Administrative Order No. 492 — Creating an Executive Committee to Take Charge of the Planning and Execution of Commemorative Activities for the Araw Ng Kagitingan Celebration

MALACAÑANG

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 492

CREATING AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE ARAW NG KAGITINGAN CELEBRATION

WHEREAS, Letter of Instruction No. 1087 declared May 6, every year as Araw ng Kagitingan to enable the Filipino people to reminisce the heroic deeds of our brave and illustrious Filipinos; and

WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper to commemorate this heroism of our people with appropriate activities to impress upon our citizenry the valor and sacrifices of those who fought and died during our struggle for freedom and democracy;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E, MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby constitute and created an Executive Committee to formulate and devise ways and means for the successful execution of appropriate activities for the commemoration of Araw ng Kagitingan. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Chief of Staff

Armed Forces of the Philippines - Chairman

The Deputy Minister

Ministry of Tourism - Co-Chairman

The Deputy Chief of Staff

Armed Forces of the Philippines - Vice-Chairman

The Assistant Minister for Planning and Design

Ministry of Public Works and Highways - Member

The Administrator

Philippine Veterans Affairs Office - Member

The Chairman

National Historical Institute - Member

The General Manager

Philippine Tourism Authority - Member

The Special Assistant on Veterans Affairs

Ministry of National Defense - Member

The Director

Bureau of Local Government Supervision

Ministry of Local Government - Member

The President

Veterans Federation of the Philippines - Member

The National Commander

Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor - Member

The Director

National Media Production Center - Member

The Commanding General

Philippine Army - Member

The Chief PC/Director General, INP

Philippine Constabulary - Member

The Commanding General

Philippine Air Force - Member

The Flag-Officer-In-Command

Philippine Navy - Member

The Commanding General

Presidential Security Command - Member

The Commanding General

Civil Relations Service, AFP - Member

The National Commander

AFP National Reservists Associations, Inc. - Member

The Chief

Military Shrines Service, PVAO - Member/Secretary

The Committee is hereby authorized to call upon any ministry, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the Government for such assistance as it may need in the discharge of its duties and functions.

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 19th day of April in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-five.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA

Presidential Executive Assistant

Office of the President of the Philippines. (1985). [Administrative Order Nos. : 439 - 504]. Manila : Malacañang Records Office.

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[PDF] Administrative Order No. 492, April 19, 1985