QuestionsQuestions (PROCLAMATION NO. 996)
It declares Tuesday, 5 May 2015, as a special (non-working) day in the City of Santiago to commemorate the cityhood anniversary.
Tuesday, 5 May 2015.
Because it marks the City of Santiago’s cityhood anniversary celebration.
Republic Act No. 7720.
On 5 May 1994.
Full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion through appropriate ceremonies.
It generally makes that specific date non-working for public offices and may affect work arrangements subject to existing laws and implementing rules, especially for coverage such as government agencies.
It signifies that the declared date is set aside from ordinary working schedules, typically requiring compliance with the declaration for the affected locality.
Done in the City of Manila on 16 April 2015.
They state the factual and legal bases for the proclamation—conversion under RA 7720, the cityhood anniversary date, and the public benefit of allowing participation in ceremonies.
It is issued by national executive authority (the Office of the President through the Executive Secretary), not by the City Government itself.
It shows delegation/authority by the President to the Executive Secretary to sign the proclamation “by authority of His Excellency, Benigno S. Aquino III.”
It indicates the official publication reference in the Official Gazette, helping identify when and where the proclamation was published.
The text includes the signature of the Executive Secretary and references the seal of the Republic of the Philippines, implying formal authentication of the proclamation.