WHEREAS, the first mass in the Philippines was celebrated in the Island of Limasawa, Province of Southern Leyte on 31 March 1521;

WHEREAS, Friday, 31 March 2017, marks the commemoration of the First Mass in the Philippines in Limasawa Island, Southern Leyte;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Southern Leyte, 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 Friday, 31 March 2017, as a special (non-working) day in the Province of Southern Leyte.

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 February in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seventeen.

 

(SGD.) SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA
      Executive Secretary