WHEREAS, Friday, 15 May 2015, marks the commemoration of the Foundation Day of the mother province of Surigao del Norte;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Surigao del Norte 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 Friday, 15 May 2015, as a special (non-working) day in the Province of Surigao del Norte.

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 March, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Fifteen.

By authority of the President:

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