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, 1989.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:

HONORABLE LUIS T. SANTOS - Chairman Secretary of Local Government   HONORABLE GUILLERMO 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 NARZALINA LIM - Member Undersecretary of Tourism   HONORABLE ARTURO C. MOJICA - Member Undersecretary of Transportation and Communications   HONORABLE FELIX BAUTISTA - Member Deputy Press Secretary   HONORABLE DIMASANGCAY D. PUNDATO - Member Executive Director of the Office of Muslim Affairs   HONORABLE SERGIO A. BARRERA - Member 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 corporations, for such assistance as it may need in the discharge of its functions.

Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of April in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-nine.


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