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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 301, September 04, 2017 ]

DECLARING WEDNESDAY. 20 SEPTEMBER 2017, AS A SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DINGRAS, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS NORTE

WHEREAS, Josefa Llanes Escoda, a World War II Heroine and the Founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines, was born on 20 September 1898 in Dingras, Ilocos Norte.

WHEREAS, the Municipality of Dingras, Ilocos Norte marks the birth anniversary of Josefa Llanes Escoda on Wednesday, 20 September 2017; and

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Municipality of Dingras, Ilocos Norte be given full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA, Executive Secretary, by authority of the President, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, do hereby declare Wednesday 20 September 2017, as a special (non-working) day in the Municipality of Dingras Province of Ilocos Norte.

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 4th day of September in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seventeen.

By authority of the President:       

(SGD.) SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA
Executive Secretary

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