March 18 Special Holiday for La Trinidad, Benguet

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PROCLAMATION NO. 585: March 18 Special Holiday for La Trinidad, Benguet

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Title Supreme Court: March 18 Special Holiday for La Trinidad, Benguet

Law: Proclamation No. 585

Decision Date: Mar 13, 2004

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares March 18 as a special non-working holiday for the Municipality of La Trinidad, Benguet, in recognition of the Strawberry Festival and to promote the municipality as the "Strawberry Capital of the Philippines.

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Coverage: place and people

The special holiday applies to the Municipality of La Trinidad, Benguet.
The declaration is limited to the municipality designated in Proclamation No. 585.

Purpose for establishing the holiday

Proclamation No. 585 ties the holiday to the Strawberry Festival of the Municipality of La Trinidad, Benguet.
The Strawberry Festival is recognized as the town fiesta of La Trinidad.
The holiday is intended to promote La Trinidad as the “Strawberry Capital of the Philippines”.

Substantive operative rule

Proclamation No. 585 declares that March 18 is a special non-working holiday for the Municipality of La Trinidad, Benguet.
The proclamation requires observance of March 18 as a non-working day within the covered municipality.

Commemoration timing and official acts

The holiday is fixed on the date March 18 each year as designated by Proclamation No. 585.
Proclamation No. 585 was done in the City of Manila on March 13, 2004.

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