Proclamation No. 636, s. 2013

MALACANAN PALACE MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO.222

DECLARING MONDAY, 2 SEPTEMBER 2013, AS A SPECIAL (NON- WORKING) DAY IN THE PROVINCE OF IFUGAC

WHEREAS, Monday, 2 September 2013, marks the 68" anniversary of the surrender of General Tomoyuki Yamashita of the Japanese Imperial Army to combined Filipino and American troops in Kiangan, Ifugao Province on 2 September 1945 which ied to the end of the Second World War in the Pacific;

WHEREAS, the Province of Ifugao has been commemorating said event as Victory Day since 2 September 1991, to honor the courage and sacrifices of Filipino and American World War II soldiers and veterans, including Ifugao’s own guerrillas and women who served in the Women’s Auxiliary Service; and

WHEREAS, the celebration of Victory Day in the Province of Ifugao also promotes interest and pride in our history as a people, forges closer bonds of unity and renews our resolve to secure true and lasting peace:

WHEREAS, in order to give the people of the Province of Ifugao the opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion, it is but fitting and proper to declare 2 September 2013, as a special non-working day.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR., Executive Secretary, by authority of His Excellency, BENIGNO S. AQUINO Ill, do hereby declare Monday, 2 September 2013, as a special (non-working) day in the Province of Ifugao.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, | have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

22nd

day of August

Done in the City of Manila, this Lord, Two Thousand and Thirteen.

, in the year of Our

By the authority of the President:

PAQUITO MW. OCHOA JR. Execytive Secretary gt

CERTIFIED COPY:

MARAT OIMAANDALL DIRECTOR IV

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