Proclamation No. 1025 (1997)
Declaring Monday, August 11, 1997 as a Special Day in the Province of Samar
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 1025, June 11, 1997 ]
DECLARING MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1997 AS A SPECIAL DAY IN THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR
WHEREAS, Monday, August 11, 1841, marks the official recognition by Spain of the island of Samar as a province independent of Leyte and Cebu which occasion is now celebrated on the island as Samar Day;
WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Samar be given full opportunity to celebrate this historic event with appropriate ceremonies;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by Book I, Chapter 7, Section 27 of the Administrative Code of 1987, do hereby declare Monday, August 11, 1997 as a special day in the Province of Samar.
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 11th day of June in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven.
(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
By the President:
(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary