WHEREAS, Monday, 19 June 2017, marks the 156th birth anniversary of Dr. Jose P. Rizal, the country's national hero, and the culmination of the Buhayani Festival (Buhay ng Bayani, Buhay na Bayani) , a festival in honor of the life and works of Dr. Rizal and the life of everyday heroes; and

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

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA, Executive Secretary, by authority of the President, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, do hereby declare Monday, 19 June 2017, as a special (non-working) day in the City of Calamba.

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 1st day of June, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seventeen.