WHEREAS, Monday, 02 April 2018, marks the celebration of the birth anniversary of Francisco "Balagtas" Baltazar, a prominent Filipino poet and orator; and

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Bulacan 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 Monday, 02 April 2018, as a special (non-working) day in the Province of Bulacan.

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 20th day of March in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Eighteen.