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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 18, July 24, 1986 ]

DECLARING JULY 31, 1986, AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER, AS “BATTLE OF PAYE DAY ” IN BOAC, MARINDUQUE.

WHEREAS, Thursday, July 31, 1986, marks the 86th anniversary of the “Battle of Paye” in Boac, Marinduque;

WHEREAS, the “Battle of Paye ” is the first officially recorded encounter between the United States Troops and the Filipino Revolutionary Force in the Island of Marinduque wherein the latter inspite of poor weaponry emerged victorious; and

WHEREAS, the commemoration of the “Battle of Paye” will inculcate in the minds of the Marinduqueños a sense of involvement and justifiable pride in our continuous quest for freedom and justice;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare July 31, 1986, and every year thereafter, as “Battle of Paye Day” in Boac, Marinduque. The day, however, shall be a regular working and school day.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-six.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) FULGENCIO S. FACTORAN, JR.
Deputy Executive Secretary

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