QuestionsQuestions (MARINA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 110)
It declares Thursday, November 24, 1955, as a special public holiday for national thanksgiving, inviting the people to offer prayers of thanks to Almighty God for the blessings received.
Thursday, November 24, 1955.
Yes. The proclamation emphasizes setting aside a day for prayer and thanksgiving to Almighty God, calling on the people to turn their thoughts and actions toward God and offer a prayer of thanks.
It reflects the President’s constitutional and statutory authority to declare special public holidays through a proclamation.
It is fitting that a day be set aside to dedicate thoughts in prayer and thanksgiving to Almighty God for blessings bestowed on the nation.
It calls upon all the people to turn their thoughts and actions on that day towards Almighty God and offer Him a prayer of thanks for the blessings showered.
It includes the President’s signature, the seal of the Republic of the Philippines affixed, and the attestation through the Executive Secretary.
FRED RUIZ CASTRO, Executive Secretary, by the President.
It characterizes the day as a “special public holiday for national thanksgiving.”
It was done in the City of Manila.
It provides the official reckoning of the country’s independence timeline; it states the tenth year of independence.
“I, Ramon Magsaysay… do hereby declare Thursday, November 24, 1955, as a special public holiday for national thanksgiving.”
The whereas clause provides the reasons and rationale—fittingness of setting aside a day for prayer and thanksgiving to Almighty God—leading to the operative declaration.