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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1010
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1010
- RENAMING THE MUNICIPALITY OF TUMBAO IN MAGUINDANAO, CENTRAL MINDANAO,
INTO THE MUNICIPALITY OF "KABUNTALAN"
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WHEREAS, it
is a policy of the State to strengthen local government units to serve
as a foundation for a strong and self-reliant nation;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the strength of a local government unit depends, to a certain
measure, upon its identity, as signified by its name;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the name "TUMBAO", a municipality of Maguindanao, Central
Mindanao, does not serve as a proper symbol which could edify and rally
the inhabitants of the said municipality;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the municipal officials of Tumbao, including the inhabitants
therein, have jointly or severally expressed their desire to rename
their town into "KABUNTALAN";chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the name KABUNTALAN is expected to perpetuate for posterity
the heroic exploits of their traditional leaders who from time
immemorial to the present enjoyed the nobility as "Sultan sa
Kabuntalan;"
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
decree that the name of the Municipality of Tumbao be changed into the
MUNICIPALITY OF KABUNTALAN.
This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 22nd day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-six.
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