Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 9187)
The main policy is to strengthen the relationship between the Philippines and countries with which it has shared history, values, and traditions, particularly commemorating the act of benevolence that paved the way for better relations between the Philippines and Spain.
June 30 of each year is declared as Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day.
It is declared as a national special working holiday and a special non-working holiday in Aurora Province.
The National Historical Institute (NHI) is responsible for the implementation of this Act.
To commemorate the cultural and historical ties, friendship, and cooperation between the Philippines and Spain.
The Inter-agency Committee includes the Secretary of Foreign Affairs as Chairman; the Executive Director of the National Historical Institute and the Mayor of Baler, Aurora as Co-Vice Chairmen; Undersecretaries of the Departments of Education and Tourism; representatives from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the University of the Philippines History Department; and the Philippine and Spanish Ambassadors as ex officio members.
Fifteen million pesos (Php15,000,000.00) is appropriated annually.
Thirty percent (30%) of the annual budget is devoted exclusively to research and development.
The other sections or provisions not affected shall remain valid and effective according to the separability clause.
The law took effect within fifteen (15) days from its publication in the Official Gazette or two newspapers of general circulation.
It commemorates June 30, when President Emilio Aguinaldo commended the besieged Spanish soldiers in the Church of Baler for their loyalty and gallantry.
The Repealing Clause in Section 7 provides that all laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations inconsistent with this Act are repealed or modified accordingly.