MALACAÑANG

Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 303

DECLARING WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2003, AS A SPECIAL DAY IN THE CITY OF SAN PABLO

WHEREAS, Wednesday, January 15, 2003, marks the celebration in the City of San Pablo of the Feast Day of Saint Paul, the First Hermit, the patron saint of the City;

WHEREAS, coinciding with the feast is the holding of the Annual Coconut Festival (a local Mardi Gras) which is now on its 7th year and already recognized by the Department of Tourism and the National Historical Institute;

WHEREAS, it is proper that the people of the City of San Pablo be given full opportunity to celebrate the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, 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, January 15, 2003, as a special day in the City of San Pablo.

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 13th day of Dec, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and two.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO

Executive Secretary

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