QuestionsQuestions (PROCLAMATION NO. 467)
It is an executive issuance in the form of a Proclamation that declares a specific date as a special (non-working) day in a particular municipality—here, Saturday, November 9, 2003 in San Antonio, Zambales, known as Don Teodoro R. Yangco Day.
It was signed by Alberto G. Romulo as Executive Secretary, “by order of” the President (Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo).
The President referenced is Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The authority is indicated by the phrase “by order of Her Excellency” and the signatures “By order of the President.”
Saturday, November 9, 2003.
It applies only to the Municipality of San Antonio, Zambales.
Don Teodoro R. Yangco Day.
That November 9, 1861 marks the birth anniversary of Don Teodoro Rafael Yangco, a noted philanthropist and businessman associated with San Antonio, Zambales.
It states that the people should have full opportunity to commemorate the event with appropriate ceremonies, which is used as justification for declaring it a special day.
It means the declared day is treated as a non-working public holiday/special day for covered government employees and other beneficiaries under applicable holiday rules, subject to laws and regulations on government offices and work arrangements.
It indicates formal authentication of the proclamation—setting the signer’s hand and affixing the official seal of the Republic—reflecting the official character of the issuance.
It shows administrative issuance practice: the Executive Secretary signs “by order of the President,” and then a designated official (e.g., Senior Deputy Executive Secretary) affixes further attestation or authorization as indicated in the document.
They would focus on the President/Executive’s authority to issue proclamations declaring special days for purposes of public observance, and how such proclamations operate as administrative/public holiday declarations within legal frameworks.
It generally includes: (1) Whereas clauses giving reasons, (2) a Now, Therefore section with the specific declaration, (3) formal execution lines including signature and seal, and (4) date and place of issuance plus references to presidential authority.
The subject matter is the commemorative event/person (Don Teodoro R. Yangco), while the temporal effect is the legal/administrative consequence (the designated date is treated as a special non-working day).