MALACAÃAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
PROCLAMATION NO. 987
DECLARING THURSDAY, 23 APRIL 2015, AS A SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PLARIDEL, PROVINCE OF BULACAN
WHEREAS, on Thursday, 23 April 2015, the Municipality of Plaridel, Bulacan marks the celebration of the “Battle of Quingua”;
WHEREAS, the Battle of Quingua, wherein the Filipino forces were under the command of General Gregorio del Pilar, was one of the most significant victories of the Filipinos in the war; and
WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Municipality of Plaridel, Bulacan be given full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR., Executive Secretary, by authority of His Excellency, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, do hereby declare Thursday, 23 April 2015, as a special (non-working) day in the Municipality of Plaridel, Bulacan.
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 17th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Fifteen.
By authority of the President:
(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR.
Executive Secretary
