WHEREAS, on 09 January 2024, Tuesday, the City of Manila will mark the celebration of the Feast of the Black Nazarene;

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

NOW, THEREFORE, I, LUCAS P. BERSAMIN, Executive Secretary, by authority of the President, FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR., do hereby declare Tuesday, 09 January 2024, a special (non-working) day in the City of Manila.

IN WITNESS THEREOF, 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 4^th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty Four.