WHEREAS, the Municipality of Siquijor marks the celebration of its 45th Anniversary as the capital of the Province of Siquijor on Tuesday, 12 September 2017; and

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Municipality of Siquijor, Province of Siquijor, be given full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MENARDO I. GUEVARRA, Acting Executive Secretary, by authority of the President, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, do hereby declare Tuesday, 12 September 2017, as a special (non-working) day in the Municipality of Siquijor, Province of Siquijor.

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

By authority of the President:            (SGD.) MENARDO I. GUEVARRA       Acting Executive Secretary