WHEREAS, Wednesday, November 15, 2006, marks the 136th birth anniversary or the late revolutionary hero Eugenio S. Daza;

WHEREAS, Eugenio S. Daza rendered invaluable service to our country and to the Filipino people as educator, revolutionary leader, and member of the First Philippine Assembly in 1907;

WHEREAS, Major Eugenio S. Daza was the overall Commander of the Revolutionary Forces in the east coast of Samar during the 1896 Philippine Revolution and the one who planned the attack that led to the victory of the Revolutionary Forces in the famous "Balangiga Massacre Encounter" on September 28, 1901;

WHEREAS, in line with "The Decade of Nationalism, Nationhood and the Philippine Revolutionary Movement" it is fitting and proper to honor and emulate the heroism and patriotism of Major Eugenio S. Daza and to give the people of Eastern Samar full opportunity to commemorate the day with appropriate ceremonies.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, EDUARDO R. ERMITA, Executive Secretary, by authority of Her 'Excellency, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, do herf2by declare Wednesday, November 15, 2006 as "Eugenio Daza Day" in the Province of Eastern Samar.

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 30th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Six.

By the Executive Secretary:

(Sgd.) JOAQUIN C. LAGONERA
Senior Deputy Executive Secretary