Amendment to Proclamation No. 1032

November 22, 2006

PROCLAMATION NO. 1032-A

AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 1032 DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 11 TO 14, 2006, AS SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAYS IN THE CITIES OF CEBU, MANDAUE AND LAPU-LAPU

WHEREAS, the Cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu will host the ASEAN Summit on 11 to 14 December 2006;

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 1032 was issued on 10 March 2006 declaring the period 11 to 14 December 2006 as special (non-working) days in the Cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu; EIcTAD

WHEREAS, there is a need to exempt the business and private sectors so as not to unduly hamper their continued operations during the four-day holiday.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, EDUARDO R. ERMITA, Executive Secretary, by authority of Her Excellency, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, do hereby declare the following amendments to Proclamation No. 1032:

1. The special (non-working) days from December 11 to 14, 2006 shall apply only to government employees at all levels in the Cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu, except those required to render emergency, security, export transactions services, services related to aforementioned as the agency concerned may determine, and the skeleton workforce that every agency may opt to maintain during this period.

2. Classes at all levels in both public and private schools are suspended for the duration of the four-day holiday.

3. The private sector is exempted from Proclamation No. 1032.

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 22nd day of November, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Six.