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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 37, August 15, 2022 ]

DECLARING THURSDAY, 18 AUGUST 2022, A SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAY IN THE CITY OF NAGA, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR

WHEREAS, Jesse M. Robredo served as Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government from 2010 to 2012, and was instrumental in the implementation of far-reaching reforms in local governance;

WHEREAS, Secretary Robredo served with utmost dedication as Mayor of Naga City from 1988 to 1998 and from 2001 to 2010;

WHEREAS, his outstanding performance as Mayor of Nga City earned him numerous awards such as the Magsaysay Award for Government Service in 2000, the first Filipino Mayor to be conferred such distinction;

WHEREAS, Secretary Robredo, considered one of the local heroes of Naga City, passed away in a tragic plane accident on 18 August 2012;

WHEREAS, his many virtues as a public servant have permanently earned him the gratitude of the City he led, and the Republic he served;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Naga be given full opportunity to honor the memory of Secretary Robredo through appropriate ceremonies, subject to the public health measures of the national government;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, VICTOR D. RODRIGUEZ, Executive Secretary, by authority of the President, FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR., do hereby declare Thursday, 18 August 2022, a special (non-working) day in the City of Naga.ᇈWᑭHIL

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 15th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty Two.

By authority the President:

(SGD.) VICTOR D. RODRIGUEZ
Executive Secretary

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