WHEREAS, Tuesday, December 5, 2006, marks the 41st. Foundation Day anniversary of the City of Palayan, Nueva Ecija;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Palayan, Nueva Ecija, 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, December 5, 2006, as special (non-working) day in the City of Palayan, Nueva Ecija.

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 November, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Six.
By the Executive Secretary:

(Sgd.) JOAQUIN C. LAGONERA
Senior Deputy Executive Secretary