00:00President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr. proclaims the 1st of August as Araw ng Paglalathala at Pagkatanyag ng Kasarinlan ng Pilipinas
00:09to commemorate the declaration of Philippine independence at the Bacoor Assembly on the same date in 1898.
00:16Republic Act 12073, signed by the Chief Executive on November 7, declares August 1 a special working holiday.
00:26Cultural agencies led by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts are tasked with highlighting the historical importance of August 1 and the 1898 Bacoor Assembly.
00:37President Marquez Jr. also signed R.A. 12067 designating February 24 each year as Araw ng Sibugay, a special working holiday in Zamboanga, Sibugay, to mark its foundation day.
