WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 128, s. of 1993, reconstituted the Committee for the Preparation of the National Centennial Celebrations in 1998 into the National Centennial Commission (NCC);

WHEREAS, the NCC ™s five-year plan includes foreign promotional program to increase global awareness for the 1998 Philippine centennial celebration;

WHEREAS, implementation of these programs require the direct involvement of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA); and

WHEREAS, the DFA can provide guidance to the NCC ™s International Affairs Committee.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, hereby amend Executive Order No. 128, s. of 1993, by making the Department of Foreign Affairs a member of the National Centennial Commission.

This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of June, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Four.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary