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National TOWNS Week is celebrated every last week of October by virtue of Proclamation No. 652 signed on June 25, 2004, by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. In 1995, the search for outstanding Filipino women in the nation’s service was transferred to The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS) Foundation. The TOWNS Award is conferred every three years. —Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research
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