WHEREAS, the City of Davao celebrates the Kadayawan Festival and Araw ng Pasasalamat in the month of August every year;

WHEREAS, to enable the people of the City of Davao to celebrate the occasion, the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Davao has requested that 19 August 2016 (Friday) and 22 August 2016 (Monday) be declared as special non-working days in the City of Davao, in celebration of the Kadayawan Festival and the Araw ng Pasasalamat, respectively;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Davao be given full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA, Executive Secretary, by authority of the President, RODRIGO R. DUTERTE, do hereby declare 19 August 2016 (Friday) and 22 August 2016 (Monday) as special (non-working) days in the City of Davao.

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 4th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and sixteen.