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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 117, October 12, 2001 ]

DECLARING NOVEMBER 14, 2001, AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER AS A SPECIAL WORKING HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF BULACAN

WHEREAS, General Gregorio Del Pilar is one of our revered Filipino heroes who dedicated his life to the cause of freedom;

WHEREAS, November 14 marks the birth anniversary of General Gregorio Del Pilar;

WHEREAS, it is fitting that the people of Bulacan be given the opportunity to celebrate the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare November 14, 2001, and every year thereafter as a special working holiday in the Province of Bulacan.1aшphi1

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 12th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and one.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Executive Secretary

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