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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 557, April 20, 1990 ]

DECLARING APRIL 27, 1990, AS “BROADCASTERS DAY”

WHEREAS, Section 24, Article II, of the 1987 CONSTITUTION provides that, “The State recognizes the vital role of communication and information in nation-building”;

WHEREAS, the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas (KBP), a national non-governmental organization of owners and operators of radio/television stations, has shown its readiness and willingness as disseminator of news and information;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare April 27, 1990, as “BROADCASTERS DAY”.

All governmental agencies are hereby enjoined to extend their utmost assistance and cooperation to ensure success in the proper commemoration and observance of the “BROADCASTERS DAY”.

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

Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety.

(Sgd.)  CORAZON C. AQUINO

By the President:

(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.
Executive Secretary

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