WHEREAS, under Republic Act No, 9355 dated 2 October 2006, Dinagat Islands was made into province;

WHEREAS, on Thursday, 2 October 2014, the Province of Dinagat Islands will mark the celebration of the Adlaw nan Probinsiya nan Dinagat Islands;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Dinagat Islands be given full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR., Executive Secretary, by authority of His Excellency, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, do hereby declare Thursday, 2 October 2014, as a special (non-working) day in the Province of Dinagat Islands.

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 30th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Fourteen.

By authority of the President:

(SGD.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR.
Executive Secretary