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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 2353, April 26, 1984 ]

DECLARING FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1984, AS “LAPU-LAPU CITY DAY” IN THE CITY OF LAPU-LAPU.

WHEREAS, April 27 of every year marks the anniversary of the approval by the late President Carlos P. Garcia of Republic Act No. 3134, converting the former municipality of Opon into a city, and of the subsequent promulgation of the charter of Lapu-Lapu City;

WHEREAS, this day also signifies a landmark in the Filipino people’s struggle to protect the nation from foreign aggressors; and

WHEREAS, the residents of Lapu-Lapu City desire to celebrate this milestone in their city’s history;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Friday, April 27, 1984 as “Lapu-Lapu City Day” in the City of Lapu-Lapu. It shall be, however, a regular working and school day.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-four.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive Assistant

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