WHEREAS , Thursday, February 3, 2011, marks the birth anniversary of the late Blas F. Ople;

WHEREAS, Blas F. Ople, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, former Senate President and Secretary of Labor, had devoted decades of his life  to selfless, dedicated and sincere service to our country and our people;

WHEREAS, the late Blas F. Ople, a son of Bulacan, has been a model to the Filipino people especially to the œBulakenyos ;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Bulacan, can be given full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR.,  Executive Secretary, by authority of His Excellency, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, do hereby declare Thursday, February 3, 2011, as special (non-working) day in the Province of Bulacan.

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 27th 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