WHEREAS, the City of Lipa will host thousands of devotees for the National Pilgrimage, a day of prayer for peace and the sanctification of the clergy on Monday, 12 September 2016;

WHEREAS, considering the volume of devotees who will participate in the event, the Office of the City Mayor has requested that 12 September 2016 be declared as a special non-working day in the City of Lipa.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA, Executive Secretary, by authority of the President, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, do hereby declare Monday, 12 September 2016, as a special (non-working) day in the City of Lipa.

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 15th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Sixteen.