MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 446, March 06, 1980 ]
CREATING AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE PLANNING EXECUTION OF COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE 38th 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 doomed fitting and proper to commemorate these historic events with appropriate activities and/or ceremonies in order to impress upon our people as well as the rest of the world of the valor and sacrifices of those who fought and died during the epic struggle for freedom and democracy, and of the transcending significance of such struggle in our national development 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 device ways and means for the successful execution of appropriate activities and/or ceremonies for the commemoration of the 38th anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor. The Committee shall be composed of the following:
The Deputy Minister for Civilian Relations
Ministry of National Defense | – | Chairman |
The Deputy Minister of Tourism
Minister of Tourism | – | Co-Chairman |
The Deputy Chief of Staff
Armed Forces of the Philippines | – | Vice-Chairman |
The Administrator
Philippine Veterans Affairs Office | – | Member |
The General Manager
Philippine Tourism Authority | – | Member |
The Commanding General
Philippine Amy | – | Member |
The Flag-Officer-In-Command
Philippine Navy | – | Member |
The Executive Vice-President
Veterans Federation of the Philippines | – | Member |
The Special Assistant on Veterans Affairs
Ministry of National Defense | – | Member |
The Chairman
National Historical Institute | – | Member |
The Director
National Media Production Center | – | Member |
The Assistant Minister for Operations
Ministry of Public Works | – | Member |
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| The Chief, Civil Relations Service, AFP | – | Member |
The National Commander
Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor | – | Member |
The Acting Chief
Military Shrines Service, PVAO | – | Member/Secretary |
The Committee may request any ministry, 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 7th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant
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