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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 1196, March 23, 2026 ]

DECLARING FRIDAY, 27 MARCH 2026, A SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALANGIGA, PROVINCE OF EASTERN SAMAR

WHEREAS, the Municipality of Balangiga, Province of Eastern Samar will mark the celebration of its Founding Anniversary on 03 April 2026, which falls on Good Friday;

WHEREAS, to enable the people of the Municipality of Balangiga to fully participate in the occasion, the Office of the Mayor requested that 27 March 2026, Friday, be declared as a special (non-working) day in lieu of 03 April 2026;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Municipality of Balangiga be given ful opportunity to participate in the occasion and enjoy the celebration;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RALPH G. RECTO, Acting Executive Secretary, by authority of the President, FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR., do hereby declare Friday, 27 March 2026, a special (non-working) day in the Municipality of Balangiga, Province of Eastern Samar.ℒαwρhi৷

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the President to be affixed.

DONE, in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty-Six.

By authority of the President:

(Sgd.) RALPH G. RECTO
Acting Executive Secretary

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