PROCLAMATION NO. 551, July 31, 2018

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 551, July 31, 2018 ]

DECLARING 17 AUGUST 2018 (FRIDAY) AND 20 AUGUST 2018 (MONDAY) SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAYS IN THE CITY OF DAVAO

WHEREAS , the City of Davao observes the weeklong celebration of the Kadayawan Festival in the month of August;

WHEREAS, to enable the people of the City of Davao to celebrate the occasion, the Sangguniang Panlungsod requested that 17 August 2018 (Friday) and 20 August 2018 (Monday) be declared special (non-working) days in celebration of the Indigenous People's Day and the Araw ng Pasasalamat, respectively, in relation to the Kadayawan Festival; and

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Davao be given full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA, Executive Secretary, by authority of the President, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, do hereby declare 17 August 2018 (Friday) and 20 August 2018 (Monday) special (non-working) days in the City of Davao.

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 31st day of July , in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Eighteen.

By authority of the President:

(SGD.) SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA Executive Secretary