Proclamation No. 440, s. 2024

MALACANAN PALACE MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 440

DECLARING FRIDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2024, A SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAY IN THE CITY OF BAYAWAN, PROVINCE OF NEGROS ORIENTAL

WHEREAS, the City of Bayawan, Province of Negros Oriental will mark the celebration of the Tawo-Tawo Festival on 18 February 2024;

WHEREAS, to enable the people of the City of Bayawan to fully participate in the occasion, the Sangguniang Panlungsod requested that 16 February 2024, Friday, be declared as a special (non-working) day in lieu of 18 February 2024. 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 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 February 2024, a special (non-working) day in the City of Bayawan, Province of Negros Oriental.

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 4th day of January » in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty Four.

By authority of the President:

Office of the President MALACARANG RECORDS OFFICE