Proclamation No. 993 (1972)
Declaring Thursday, April 27, 1972, as Lapu-Lapu Day.
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 993, April 5, 1972 ]
DECLARING THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1972, AS LAPU-LAPU DAY.
WHEREAS, Thursday, April 27, 1972, marked the 451st anniversary of the Battle of Mactan, the first successful Filipino armed resistance against foreign domination; and
WHEREAS, the Filipino people should pay homage and get inspiration from the heroic acts of Lapu-Lapu who valiantly resisted the earliest attempt of foreigners to enslave our people;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare April 27, 1972, as Lapu-Lapu Day throughout the Philippines and a special public holiday in Lapu-Lapu 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 5th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
By the Executive Secretary:
(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary