WHEREAS, on Wednesday, 22 March 2017, the Municipality of Baliwag, Bulacan marks the 154th birth anniversary of Mariano Ponce;

WHEREAS, Mariano Ponce, a native of Baliwag, Bulacan, was a prominent member of the propaganda movement and one of the leading figures in the Philippine reform movement during the Spanish colonization;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Municipality of Baliwag, Bulacan, 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 Wednesday, 22 March 2017, as a speci a l (non- working) day in the Municipality of Baliwag, Bulacan.

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 16th day of March, in th year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seventeen.

By authority of the President:

(SGD.) SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA
Executive Secretary