{"id":18753,"date":"2026-02-17T14:28:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T06:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=18753"},"modified":"2026-02-17T14:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T06:28:24","slug":"president-marcos-declares-six-local-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/president-marcos-declares-six-local-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESIDENT MARCOS DECLARES SIX LOCAL HOLIDAYS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has declared special non-working days in six areas to allow residents to fully participate in their respective local celebrations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Proclamation No. 1162, signed by Executive Secretary Ralph Recto on February 9, declared March 20 a special non-working day in the City of San Fernando, La Union in celebration of its Founding Anniversary.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>March 10 was declared a special non-working day in Tanauan City, Batangas in celebration of its 25th Cityhood Anniversary, under Proclamation No. 1164.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The same day was also declared a special non-working day in Norala, South Cotabato in celebration of its Founding Anniversary, under Proclamation No. 1165.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Under Proclamation No. 1166, the municipality of Bauko in Mountain Province will observe a special non-working day on March 13. This is in celebration of the Begnas di Bauko Festival, a thanksgiving celebration in honor of their ancestors and their Supreme Being, Kabunyan, for a bountiful harvest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, Proclamation No. 1167 declared March 18 a special non-working day in the entire Province of Masbate to mark its 125th Founding Anniversary.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>These proclamations were signed by Executive Secretary Recto on February 11.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lastly, on March 16, residents from Aguilar, Pangasinan will enjoy a special non-working day to celebrate the Ansakket Festival, as stated in Proclamation No. 1168 which was signed on February 12.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The festival is a celebration meant to express gratitude to the Father Almighty for a good harvest. It also aims to promote the town\u2019s famous delicacy, ansakket, or cakes made from glutinous rice. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has declared special non-working days in six areas to allow residents to fully participate in their respective local celebrations. Proclamation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18753"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18753"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18755,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18753\/revisions\/18755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}