Nov 23 declared ‘Nat’l Day of Remembrance’

MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III has declared Tuesday, November 23, 2010, the first anniversary of the Ampatuan massacre, a “National Day of Remembrance.”

Proclamation No. 73, dated Monday, November 22, said “t is appropriate for the nation to pause and reflect on one year having passed since the massacre horrified the Filipino people and the world, and that justice must be served on the perpetrators.”

“I call on the Filipino people to solemnly bear the departed in their thoughts, and for all citizens from all walks of life to commit, in solidarity, to the quest for justice for the victims,” Aquino said in the proclamation.