WHEREAS, the Province of Batangas marks the celebration of its Foundation Day on Tuesday, 8 December 2015;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Batangas 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, 8 December 2015, as a special (non-working) day in the Province of Batangas.

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 1st day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Fifteen.

By authority of the President:

(SGD.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.