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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 404, October 24, 2000 ]

DECLARING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2000, AS A SPECIAL DAY IN THE PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL MINDORO

WHEREAS, Oriental Mindoro was founded on November 15, 1950 by virtue of Republic Act No. 505 when Mindoro Island was politically divided into two provinces: Oriental and Occidental Mindoro;

WHEREAS, Wednesday, November 15, 2000, marks the 50th Foundation Day anniversary of the Province of Oriental Mindoro;

WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Oriental Mindoro be given the opportunity to celebrate the occasion with appropriate ceremonies;

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 Wednesday, November 15, 2000, as a special day in the Province of Oriental Mindoro.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 24th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand.

(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

By the President:

(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary

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