Administrative Order No. 315 (1971)
Creating an Executive Committee to take charge of the planning and execution of commemorative activities for the 30th Anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor.
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 315, December 06, 1971 ]
CREATING AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF BATAAN AND THE FALL OF CORREGIDOR
WHEREAS, the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor are historic milestones in our nationhood;
WHEREAS, it is deemed fitting and proper to commemorate these historic events with appropriate activities and/or ceremonies in order to impress our people as well as the rest of the world of the efforts and sacrifices of those who fought and died during the crucial struggle for freedom and democracy, and of the transcending significance of such struggle in our national undertakings and aspirations;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby constitute and create an Executive Committee to formulate plans and devise ways and means for the successful execution of appropriate activities and/or ceremonies for the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor. The Committee shall be composed of the following:
Secretary David Consunji- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Chairman
Department of Public Works and Communications
Asst. Exec. Sec. Roberto V. Reyes- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Co-Chairman
Office of the President
General Romeo Espino- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vice-Chairman
Armed Forces of the Philippines
Chairman Teodoro Peña- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Foreign Trade Zone Authority
Commissioner Gregorio Araneta- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Board of Travel & Tourist Industry
Administrator Mario Reyes- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Department of Commerce & Industry
Colonel Simeon Medalla- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Veterans Federation of the Philippines
Acting Commr. Jacob Tagorda- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Bureau of Public Highways
Director Alejandro Deleña- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Bureau of Public Works
Mr. Esteban Cabanos- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Philippine Veterans Bank
Colonel Epifanio Reymundo- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Colonel Manuel A. Acosta- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
National Shrines Commission
The Committee is empowered to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government for such assistance as it may need, and to create such committee, sub-committee or staffs as may be necessary.
Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary