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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 145, February 26, 1993 ]

DECLARING 2 MARCH OF EACH YEAR A SPECIAL DAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CABATUAN, ILOILO TO COMMEMORATE THE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF TOMAS CONFESOR

WHEREAS, the people of Cabatuan, Iloilo have traditionally observed 2 March of every year to commemorate the birthday of the late Tomas Confesor;

WHEREAS, they have requested the President, through Congressman Licurgo P. Tirador of the 3rd District of Iloilo, to declare the same date of each year a special non-working holiday;

WHEREAS, it is proper for the residents of the Municipality of Cabatuan to commemorate the birth anniversary of Tomas Confesor and to be given an opportunity to celebrate the occasion with appropriate ceremonies so that they may better reflect on and emulate his noble deeds and patriotism;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the 2nd day of March of every year as a special non-working day in the Municipality of Cabatuan, Iloilo.ℒαwρhi৷

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 26th day of February in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) ANTONIO T. CARPIO
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel

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