WHEREAS, Thursday, 19 June 2014, marks the 153 rd birth anniversary of Dr. Jose P. Rizal, our national hero;

WHEREAS,  it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Laguna be given full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion with appropriate ceremonies in keeping with his ideals and teachings.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR.,  Executive Secretary, by authority of His Excellency, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, do hereby declare Thursday, 19 June 2014, as a special (non-working) day in the Province of Laguna.

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 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Fourteen.

By authority of the President:

(Sgd.)  PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.
Executive Secretary