WHEREAS, on 20 December 2018, Thursday, the City of Sipalay, Province of Negros Occidental, will mark the celebration of the Pasaway-Handurawan Festival; and

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Sipalay 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 Thursday, 20 December 2018, a special (non-working) day in the City of Sipalay, Province of Negros Occidental.

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 17th day of December , in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Eighteen.