MALACAŅANG MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 549 DECLARING WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2004, AS A SPECIAL NATIONAL HOLIDAY WHEREAS, Wednesday, February 25, 2004, marks the 18th anniversary of the February 22 to 25, 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution; WHEREAS, the EDSA People Power Revolution restored our democratic institutions and ushered in meaningful political, social and economic reforms in the country; WHEREAS, it is fitting that people of the Philippines be given full opportunity to honor the memory of the EDSA People Power Revolution with appropriate ceremonies. NOW THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Wednesday, February 25, 2004, as a special national holiday. DONE, in the City of Manila, this 13th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Four." |
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