Amendments to Proclamation No. 1124 (March 30, 1973)

April 4, 1973

PROCLAMATION NO. 1124-A

AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 1124 ISSUED ON MARCH 30, 1973, WHICH DECLARED APRIL 2, 1973 AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF BULACAN TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF FRANCISCO (BALAGTAS BALTAZAR

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 1124, issued on March 30, 1973, declared Monday, April 2, 1973 as a special public holiday in the Province of Bulacan to honor the memory of Francisco (Balagtas) Baltazar; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary that the memory of Francisco Balagtas, the Prince of Filipino poets being thus honored, whose literary masterpiece is yet unequalled in the literary history of this country, should be remembered not only in the Province of Bulacan but also throughout the Philippines; acd

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby amend Proclamation No. 1124, issued on March 30, 1973, by declaring that while Monday, April 2, 1973 may be observed as a special public holiday only in the Province of Bulacan, the same date should be observed as Balagtas Day throughout the Philippines.

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 4th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Three.

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 69 No. 16 Page 3476 on April 16, 1973.