Proclamation No. 1431, s. 2007

MALACANANG Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 1431

DECLARING FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2007, AS SPECIAL (NON- WORKING) DAY IN THE CITY OF BAYAWAN, PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL NEGROS

WHEREAS, Sunday, December 23, 2007, marks the 7" Charter Day anniversary of the City of Bayawan;

WHEREAS, to enable the people of the City of Bayawan celebrate the occasion, the Office of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, requested that Friday, December 21, 2007 be declared as special (non-working) day instead of December 23, 2007, which falls on a Sunday;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Bayawan be given full opportunity to celebrate the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, EDUARDO R. ERMITA, Executive Secretary, by authority of Her Excellency, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, do hereby declare Friday, December 21, 2007, as special (non-working) day in the City of Bayawan, Province of Oriental Negros.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 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 1444, day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seven.

By authority of the President: Mot EDUARDO R. ERMITA Executive Secretary

By the Executive Secre

Senior Deputy Executive Secretary