Declaring December 18, 2008 as Special (Non-working) Day in Taguig City
Proclamation No. 1688, issued on December 12, 2008, declares Thursday, December 18, 2008, as a special (non-working) day in Taguig City. This declaration is made to allow citizens ample time to participate in a plebiscite organized by the Commission on Elections for the creation of new barangays in the city. The proclamation is signed by Executive Secretary Eduardo R. Ermita, under the authority of then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The aim is to facilitate the exercise of the people's voting rights on that day.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Proclamation No. 1688
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Presidential Proclamations
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 12, 2008
PROCLAMATION NO. 1688
DECLARING THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2008, AS SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAY IN THE CITY OF TAGUIG
WHEREAS, Commission on Elections will conduct the plebiscite on Thursday, December 18, 2008, to ratify the creation of several barangays in Taguig City; AcTDaH
WHEREAS, in order to give the people of the City of Taguig ample time to exercise their right to vote, there is a need to declare Thursday, December 18, 2008 as special (non-working) day.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, EDUARDO R. ERMITA, Executive Secretary, by authority of Her Excellency, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, do hereby declare Thursday, December 18, 2008, as special (non-working) day in the City of Taguig.
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 12th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Eight. DSAEIT
Cite This Law
Declaring December 18, 2008 as Special (Non-working) Day in Taguig City, Proclamation No. 1688, Dec 12, 2008 (Philippines)
Declaring December 18, 2008 as Special (Non-working) Day in Taguig City, Proclamation No. 1688 (Phil. 2008)
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