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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 59, February 11, 1987 ]

DECLARING WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1987, AS A NATIONAL NON-WORKING SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY.

WHEREAS, February 25, 1986 was the culmination of the February 22-25 Revolution where the Filipino people, through its collective courage and prayers, asserted peacefully its popular cause for freedom and democracy;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper to afford the Filipino people the full opportunity to celebrate the first anniversary of February 25, 1986 with appropriate ceremonies to assure that its national import and significance will be fully appreciated;

NOW, THEREFORE, I CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by law, do hereby declare Wednesday, February 25, 1987, as a national non-working special public holiday.

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 11th day of February in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.

(SGD) CORAZON C. AQUINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD) JOKER P. ARROYO
Executive Secretary

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