Executive Order No. 394

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 394 May 16, 1972

FURTHER AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 263 DATED AUGUST 15, 1957, ENTITLED "CREATING THE PINAGLABANAN COMMEMORATIVE COMMISSION," AS AMENDED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 300 DATED MAY 29, 1958, AND EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 433 DATED JUNE 20, 1961

WHEREAS, at the initiative of the patriotic association called The Spirit of 1896, a campaign has been launched to enlist public support for the erection of an appropriate monument or memorial to commemorate the first battle for the emancipation of the Filipino people which took place in San Juan del Monte, Province of Rizal, between midnight of August 28 and dawn of August 29, 1896;

WHEREAS, in the Battle of San Juan, commonly, known as the Battle of Pinaglabanan, members of the patriotic association called the "Katipunan" founded by Andres Bonifacio gave up their lives for the freedom of the Philippines; and

WHEREAS, the perpetuation of the memory of the Battle of Pinaglabanan is the concern not only of any locality or entity but of the entire nation;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby reorganize the Commission as follows:

Hon. Isidro Rodriguez, Governor of Rizal

Chairman

Hon. Joseph Ejercito Estrada, Mayor of San Juan, Rizal

Co-Chairman

Hon. Guillermo B. Guevarra, President of the Spirit of 1896

Executive Vice-Chairman

Mrs. Carmen Guerrero Napkil

Member

Justice Calixto Zaldivar

Member

Architect Otillo Arellano

Member

Mrs. Narda N. Camacho

Executive-Secretary

The Provincial Auditor of the Province of Rizal shall act as Auditor ex officio of the Commission.

The Commission is hereby entrusted with the following duties:

1. Soliciting and collecting voluntary contributions from the public for the purpose of erecting a monument or memorial to the Battle of Pinaglabanan.

2. Selecting the site of the monument or memorial and taking steps for its acquisition through donation, negotiated purchase or otherwise; and

3. Directing and supervising the construction and erection of the monument or memorial up to its successful termination.

All funds coming into the Commission shall be deposited with the Philippine National Bank in the name of the Commission, and the necessary withdrawals therefrom shall be made only by checks duly signed by the Chairman or Executive Vice-Chairman and countersigned by the Auditor.

All books of accounts kept in connection with the raising of funds and disbursements thereof shall always be made available for audit by the authorized representative of the Auditor General.

The Commission shall submit to the President of the Philippines a progress report of its work on the first of July each year.

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.

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