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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 179, May 17, 1993 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM MAY 24 TO 31, 1993 AS “FARMERS PRODUCTIVITY AND SAFETY WEEK”

WHEREAS, on May 30, 1993, the Department of Agriculture (DA) celebrates its 26th Anniversary and the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) celebrates its 16th Anniversary, respectively;

WHEREAS, it is necessary to focus on activities that instill on the general public and farm communities the FPA anniversary theme of “Safety, Health and the Environment”; and

WHEREAS, the FPA has prepared a calendar of activities in collaboration with its client sectors from the fertilizer and pesticide industries which include the production of literatures on the safe and judicious use of agricultural and household chemicals and the integration of safety tip clips on existing radio programs of individual companies.ℒαwρhi৷

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 period from May 24 to 31, 1993, as “Farmers Productivity and Safety Week” under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture and the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority.

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 17th day of May 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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