WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Municipality of Agoo, La Union be given full opportunity to celebrate the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.

WHEREAS, there is a need to further expand the coverage of the NHIP to bring the benefits to even more Filipinos, particularly in the countryside;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, EDUARDO R. ERMITA, Executive Secretary, by authority of Her Excellency, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, do hereby declare Wednesday, December 8, 2004, as special (non-working) day in the Municipality of Agoo, La Union.

IN WITHNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 6^th day of December , in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Four.

By authority of the President:

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the Executive Secretary: