Proclamation No. 178, s. 2017

MALACANAN PALACE MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 18

DECLARING MONDAY, 20 MARCH 2017, AS A SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LA TRINIDAD, PROVINCE OF BENGUET

WHEREAS, the Municipality of La Trinidad, Benguet marks the celebration of its Strawberry Festival every 18" day of March;

WHEREAS. to enabie the people of the Municipality of La Trinidad, Benguet, to fully celebrate the occasion, the Office of the Mayor requested that Monday, 20 March 2017 be declared as a special non-working day instead of 18 March 2017 which falls on a Saturday;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Municipality of La Trinidad, Benguet, be given full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.

NOW, THEREFORE, |, MENARDO |. GUEVARRA, Acting Executive Secretary, by authority of the President, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, do hereby declare Monday, 20 March 2017, as a special (non-working) day in the Municipality of La Trinidad, Province of Benguet.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, | 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 13th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seventeen.

By authority of the President:

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MENARDO i. GUEVARRA Acting Executive Secretary

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