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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 2477, January 15, 1986 ]

DECLARING JANUARY 16, OF EVERY YEAR AS “ARAW NG NAVOTAS” AND JANUARY 16, 1986 AS A SPECIAL WORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN NAVOTAS, METROPOLITAN MANILA.

WHEREAS, January 16, 1986 marks the 80th Anniversary of the founding of Navotas, Metropolitan Manila, as an independent municipality;

WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper to focus public attention on the phenomenal growth of Navotas into a progressive municipality;

WHEREAS, the residents of Navotas desire to celebrate this milestone in their municipality’s history and therefore should be afforded full opportunity to celebrate the same with fitting rites and ceremonies.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare January 16 of every year as “Araw Ng Navotas” and January 16, 1986 as a special working public holiday in the Municipality of Navotas, Metropolitan Manila.

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 15th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-six.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive Assistant

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