AN ACT DECLARING SEPTEMBER 21 OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL WORKING HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF CEBU AND THE ENTIRE PROVINCE OF CEBU, INCLUDING ITS HIGHLY URBANIZED AND COMPONENT CITIES, TO BE KNOWN AS "CEBU PRESS FREEDOM DAY"
Cebu Press Freedom Day
Year:
2018
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
October 30, 2018
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This Act declares September 21 of every year as a special working holiday in the City of Cebu and the entire Province of Cebu, including its highly urbanized and component cities. It is established to honor and promote press freedom in the region.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. 11122
AN ACT DECLARING SEPTEMBER 21 OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL WORKING HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF CEBU AND THE ENTIRE PROVINCE OF CEBU, INCLUDING ITS HIGHLY URBANIZED AND COMPONENT CITIES, TO BE KNOWN AS "CEBU PRESS FREEDOM DAY"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress assembled:
Section 1. September 21 of every year is hereby declared a special working holiday in the City of Cebu and the entire Province of Cebu, including its highly urbanized and component cities, to be known as "Cebu Press Freedom 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 and the Senate on July 26, 2017 and September 3, 2018, respectively.
MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA
Secretary of the Senate
DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING
Acting Secretary General
House of Representatives
Approved: October 30, 2018
(Sgd.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines
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