WHEREAS , Friday, February 18, 2011 marks the Tawo-Tawo Festival of the City of Bayawan;

WHEREAS , the Tawo-Tawo Festival reflects the culture of Bayawan City being a rice granary of the southern part of the Province of Negros Oriental;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Bayawan be given full opportunity to celebrate the occasion with the appropriate ceremonies.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR., Executive Secretary, by authority of His Excellency , BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, do hereby declare Friday, February 18, 2011, as a special 9non-working) day in the City of Bayawan.

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 21st day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Eleven.

	By authority of the President:
	(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR
	Executive Secretary
By the Executive Secretary:
(Sgd.) JOSE AMORE M. AMORADO
Senior Deputy Executive Secretary