An Act Declaring January 24 of Every Year a Special Working Holiday in the Province of Palawan and the City of Puerto Princesa in Honor of the Martyrdom of Governor Higinio Acosta Mendoza, Sr., to be Known as "Governor Higinio Acosta Mendoza, Sr. Day"
Governor Higinio Acosta Mendoza, Sr. Day
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2019
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Date Approved:
February 22, 2019
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This Act declares January 24 of every year as a special working holiday in the Province of Palawan and the City of Puerto Princesa. It honors the martyrdom of Governor Higinio Acosta Mendoza, Sr.Full Text
Seventeenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand eighteen.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 11225
An Act Declaring January 24 of Every Year a Special Working Holiday in the Province of Palawan and the City of Puerto Princesa in Honor of the Martyrdom of Governor Higinio Acosta Mendoza, Sr., to be Known as "Governor Higinio Acosta Mendoza, Sr. Day"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. January 24 of every year is hereby declared a special working holiday in the Province of Palawan and the City of Puerto Princesa in honor of the martyrdom of Governor Higinio Acosta Mendoza, Sr., to be known as "Governor Higinio Acosta Mendoza, Sr. Day".
Section 2. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
VICENTE C. SOTTO III
President of the Senate
GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
Speaker of the House of Representatives
This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2017, amended by the Senate on November 26, 2018 and which amendment was concurred in by the House of Representatives on December 11, 2018.
MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA
Secretary of the Senate
DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING
Acting Secretary General
House of Representatives
Approved: February 22, 2019
(Sgd.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines
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