WHEREAS,  Tuesday, 17 September 2013, marks the birth anniversary of the late General Francisco Soliman Makabulos, acclaimed as œLiberator of Tarlac  and as Tarlac ™s first Filipino Governor;

WHEREAS,  in order to give the people of the Province of Tarlac, the opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion, it is but fitting and proper to declare 17 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 Tuesday, 17 September 2013, as a special (non-working) day in the Province of Tarlac.

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