Did you know: Philippine Independence Day | Inquirer News

Did you know: Philippine Independence Day

/ 03:35 AM May 12, 2014

On May 12, 1962, President Diosdado Macapagal moved the Independence Day celebration from July 4 to June 12 through Proclamation No. 28 to recognize the declaration of independence by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo in 1898.—Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research

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