Proclamation No. 136 (2017)
Declaring Tuesday, 17 January 2017, as a Special (Non-Working) Day in the City of Olongapo
MALACAÑANG
Manila
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
PROCLAMATION No. 136
DECLARING TUESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2017, AS A SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAY IN THE CITY OF OLONGAPO
WHEREAS, the City of Olongapo marks the 100th birth anniversary of its founding father and first mayor, James Leonard T. Gordon, on Tuesday, 17 January 2017;
WHEREAS, Jame Leonard T. Gordon was born to an American father and Filipino mother on 17 January 1917, choose to be a Filipino Citizen, serve his country as a Filipino, focused his days in public service on fighting corruption, and died a Filipino hero;
WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Olongapo be given full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion with appropriate ceremonies;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA, Executive Secretary, by the authority of the President, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, do hereby declare Tuesday, 17 January 2017, as a special (non-working) day in the City Olongapo.
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 January, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Seventeen
By authority of the President:
SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA
Executive Secretary