the vital role of the press in our community and national life, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from March 6 to 12, 1972, as National Press Week. I hereby enjoin all the people of the Philippines to lend their full support and cooperation in the proper observance of National Press Week to the end that the press shall continue to be unbiased, free, militant and fearless in upholding the people’s rights. Proclamation No. 8 dated February 1, 1966, is modified accordingly. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1 Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of February in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two. (Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR Executive Secretary By the Executive Secretary: (Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA Acting Assistant Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation