QuestionsQuestions (PROCLAMATION NO. 11)
Wednesday, August 11, 2010.
The Province of Samar.
The proclamation is based on the commemoration of Samar Day, marking the anniversary of the province’s celebration as a province independent of Leyte and Cebu on August 11, 1841.
Because it gives the people of Samar full opportunity to celebrate the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.
They provide the factual and commemorative reasons for the declaration of a special non-working day.
It indicates that the day is treated as a non-working day in the province of Samar for official observance, typically resulting in suspension of work for government offices in the covered area, subject to usual rules on essential services.
Done in the City of Manila on August 6, 2010.
Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr., Executive Secretary (by authority of the President), with certification/authority indicated through signatures of the Executive Secretary and Senior Deputy Executive Secretary.
It is called “Samar Daya.”
1841.
The Samar Day anniversary of the Province of Samar, commemorating the August 11, 1841 event referenced in the proclamation.
Students should verify how “special (non-working) day” affects work schedules and whether any exceptions apply (e.g., essential services) and whether compliance is required due to the proclamation.
That Wednesday, August 11, 2010 is declared as a special (non-working) day in the Province of Samar.
It is cited as 106 OG No. 36, 4993 (September 6, 2010).