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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 569, April 27, 1995 ]

DECLARING FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1995, THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF DAVAO CITY, AS A SPECIAL DAY IN DAVAO CITY

WHEREAS, April 28, 1995, marks the 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of Davao City from enemy occupation during World War II;

WHEREAS, this historic day should properly and fittingly be observed to immortalize the strong spirit of liberation, which was paramount in the hearts and minds of the Filipino people, particularly the people of Davao City during the short-lived enemy occupation;

WHEREAS, the City of Davao and its people should be given every opportunity to commemorate the 50th Liberation of Davao with appropriate activities that would actualize the preservation of the principles of freedom, liberty, and nationalism as components of the totality of Filipino values.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Friday, April 28, 1995, as a special day in the City of Davao.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 27th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety Five.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

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

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