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MOP, Bk 10, v.5, pt.2, 344
[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 428, February 24, 1978 ]
CREATING AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE 36TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF BATAAN AND THE FALL OF CORREGIDOR
WHEREAS, the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor are historic milestones in our nationhood; and WHEREAS, it is deemed fitting and proper to commemorate these historic events with appropriate activities and/or ceremonies in order to impress our people as well as the rest of the world of the valor and sacrifices of those who fought and died during the epic struggle for freedom and democracy, and of the transcending significance of such struggle in our national development and aspirations; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby consitute and create an Executive Committee to formulate plans and devise ways and means for the successful execution of appropriate activities and/or ceremonies for the commemoration of the 36th anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor. The Committee shall be composed of the following: The Undersecretary for Civilian Relations – Chairman Department of National Defense The Undersecretary of Tourism – Co-Chairman Department of Tourism The Deputy Chief of Staff – Vice-Chairman Armed Forces of the Philippines Administrator – Member Philippine Veterans Affairs Office General Manager – Member Philippine Tourism Authority Commanding General – Member Philippine Army Flag-Officer-In-Command – Member Philippine Navy Executive Vice-President – Member Veterans Federation of the Philippines The Special Assistant on Veterans Affairs – Member Department of National Defense The Chairman – Member National Historical Institute The Director – Member National Media Production Center Director – Member Bureau of Public Works The National Commander – Member Kabataang Barangay National Secretariat The Chief, Office for Civil Relations, AFP – Member The Acting Chief – Member/Secretary Military Shrines Services, PVAO The Committee may request any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government for such assistance as it may need, and to create such committee, sub-committee or staffs as may be necessary. Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight. (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA Presidential Assistant