WHEREAS, under Republic Act No. 7720, the Municipality of Santiago was converted into an independent component city on 5 May 1994;

WHEREAS, Tuesday, 5 May 2015, marks the celebration of the cityhood anniversary of the City of Santiago;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Santiago 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 Tuesday, 5 May 2015, as a special (non-working) day in the City of Santiago.

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 16th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Fifteen.

By authority of the President:

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