WHEREAS, on 08 March 2024, Friday, the Province of Davao de Oro will mark the celebration of its 26^th Founding Anniversary;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Davao de Oro 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, 08 March 2024, a special (non-working) day in the Province of Davao de Oro.

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