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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 938, April 01, 2020 ]

DECLARING THURSDAY, 02 APRIL 2020, AS SPECIAL WORKING HOLIDAY IN CELEBRATION OF FRANCISCO BALAGTAS DAY

WHEREAS, 02 April 2020, Thursday, will mark the commemoration of the birth anniversary of Francisco "Balagtas" Baltazar, a prominent Filipino poet and orator; and

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper to render homage to the great Filipino poet;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby declare Thursday, 02 April 2020, a special working day in celebration of Francisco Balagtas Day.

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 1st day of April , in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty.

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE

By the President:

(SGD.) SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA
Executive Secretary

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