WHEREAS, on 18 March 2024, Monday, the Province of Masbate will mark the celebration of its 123^rd Founding Anniversary;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Masbate 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 Monday, 18 March 2024, a special (non-working) day in the Province of Masbate.

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.