Malacañang Declares Aug.29 Non-Working Holiday in Mandaue City

(PNA) — The Office of the President has granted the resolution of the Mandaue City Council requesting for the declaration of August 29 of this year, the city’s 45th Charter Day Anniversary, a non-working holiday in the city.

Proclamation No. 840, which was signed last August 4 by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa by the authority of President Benigno S. Aquino III, declares Friday, August 29, 2014 as a special non-working holiday in Mandaue City.

Under the proclamation, Ochoa said it is fitting and proper for the people of Mandaue City to be given the full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the said occasion with appropriate ceremonies.

Mandaue City Councilor Diosdado Suico, executive committee chairman of the 45th Mandaue City Charter Anniversary, said the City Council has approved in mass motion this year his sponsored resolution which asked President Aquino to instead declare August 29 as non-working holiday in the city considering that it is the last day of work of the month.

The actual date of the anniversary is August 30, which however, falls on a Saturday.

Suico said the city government has set aside a P5-million budget to cover the activities for this year’s Charter Day celebration.

This was the same amount the city spent for the celebration last year.

Mandaue City became a city on June 21, 1969 by virtue of Republic Act 5519.

But Presidential Proclamation 586 designated August 30, 1969 as the date of the formal organization of the city. (PNA) CTB/EB