WHEREAS, the City of Davao marks its annual celebration of Kadayawan Festival and the Indigenous Peoples Day every third week of August;

WHEREAS, on 16 August 2024, Friday, the City of Davao will be celebrating the 39^th Kadayawan Festival and Indigenous Peoples Day;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Davao 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, 16 August 2024, a special (non-working) day in the City of Davao.

DONE, in the City of Manila, this 2^nd day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty-Four.