September 9 is Osmeña Day - Special Non-Working Holiday in Cebu Province

Cebu will celebrate Osmeña day on September 9 and it's declared as special non-working holiday in honor of late Cebu Governor and 4th President of the Philippines, Sergio Osmeña Sr. This day is considered a Special non-working holiday in the whole province of Cebu and its component cities. Osmeña day will be celebrated every September 9 of the year. September 9, 2014.

Republic Act 6953

LAWNUM: RA06953
DATE : 05/22/90

TITLE : AN ACT DECLARING SEPTEMBER NINE OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL
NON-WORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF CEBU AND THE PROVINCE OF
CEBU WITH ITS COMPONENT CITIES AND A SPECIAL WORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, IN HONOR OF THE LATE PRESIDENT SERGIO OSMENA, SR.,
AMENDING THEREBY BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 937

TEXT:
H. No. 22366
S. No. 1347

Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Third Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of July, nineteen hundred and eighty-nine.

[REPUBLIC ACT No. 06953] AN ACT DECLARING SEPTEMBER NINE OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL NON-WORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF CEBU AND THE PROVINCE OF CEBU WITH ITS COMPONENT CITIES AND A SPECIAL WORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, IN HONOR OF THE LATE PRESIDENT SERGIO OSMENA, SR., AMENDING THEREBY BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 937

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. September Nine of every year is hereby declared a special non-working public holiday in the City of Cebu and the Province of Cebu with its component cities and a special working public holiday in the rest of the country, in honor of the late President Sergio Osmena, Sr.

SEC. 2. Batas Pambansa Bilang 937 is hereby amended accordingly.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its publication in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

JOVITO R. SALONGA
President of the Senate

RAMON V. MITRA
Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on March 29, 1990 and April 3, 1990, respectively.

EDWIN P. ACOBA
Secretary of the Senate

QUIRINO D. ABAD SANTOS, JR.
Secretary of the House of Representatives

Approved: May 22, 1990

CORAZON C. AQUINO
President of the Philippines

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