Proclamation No. 929 (1971)

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 929, November 18, 1971 ]

AUTHORIZING THE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC., TO CONDUCT a FUND DRIVE FOR BEN ROXAS AND OTHER VICTIMS OF THE PLAZA MIRANDA BOMBING OF AUGUST 21, 1971.

WHEREAS, the Press Photographers of the Philippines, Inc., lost one of its stalwarts in the person of Ben Roxas, who died in line of duty at Plaza Miranda in the finest tradition of press photography; and

WHEREAS, the association needs funds to help the families of Ben Roxas and other photographer-victims of the bombing;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby authorize the Press Photographers of the Philippines, Inc., to conduct a fund drive for the late Ben Roxas and other photographer-victims of the Plaza Miranda bombing of August 21, 1971.

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 18th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.

(SGD.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

Executive Secretary

By the Executive Secretary:

(SGD.) ROBERTO V. REYES

Assistant Executive Secretary