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With 44 members of the elite Special Action Forces members of the Philippine National Police killed in Mamasapano, Malacanan Palace declares January 30, 2015 a National Day of Mourning. According to the government website, the necrological service will be held at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City at 10:00 a.m. President Benigno S. Aquino III will led the service.
What to do when a National Day of Mourning is observed?
1. All public institutions and military installations should lower Philippine flags half-mast.
2. Private institutions and the general public are encouraged to pay respects to the fallen heroes by displaying the flag appropriately.
Please refer the guidelines below as instructed by the government.
Image from www.gov.ph Below is the full text of Proclamation No. 953, s. 2015.
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
PROCLAMATION NO. 953
DECLARING 30 JANUARY 2015 AS A NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING
WHEREAS, on 25 January
2015, at least forty-four officers and personnel of the Philippine
National Police’s Special Action Force were killed in the line of duty
during an operation to serve a warrant of arrest against a suspected
criminal in Maguindanao;
WHEREAS, these deaths
are a great loss to our people and during this time of grief, a most
solemn commemoration and respect is called for; and
WHEREAS, the nation is
in solidarity with and joins in the grieving of the families and friends
of our fallen brothers in the police force.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, President
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution and law, do hereby proclaim 30 January 2015 as a day of
national mourning, in solidarity with the bereaved families of the
slain.
The entire nation is requested to offer
prayers for the eternal repose of the souls of the victims and for our
people to reclaim our sense of humanity.
Further, I instruct all public
institutions and military installations in the Philippines to lower the
Philippines flag to half-mast on 30 January 2015.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
DONE, in the City of Manila this 28th day of January, in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Fifteen.
(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
By the President:
(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.
Executive Secretary
Executive Secretary
