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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 2308

DECLARING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1993 AS “SERGIO OSMEÑA, SR. DAY” IN THE PROVINCE OF CEBU AND IN THE CITIES OF CEBU, MANDAUE, LAPU-LAPU, DANAO, AND TOLEDO.

WHEREAS, Don Sergio Osmeña, Sr., President of the Philippine Commonwealth, espoused the cause of national unity during his whole career in the public service, thus, earning for himself the worthy appellation of “Apostle of National Unity”;

WHEREAS, this 9th of September is the 105th birth anniversary of this great Filipino; and

WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper to honor him with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Friday, September 9, 1983, as “Sergio Osmeña, Sr. Day” in the province of Cebu and in the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu, Danao, and Toledo. It shall, however, be a regular working and school day.⚖ - ℒαɯρhi৷

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 8th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen hundred and eighty-three.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) MANUEL M. LAZARO
Presidential Assistant for Legal Affairs

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