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Dagupan Day declared a holiday

The Philippine Star
June 18, 2014 | 12:00am

DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines – Malacañang has declared June 20 a special non-working holiday here for the celebration of the 67th Agew na Dagupan (Dagupan Day).

Dagupan, dubbed as the country’s “bangus (milkfish) capital,” became a city by virtue of Republic Act 170 authored by then Speaker Eugenio Perez and signed into law by President Manuel Roxas on June 20, 1947. – Eva Visperas, Cesar Ramirez

AGEW

CESAR RAMIREZ

DAGUPAN

DAGUPAN DAY

EVA VISPERAS

MALACA

PRESIDENT MANUEL ROXAS

REPUBLIC ACT

SPEAKER EUGENIO PEREZ
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