Proclamation No. 983 (1997)
Declaring Saturday, March 29, 1997, as a Special Day Throughout the Country
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 983, March 25, 1997 ]
DECLARING SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1997, AS A SPECIAL DAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
WHEREAS, March 29, 1997, falls on Saturday, between Good Friday and Easter Sunday;
WHEREAS, the said day, March 29, 1997, may be declared a special day without detriment to public service to allow our people uninterrupted opportunity to observe and ponder on the significance of the lenten season;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Saturday, March 29, 1997, a special day throughout the country.
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 25th day of March in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety seven.
(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
By the President.
(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary