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Opinion > Columns
The shift from July 4 to June 12: Historical rectification, not revisionism
By Yen Makabenta
Jun 14, 2022 12:05 am

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ON May 12, 1962, President Diosdado Macapagal, through Proclamation 28, declared June 12 as Philippine independence day.

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