Proclamation No. 879 (1971)
Declaring Thursday, July 22, 1971, as a Special Public Holiday in Batangas Province, Batangas City and Lipa City.
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 879, July 21, 1971 ]
DECLARING THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1971, AS a SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN BATANGAS PROVINCE, BATANGAS CITY AND LIPA CITY.
WHEREAS, Thursday, July 22, 1971, marks the birthday anniversary of Apolinario Mabini, the Sublime Paralytic, whose ideals and principles in life are now the nation’s treasured legacy; and
WHEREAS, the people of his province should be given the opportunity to celebrate his birth anniversary with appropriate ceremonies;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Thursday, July 22, 1971, as a special public holiday in Batangas province, Batangas City and Lipa City.
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 21st day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MECHOR
Executive Secretary
By the Executive Secretary:
(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Assistant Executive Secretary