PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
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REPUBLIC ACTS
AN ACT DECLARING MARCH 16 OF EVERY
YEAR AS A WORKING SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY FOR THE CITY OF TAGBILARAN AND
THE PROVINCE OF BOHOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE BLOOD COMPACT DAY, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
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1. Spanish Captain-General Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
and Boholano
Chieftain, Datu Sikatuna entered into a blood compact, the first treaty
of friendship and alliance between Spaniards and Filipinos on March 16,
1565 in Barangay Bool, City of Tagbilaran.
Sec. 2. To perpetrate the historic event, March 16, of every year is hereby declared as a working special public holiday for the City of Tagbilaran and the Province of Bohol to be known as the Blood Compact Day. Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: April 8, 2001.
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