PROCLAMATION NO. 186

: To amend Proclamation No. 12 (March 26, 1954) by changing the dates of National Language Week from March 29–April 4 to August 13–19 of every year.
: Proclamation No. 12, dated March 26, 1954.
: From March 29 to April 4 of every year.
: From August 13 to 19 of every year.
: Because the original period (March 29 to April 4) was outside the school year, which precluded schools from participating in its celebration.
: “By virtue of the powers vested in me by law,” though the specific statute is not named in the text provided.
: It modifies an existing observance—National Language Week—by transferring its celebration dates.
: The period from August 13 to 19 is declared in lieu of the former period from March 29 to April 4.
: August 13 to 19 of the year.
: It provides the policy reason for the change, emphasizing feasibility and enabling schools to take part in the celebration.
: It directly alters the terms of the earlier proclamation regarding the schedule/dates of National Language Week.
: Mariano Yengko, Jr., Assistant Executive Secretary, “By the President.”
: It notes both the calendar year (nineteen hundred and fifty-five) and the Independence of the Philippines (the tenth).
: Only the dates of celebration of National Language Week (from March 29–April 4 to August 13–19).