[ PROCLAMATION NO. 136, January 16, 2017 ]

DECLARING TUESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2017, AS A SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAY IN THE CITY OF OLONGAPO



WHEREAS, the City of Olongapo marks the 100th birth anniversary of its founding father and first mayor, James Leonard T. Gordon, on Tuesday, 17 January 2017;

WHEREAS, James Leonard T. Gordon was born to an American father and Filipino mother on 17 January 1917, chose to be a Filipino citizen, served his country as a Filipino, focused his days in public service on fighting corruption, and died a Filipino hero;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Olongapo 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 ROA DUTERTE, do hereby declare Tuesday, 17 January 2017 as a special (non-working) day in the City of Olongapo.

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 16th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seventeen.

By authority of the President:

(SGD.) SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA
Executive Secretary