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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 37, April 23, 2001 ]

DECLARING MAY 3, 2001 AS “ARAW NG PANAON” AND A SPECIAL DAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PANAON, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL

WHEREAS, it is the custom of the people in the Municipality of Panaon to celebrate May 3 of every year as their “Araw ng Panaon”;

WHEREAS, a celebration should be held on the said date to commemorate this historical occasion in the lives of the citizens of Panaon, Misamis Occidental.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare May 3, 2001 as “Araw ng Panaon” and a special day in the Municipality of Panaon, Province of Misamis Occidental.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 23rd day of April, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and one.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) WALDO Q. FLORES
Senior Deputy Executive Secretary

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