Administrative Order No. 315




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 315, December 06, 1971 ] CREATING AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF BATAAN AND THE FALL OF CORREGIDOR WHEREAS, the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor are historic milestones in our nationhood; WHEREAS, it is deemed fitting and proper to commemorate these historic events with appropriate activities and/or ceremonies in order to impress our people as well as the rest of the world of the efforts and sacrifices of those who fought and died during the crucial struggle for freedom and democracy, and of the transcending significance of such struggle in our national undertakings and aspirations; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby constitute and create an Executive Committee to formulate plans and devise ways and means for the successful execution of appropriate activities and/or ceremonies for the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor. The Committee shall be composed of the following: Secretary David Consunji- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Chairman Department of Public Works and Communications Asst. Exec. Sec. Roberto V. Reyes- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Co-Chairman Office of the President General Romeo Espino- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vice-Chairman Armed Forces of the Philippines Chairman Teodoro Peña- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member Foreign Trade Zone Authority Commissioner Gregorio Araneta- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member Board of Travel & Tourist Industry Administrator Mario Reyes- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member Department of Commerce & Industry Colonel Simeon Medalla- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member Veterans Federation of the Philippines Acting Commr. Jacob Tagorda- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member Bureau of Public Highways Director Alejandro Deleña- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member Bureau of Public Works Mr. Esteban Cabanos- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member Philippine Veterans Bank Colonel Epifanio Reymundo- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member Civil Aeronautics Administration Colonel Manuel A. Acosta- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member National Shrines Commission The Committee is empowered to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government for such assistance as it may need, and to create such committee, sub-committee or staffs as may be necessary. Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.£A⩊phi£ (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation