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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 340, July 12, 2000 ]

DECLARING MONDAY, JULY 31, 2000, AS A SPECIAL DAY IN THE PROVINCE OF MARINDUQUE

WHEREAS, the National Historical Institute has already recognized the Battle of Paye, July 31, 1900, as the first officially recorded encounter between the American Troops and the Filipino Revolutionary Force in the Island of Marinduque;

WHEREAS, the Battle of Paye wherein our ancestors have shown positive values worthy of emulation should be accorded due importance like other historical events, especially on its centennial anniversary;

WHEREAS, it is only appropriate that the people of the Province of Marinduque, be given ample time to prepare the commemorative centenary rites of this event.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me in Book I, Chapter 7, Section 27, of the Administrative Code of 1987, do hereby declare Monday, July 31, 2000, as a special day in the Province of Marinduque in commemoration of the centennial anniversary of the Battle of Paye.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 12Th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand.

(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

By the President:

RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary

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