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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 96, April 14, 1987 ]

DECLARING MAY 7, 1987, AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER AS “HEALTH WORKERS DAY”.

WHEREAS, health workers provide vital health services to our people in various settings – hospitals, factories, communities and health centers; and

WHEREAS, their important roles and contributions need to be given due recognition and tribute as a way of enhancing their sense of worth and dignity;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare May 7, 1987, and every year thereafter as “Health Workers Day”, however, the day shall be a regular working and school day.1aшphi1

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

Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.

(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO

By the President:

(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.
Deputy Executive Secretary

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