WHEREAS, the Iglesia ni Cristo will be holding its founding anniversary on 27 July 2014 at the Philippine Arena in Bulacan;

WHEREAS, the local authorities expect more than 1.5 million people to attend the event and ferried by more than 10,000 buses and 2,800 vans;

WHEREAS, the organizers, local authorities, and the Metro Manila Development Authority expect that the buses and vans will only be able to complete ferrying all the delegates out of the venue by Monday, 28 July 2014;

WHEREAS, in order to ensure an orderly procession of the attendees out of the venue, and to facilitate the flow of traffic, the Province of Bulacan requests that Monday, 28 July 2014, be declared a special (non-working) holiday.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR., Executive Secretary, by authority of His Excellency, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III do hereby declare Monday, 28 July 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 24th 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