WHEREAS, the City of Mati, Province of Davao Oriental celebrated the Sambuokan Festival every last weekend of October in commemoration of its date of establishment as a municipality before eventually becoming a city;

WHEREAS, to give their constituents the opportunity to participate in the activities and celebrate as one, the Office of the Mayor requested that 27 October 2023, Friday, be declared a special (non-working) day;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Mati be given full opportunity to participate in the occasion and enjoy the celebration;

DONE, in the City of Manila, this 27^th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty-Three.