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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 315, September 1, 1988 ]

DECLARING TUESDAY AUGUST 30, 1988, AS “MARCELO H. DEL PILAR DAY” IN THE PROVINCE OF BULACAN.

WHEREAS, Marcelo H. del Pilar, our hero and patriot who used the nom de plume of “Plaridel” in his struggles in Spain to obtain reforms for the Philippines during the Spanish regime, was born in Bulacan, Bulacan, on August 30, 1950; and

WHEREAS, the people of the Province of Bulacan should be given full opportunity to celebrate Plaridels birthday with fitting ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Tuesday, August 30, 1988, as “Marcelo H. del Pilar Day” in the Province of Bulacan.1aшphi1

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 September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight.

(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO

By the President:

(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.
Executive Secretary

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