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[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6692, February 10, 1989 ]

AN ACT DECLARING SEPTEMBER TWENTY-EIGHT AS BALANGIGA ENCOUNTER DAY AND A SPECIAL NON-WORKING HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF EASTERN SAMAR

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1. September twenty-eight of every year is hereby declared as Balangiga Encounter Day and a special non-working holiday in the province of Eastern Samar to commemorate the Balangiga encounter.

Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.1a⍵⍴h!1

Approved,

(Sgd.) JOVITO R. SALONGA President of the Senate	(Sgd.) RAMON V. MITRA Speaker of the House of Representatives
This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on September 22, 1988 and December 2, 1988, respectively.
(Sgd.) EDWIN P. ACOBA Secretary of the Senate	(Sgd.) QUIRINO D. ABAD SANTOS, JR. Secretary of the House of Representatives

Enacted without executive approval, February 10, 1989

(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO
President of the Philippines

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