Proclamation No. 44, s. 2016

MALACANAN PALACE MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 44

DECLARING THURSDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER 2016, AS A SPECIAL (NON- WORKING) DAY IN THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS

WHEREAS, to promote tourism and strengthen historical and cultural awareness, the Province of Batangas will hold its annual festival participated in by local government units, socio-civic and cultural groups along Taal Lake on Thursday, 8 September 2016;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of

Batangas be given full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA, Executive Secretary, by authority of the President, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, do

hereby declare Thursday, 8 September 2016, as a special (non-working) day in the Province of Batangas.

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 19th day of Augusi, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Sixteen.

By authority of the President:

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