June 20, 2014

DECLARING FRANCISCO F. FELICIANO AS NATIONAL ARTIST FOR MUSIC

WHEREAS, the

WHEREAS, the Order of National Artists Award was established under

WHEREAS, the Order of National Artists Award is jointly administered by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the Cultural Center of the Philippines, acting as the Order of National Artists Award Secretariat, by virtue of

WHEREAS, the works and achievements of Francisco F. Feliciano as a composer, conductor and educator have greatly contributed to bringing awareness to people all over the world of our country's unique indigenous music.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by AHcDEI

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 20th day of June in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Fourteen.