Declaring Friday, January 16, 2009, as Special (Non-Working) Day in Batangas City
Proclamation No. 1703, issued on January 9, 2009, declares January 16, 2009, as a special (non-working) day in Batangas City. This decision honors the city’s fiesta celebrating its patron saint, Sto. Niño. The proclamation allows the residents of Batangas City to fully engage in the festivities with appropriate ceremonies. The declaration was made by Executive Secretary Eduardo R. Ermita under the authority of then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and was published in the Official Gazette.
January 9, 2009
PROCLAMATION NO. 1703
DECLARING FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2009, AS SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAY IN BATANGAS CITY
WHEREAS, the City of Batangas celebrates its city fiesta in honor of its patron saint, Sto. Niño on Friday, January 16, 2009; ISAcHD
WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Batangas, be given full opportunity to celebrate the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, EDUARDO R. ERMITA, Executive Secretary, by authority of Her Excellency, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, do hereby declare Friday, January 16, 2009, as special (non-working) day in Batangas City.
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 9th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Nine.
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 105, No. 10, p. 1336 on March 9, 2009.