Proclamation No. 1708, issued on January 13, 2009, declares January 20, 2009, as a special non-working day in the City of Tarlac. This declaration coincides with the 7th Malatarlak Festival, which takes place from January 9 to 20, 2009. The proclamation allows the citizens of Tarlac to fully engage in the festival's celebrations. The order was signed by Executive Secretary Eduardo R. Ermita under the authority of then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and was published in the Official Gazette.
January 13, 2009
PROCLAMATION NO. 1708
DECLARING TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2009, AS SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAY IN THE CITY OF TARLAC
WHEREAS, the City of Tarlac celebrates the 7th Malatarlak Festival on January 9-20, 2009; TSADaI
WHEREAS, the Office of the City Mayor requested that Tuesday, January 20, 2009, be declared as special non-working day in the City of Tarlac;
WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Tarlac 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 Tuesday, January 20, 2009, as special (non-working) day in the City of Tarlac.
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 13th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Nine. DCASEc
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 105, No. 11, p. 1478 on March 16, 2009.