[ PROCLAMATION NO. 1209, January 28, 2016 ]

DECLARING THURSDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2016, AS A SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAY IN THE CITY OF IRIGA



WHEREAS, on Thursday, 11 February 2016, the City of Iriga marks the celebration of the Tinagba Festival, an ancient Bicolano First-Harvest Offering;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Iriga 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 Thursday, 11 February 2016, as a special (non-working) day in the City of Iriga.

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 28th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Sixteen.

By authority of the President:

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