Administrative Order No. 70 (1988)

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 70, April 21, 1988 ]

CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE CELEBRATION OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY ON JUNE 12, 1988

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby create a National Committee, hereinafter referred to as the Committee, to take charge of the celebration of Philippine Independence Day on June 12, 1988.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:

HONORABLE LUIS T. SANTOS - Chairman

Secretary of Local Government

HONORABLE GUILLERMO N. CARAGUE - Vice-Chairman

Secretary of Budget and Management

HONORABLE MANUEL YAN - Member

Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs

HONORABLE DANTE BARBOSA - Member

Undersecretary of Agriculture

HONORABLE TEODORO ENCARNACION - Member

Undersecretary of Public Works and Highways

HONORABLE MINDA SUTARIA - Member

Undersecretary of Education, Culture and Sports

HONORABLE RICARDO CASTRO - Member

Undersecretary of Labor and Employment

HONORABLE LEONARDO QUISUMBING - Member

Undersecretary of National Defense

HONORABLE JESLI LAPUS - Member

Undersecretary of Agrarian Reform

HONORABLE WALFRIDO REYES - Member

Undersecretary of Tourism

HONORABLE MANUEL DOMINGO - Member

Undersecretary of Transportation and Communications

HONORABLE RAFAEL PEREZ DE TAGLE - Member

Deputy Press Secretary

HONORABLE JIAMIL DIANALAN - Member

Executive Director of the Office of Muslim Affairs

HONORABLE MIGUEL PEREZ-RUBIO - Member

Ambassador and Chief of Presidential Protocol

HONORABLE LETICIA MOISES - Member

Assistant Secretary of Social Welfare and Development

HONORABLE ELFREN CRUZ - Member

Governor of Metro-Manila

HONORABLE GEMILIANO LOPEZ, JR. - Member

Mayor of Manila

HONORABLE SERAFIN QUIASON, JR. - Member

Chairman of the National Historical Institute

HONORABLE JOSEPHINE C. REYES - Member

President of the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities

The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman and for purposes of discharging its functions, it may create such sub-committees as may be necessary.

The Committee is hereby authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office or agency or instrumentality of the government including government-owned or controlled corporation, for such assistance as it may need in the discharge of its functions.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 21st day of April in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight.

(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.

Executive Secretary