Proclamation No. 70




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 70, February 20, 1987 ] AUTHORIZING THE FOUNDATION FOR THE REHABILITATION AND PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS IN THE PHILIPPINES, INC., TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL FUND CAMPAIGN FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. WHEREAS, the Foundation for the Rehabilitation and Prevention of Blindness in the Philippines, Inc., is a non-profit organization established to serve as a national organization to provide a central system of management responsible for giving directions, forging unity and effective coordination of present efforts aimed at rehabilitating the blind and the prevention of blindness; and WHEREAS, to effectively carry out the noble objectives and successful implementation of its programs, such as Operation Handog Buhay, Operation Eyeball, Sight Saving Club, Hiyas ng Silangan, Dr. Jose Rizal Memorial Award, White Cane Club, Kapwa Tao and others, the Foundation needs the financial and moral support of the public. NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby authorize the Foundation for the Rehabilitation and Prevention of Blindness in the Philippines, Inc., to conduct a national educational, membership and fund campaign for a period of one year from the promulgation of this proclamation. 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 20th 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.) FULGENCIO S. FACTORAN, JR. Deputy Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation