Marcos declares Sept. 11 a non-working day in Ilocos Norte

(File photo by EDWIN BACASMAS / Philippine Daily Inquirer)

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared Wednesday, Sept. 11 a non-working day in the province of Ilocos Norte to commemorate the 107th birthday of his father, the late president Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

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In Proclamation No. 671, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin last August 29, the President recognized that the people of Ilocos Norte must be “given full opportunity to participate in the occasion and enjoy the celebration.”

“It is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Bulacan be given full opportunity to participate in the occasion and enjoy the celebration,” the proclamation read.

“I, Lucas Bersamin, Executive Secretary, by authority of the President, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., do hereby declare Wednesday, 11 September 2024, a special (non-working) day in the province of Ilocos Norte,” it added.

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