PROCLAMATION NO. 440, January 04, 2024

DECLARING FRIDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2024, A SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAY IN THE CITY OF BAYAWAN, PROVINCE OF NEGROS ORIENTAL

WHEREAS, the City of Bayawan, Province of Negros Oriental, will mark the celebration of the Tawo-Tawo Festival on 18 February 2024;

WHEREAS, to enable the people of the City of Bayawan to fully participate in the occasion, the Sangguniang Panlungsod requested that 16 February 2024, Friday, be declared as a special (non-working) day in lieu of 18 February 2024, which falls on a Sunday;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Bayawan be given full opportunity to participate in the occasion and enjoy the celebration;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, LUCAS P. BERSAMIN, Executive Secretary, by authority of the President, FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR., do hereby declare Friday, 16 Friday 2024, a special (non-working) day in the City of Bayawan, Province of Negros Oriental.

IN WITNESS THEREOF, 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 4th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty-Four.

By authority of the President:

(SGD.) LUCAS P. BERSAMIN

Executive Secretary