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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1016, May 28, 1997 ]

DECLARING TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1997 AS A SPECIAL DAY IN THE CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

WHEREAS, on July 15, 1987, Executive Order No. 220 created the Cordillera Administrative Region comprising of the Provinces of Abra, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga Apayao, Mountain Province and the City of Baguio;

WHEREAS, on this historic day, the Cordillera people finally realized their long cherished dream of a genuine regional autonomy which they have been struggling and clamoring for about more than half a century ago;

WHEREAS, there is a need to provide opportunity for the people of CAR to hold fitting celebrations to highlight the historic significance of the occasion;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by Book I, Chapter 7, Section 27 of the Administrative Code of 1987, do hereby declare Tuesday, July 15, 1997 as a special day in the Cordillera Administrative Region.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 28 day of May in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) LUIS C. LIWANAG II
Acting Executive Secretary

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