WHEREAS , Monday, 2 September 2013, marks the 148th birth anniversary of the late General Simeon A. Ola, the last revolutionary general to surrender at the end of the Philippine-American War;

WHEREAS , in order to give the people of the Province of Albay, the opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion, it is but fitting and proper to declare 2 September 2013, as a special (non-working) day.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR. , Executive Secretary, by authority of His Excellency, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, do hereby declare Monday, 2 September 2013, as a special (non-working) day in the Province of Albay.

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 22nd day of August, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Thirteen.

By the authority of the President:

(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR.
Executive Secretary