WHEREAS, on 15 July 2018, the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) will mark the celebration of its 31 st Founding Anniversary;

WHEREAS, to enable the people of the CAR to celebrate the occasion, the Regional Development Council - Cordillera Administrative Region requested that 16 July 2018, a Monday, instead of 15 July 2018 which falls on a Sunday, be declared a special (non-working) day in the CAR; and

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the CAR 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, 16 July 2018, a special (non-working) day in the CAR.

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 12th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Eighteen.