WHEREAS, on 07 March 2024, Thursday, the Province of Basilan will mark the celebration of its 50^th Founding Anniversary;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Basilan 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 Thursday, 07 March 2024, a special (non-working) day in the Province of Basilan.

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