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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 498 -
INSTITUTIONALIZING THE PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS FOR FILIPINO INDIVIDUALS AND
ORGANIZATIONS OVERSEAS
WHEREAS,
the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) and the Department of
Foreign Affairs (DFA) have, upon instructions of the President of the
Philippines, developed an awards system for Filipino individuals and
organizations overseas who have contributed materially — or in the form
of selfless programs and endeavors — to our country’s relief,
rehabilitation, and development programs;
WHEREAS, the CFO and the DFA have joined hands in paying tribute to the
people and organizations overseas who have responded to the
Government’s call for unity in the pursuit of developmental
undertakings for our country;
WHEREAS, a total of 34 individuals and organizations will be the
recipients of National and CFO awards this December as we commemorate
“The Month of Overseas Filipinos” pursuant to Proclamation No. 276, S.
1988;
WHEREAS, it is socially desirable and in the national interest to
provide a permanent system or recognition for the valuable
contributions being made to our developmental concerns by our
countrymen and organizations abroad, and to formulate an appropriate
incentives and awards program for Filipinos overseas who continue to
help our country through the years with their tireless efforts,
donations, taxes, and remittances;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
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DONE in the City of Manila,
this 19th day of December in the year or our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-one.
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