WHEREAS, on 02 February 2024, Friday, the Province of Ilocos Norte will mark the celebration of its 206^th Founding Anniversary;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Ilocos Norte 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 Friday, 02 February 2024, a special (non-working) day in the Municipality of Katipunan, Province of Zamboanga del Norte.

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 24^th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty Four.