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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 164, August 24, 1999 ]

DECLARING AUGUST 30, 1999 AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER AS A SPECIAL DAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN JUAN, METRO MANILA

WHEREAS, August 30, 1999 marks the 103rd Anniversary of the Battle of El Polvorin, otherwise known as the Battle of Pinaglabanan, where the Philippine Revolutionaries, led by its Supremo, Andres Bonifacio and Sancho Valenzuela, together with 90 brave sons of San Juan and Mandaluyong sacrificed their lives to capture the Spanish Garrison of El Polvorin and secure guns and ammunitions for the Philippine Revolutionaries;

WHEREAS, this epic Battle of Pinaglabanan played an important role in the revolutionary activities in Rizal, Cavite, Batangas, Laguna, Pampanga, Bulacan, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija; and

WHEREAS, the people of San Juan finds it fitting to participate in the Municipal-wide commemorative activities in honor and recognition of the bravery of their forefathers who died during the Battle of Pinaglabanan;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby proclaim August 30, 1999 and every year thereafter as a special day in San Juan to commemorate the Battle of El Polvorin or the Battle of Pinaglabanan in San Juan Del Monte, Metro Manila.1aшphi1

IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic the Philippines to be affixed.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 24th day of August in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety Nine.

(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

By the President:

(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary

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