WHEREAS, Thursday, 26 October 2017, marks the celebration of the Founding Anniversary of the Province of Catanduanes; and

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Catanduanes, 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 Thursday, 26 October 2017, as a special (non-working) day in the Province of Catanduanes.

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 25th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seventeen.

By Authority of the President:       (SGD.) SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA   Executive Secretary