WHEREAS, on Wednesday, 4 November 2015, the Province of Quezon marks the death of its local hero, Apolinario dela Cruz, more famously known as œHermano Puli ;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Quezon 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 Wednesday, 4 November 2015, as a special (non-working) day in the Province of Quezon.

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 26th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Fifteen.

By authority of the President:

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