[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 189, April 26, 1995 ]
CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE 97TH ANNIVERSARY OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE ON 12 JUNE 1995
Section 1. The National Committee, which shall meet at the call of the Chairman, shall be composed of the following:
Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports - Chairman Secretary of Interior and local Government - Co-Chairman Secretary of Foreign Affairs - Member Secretary of Finance - Member Secretary of Public Works and Highway - Member Secretary of Labor and Employment - Member Secretary of National Defence - Member Secretary of Trade and Industry - Member Secretary of Tourism - Member Secretary of Transportation and Communications - Member Secretary of Science and Technology - Member Secretary of Budget and Management - Member Press Secretary - Member Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines - Member Director-General of the Philippine National Police - Member Chairman, Government Service and Insurance System - Member Head of Presidential Management Staff - Member Chief of Presidential Protocol - Member The Director-General, Philippine Information Agency - Member Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority - Member Executive Director of the National Historical Institute - Member Executive Director of the National Centennial Commission - Member Executive Director of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts - Member Six (6) Private Sector Representatives who shall be appointed by the National Committee Chairman - Member
Sec. 2. To assist the National Committee, an Executive Committee is hereby created, the members of which shall be designated by the Chairman of the National Committee.
Sec. 3. The National Committee Chairman is hereby authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations to extend all necessary assistance to the National and Executive Committees. These instrumentalities of government are hereby authorized to allocate from their respective funds, any amount which they may deem necessary to ensure the successful celebration of the 97th Anniversary of Philippine Independence, subject to the usual accounting and auditing rules and regulations.
Sec. 4. An initial fund in the amount of Four Million Pesos (P4,000,000.00) from the President s Contingent Fund shall be released for the event.
Sec. 5. This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of April, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-five.
(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary