WHEREAS , Thursday, 23 January 2014, marks the commemoration of the Anniversary of the Inauguration of the First Philippine Republic;

WHEREAS , it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Bulacan, 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, 23 January 2014, as a 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 15th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Fourteen.

By authority of the President

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