WHEREAS, on Friday, 05 August 2017, marks the celebration of Jose Avelino Day in Northern Samar, Eastern Samar and Western Samar;

WHEREAS, Jose Avelino, former Senate President, was known as the "Father of the Philippine Workmen's Compensation Law" and was instrumental in the passage of significant legislation and the implementation of programs and policies that especially benefited the people of Northern Samar, Eastern Samar and Western Samar; and

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of Northern Samar, Eastern Samar and Western Samar, 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, 05 August 2017, as a special (non-working) day in Northern Samar, Eastern Samar and Western Samar.

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 14th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seventeen.

By Authority of the President: (SGD.) SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA Executive Secretary