WHEREAS, the City of Davao observes the weeklong celebration of the Kadayawan Festival in the month of August;

WHEREAS to enable the people of the City of Davao to celebrate the occasion, the Sangguniang Panlungsod requested that Friday, 16 August 2019 be declared a special (non-working) day in celebration of the Indigenous People's Day, in relation to the Kadayawan Festival; and

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Davao 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, 16 August 2019, a special (non-working) day in the City of Davao.

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 29th day of July in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Nineteen.

 

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