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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 387, May 20, 1994 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM MAY 25 TO 31, 1994, AS HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS OF FERTILIZERS AND PESTICIDES WEEK

WHEREAS, on May 30, 1994, the Department of Agriculture (DA) will celebrate its 77th Anniversary and the Fertilizer and Pesticides Authority (FPA) its 17th Anniversary, respectively;

WHEREAS, it is necessary to focus on activities that instill on the general public and farm communities the FPA anniversary theme of “The Health and Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Chemicals”;

WHEREAS, the FPA has prepared a calendar of activities in collaboration with its client sectors from the fertilizer and pesticide industries, which include the production of literatures on the safe and judicious use of agricultural and household chemicals and the integration of safety tip clips on existing radio programs of individual companies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law do hereby declare the period from May 25 to 31, 1994, as “Health and Environmental Awareness of Fertilizers and Pesticides Week” under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture and the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority.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 20th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety four.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary

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