In view of the visit of Pope Francis in the Philippines on January 15 - 19, 2015, I, PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR., Executive Secretary, by authority of His Excellency, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, do hereby declare Friday, 16 January 2015, 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 13th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Fifteen.

By the authority of the President:

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