[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 70, April 21, 1988 ]

CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE CELEBRATION OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY ON JUNE 12, 1988



Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby create a National Committee, hereinafter referred to as the Committee, to take charge of the celebration of Philippine Independence Day on June 12, 1988.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:
HONORABLE LUIS T. SANTOS - Chairman Secretary of Local Government   HONORABLE GUILLERMO N. CARAGUE - Vice-Chairman Secretary of Budget and Management   HONORABLE MANUEL YAN - Member Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs   HONORABLE DANTE BARBOSA - Member Undersecretary of Agriculture   HONORABLE TEODORO ENCARNACION - Member Undersecretary of Public Works and Highways   HONORABLE MINDA SUTARIA - Member Undersecretary of Education, Culture and Sports   HONORABLE RICARDO CASTRO - Member Undersecretary of Labor and Employment   HONORABLE LEONARDO QUISUMBING - Member Undersecretary of National Defense   HONORABLE JESLI LAPUS - Member Undersecretary of Agrarian Reform   HONORABLE WALFRIDO REYES - Member Undersecretary of Tourism   HONORABLE MANUEL DOMINGO - Member Undersecretary of Transportation and Communications   HONORABLE RAFAEL PEREZ DE TAGLE - Member Deputy Press Secretary   HONORABLE JIAMIL DIANALAN - Member Executive Director of the Office of Muslim Affairs   HONORABLE MIGUEL PEREZ-RUBIO - Member Ambassador and Chief of Presidential Protocol   HONORABLE LETICIA MOISES - Member Assistant Secretary of Social Welfare and Development   HONORABLE ELFREN CRUZ - Member Governor of Metro-Manila   HONORABLE GEMILIANO LOPEZ, JR. - Member Mayor of Manila   HONORABLE SERAFIN QUIASON, JR. - Member Chairman of the National Historical Institute   HONORABLE JOSEPHINE C. REYES - Member President of the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities  
The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman and for purposes of discharging its functions, it may create such sub-committees as may be necessary.

The Committee is hereby authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office or agency or instrumentality of the government including government-owned or controlled corporation, for such assistance as it may need in the discharge of its functions.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 21st day of April in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight.

(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.
Executive Secretary