PROCLAMATION NO. 342, February 16, 2012

REPEALING PROCLAMATION NO. 282 (s. 2011) DECLARING 07 MARCH 2012 TO 06 MARCH 2013 AS THE CENTENNIAL YEAR OF NATIONAL ARTIST FOR DANCE FRANCISCA REYES AQUINO

Official Gazette February 16, 2012
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WHEREAS, the Constitution of the Philippines
provides for the patronage of arts and letters by the State;

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 282 declared the period from 07 March 2012 to
06 March 2013 as the Centennial Year of National Artist for Dance
Francisca Reyes Aquino; and

WHEREAS, the actual date
of birth of National Artist for Dance Francisca Reyes Aquino is on 07
March 1899 and not 07 March 1912.

NOW, THEREFORE, I,
BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the
powers vested in me by the Constitution and existing laws, upon the
recommendation of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts
(NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), do hereby
repeal Proclamation No. 282.

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 16th day of February, in the Year of Our Lord, Two
Thousand and Twelve.

 

(SGD.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III

President of the Philippines

By
the President:

(SGD.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.
Executive Secretary