WHEREAS, on Monday, 11 August 2014, the Province of Samar marks the celebration of SAMAR DAY;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Samar 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 Monday, 11 August 2014, as a special (non-working) day in the Province of Samar.

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 17th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Fourteen.

By authority of the President:

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