QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 9644)
The law is Republic Act No. 9644, titled to declare August 28 of every year a special nonworking public holiday in Cagayan de Oro City, known as “Cagayan de Oro City Day.”
August 28 of every year.
In the City of Cagayan de Oro, Province of Misamis Oriental.
It is known as “Cagayan de Oro City Day.”
To celebrate the feast day of St. Augustine, the patron saint of the city.
It means August 28 is a public holiday where government offices and classes related to the holiday are generally not required to work, following the nature of a special nonworking public holiday under Philippine holiday rules.
It originated in the House of Representatives. The House finally passed it on November 17, 2008, and the Senate passed it on March 2, 2009.
It was approved on June 11, 2009.
It shall take effect upon its approval.
The President of the Senate was Juan Ponce Enrile, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives was Prospero C. Nograles.
Emma Lirio-Reyes (Secretary of the Senate) and Marilyn B. Barua-Yap (Secretary General, House of Representatives).
Local—applicable in the City of Cagayan de Oro.
The statute declares the day as a “special nonworking public holiday,” which generally affects public offices and classes, and in practice is treated as a public holiday for observance; it does not expressly limit coverage to only government offices in the text provided.
It clarifies the legislative intent and purpose of the holiday declaration—celebrating the feast day of St. Augustine, the patron saint of the city.
Section 1, which declares August 28 of every year a special nonworking public holiday in Cagayan de Oro City, known as “Cagayan de Oro City Day.”