Proclamation No. 154, s. 2011

MALACANAN PALACE Marlila BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. lS.!F DECLARING MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2011, AS SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WHEREAS, Sunday, June 19, 2011 , marks the 150th birth anniversary of Dr. Jose P. Rizal, our national hero; WHEREAS,' to give all Filipinos the opportunity to commemorate Rizal's patriotic deeds and sacrifices for the country, rekindle their admiration and respect for him, and to celebrate this milestone with appropriate ceremonies, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) requested that Monday, June 20, 2011, be declared as special non-working holiday instead of June 19, 2011, which falls on a Sunday . NOW, THEREFORE, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Monday, June 20 , 2011, as special (non-working) day throughout the country. 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 26thday of April ,in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Eleven. . By the President: 2AJR. @UUe~! tl;~ mibel1l! t!Je bilippLnu' '. . ,CERliflED COpy' 111111111 ""111111" """ III" 11111 11111 ""1111111"11111 MARANDALPNOY002355 DIRECTOR rv MAlACAHAN6 R~Cnlm§ 0'"