WHEREAS,    Wednesday,    23    November   2011,    marks   the    11th Foundation Day anniversary of the Province of Benguet;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Benguet 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 Wednesday, 23 November 2011, as a special (non-working) day in the Province of Benguet.

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 18th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Eleven.

	By authority of the President:
	(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.
	Executive Secretary