DECLARING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1963, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCES OF LA UNION, ILOCOS SUR AND ILOCOS NORTE.

WHEREAS, the bicentennial of the execution of
Gabriela Silang, a famous woman leader of the Ilocos Revolt, falls on September
20, 1963;

WHEREAS, her bravery, patriotism and selflessness
represent the highest ideals of the Filipino people; and

WHEREAS, the people of La Union, Ilocos Norte and
Ilocos Sur, for whom she gave her life, should be afforded an opportunity to
commemorate the event with fitting ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President
of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 30 of
the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Friday, September 20, 1963, as
a special public holiday in the provinces of La Union, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos
Norte.

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 18th day of
September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-three.

(SGD. )DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) RUFINO G. HECHANOVA
Executive Secretary

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