WHEREAS , the City of Canlaon marks the celebration of the œPasayaw Festival  on Wednesday, 19 March 2014;

WHEREAS , to enable the people of the City of Canlaon participate in the event, the Sangguniang Panlungsod requested that Wednesday, 19 March 2014, be declared a special non-working holiday;

WHEREAS , it is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Canlaon 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, 19 March 2014, as a special (non-working) day in the City of Canlaon.

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 11th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Fourteen.

By authority of the President:

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