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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 585, May 23, 1995 ]

DECLARING THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1995, THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF BOHOL, AS A SPECIAL DAY IN THE PROVINCE OF BOHOL

WHEREAS, May 25, 1995, marks the 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of Bohol 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 the province of Bohol during the short-lived enemy occupation;

WHEREAS, the Province of Bohol and its people should be given every opportunity to commemorate the 50th Liberation of Bohol 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 Thursday, May 25, 1995, as a special day in the Province of Bohol.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 23rd day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety five.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

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