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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES —pare:_ 28 UL 2016

Quezon City, Metro Manila fay OF bam

Seventeenth Congress | eM,

First Regular Session
RECISTRATION UNIT

HOUSE BILLNO.__ 2112 (_ SMLS AND INDEX SERVICE

Introduced by Hon. Frederick F. Abueg

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill was filed in the Sixteenth Congress as House Bill No. 4749 and was
substituted by House Bill No. 6352. It has been approved for three readings at the House
of Representatives and was transmitted to the Senate of the Philippines on January 27,
2016. It was subsequently received by the upper House on same date per House
Committee Report No. 00967.

Brooke’s Point is a first-class municipality located in the southern portion of
Palawan. It is one of the province’s main economic centers. It is blessed with a booming
economy relying on agriculture, commercial enterprises, and tourism, among others.

Brooke’s Point was named after Sir James Brooke, the first white Rajah of
Sarawak who engaged in trade and tourism with the native Palawefios and Muslims in the
area during the 19" century under the then-Sultanate of Sulu. Brooke's Point has also
earned the distinction of being the original home of the biggest pearl in the world, the
“Pearl of Allah,” found in 1934. Even before its official founding, Brooke’s Point has
been distinguishing itself as one of the foremost towns in the province of Palawan.

On June 28, 1949, President Elpidio Quirino established the municipality of
Brooke’s Point, by virtue of Executive Order No. 232.

This bill seeks to recognize and declare June 28 of every year as a special non-
working holiday in the Municipality of Brooke’s Point, in commemoration of the day
when it was officially established as a municipality.

June 28 would be an opportunity for the people of Brooke’s Point to celebrate
their achievements and milestones since the municipality’s creation and to fully
appreciate their duties and privileges as residents of the municipality.

Thus, the approval of this bill is earnestly requested.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. eile

Introduced by Hon. Frederick F. Abueg

AN ACT
DECLARING JUNE 28 OF EVERY YEAR AS THE FOUNDATION DAY OF
THE MUNICIPALITY OF BROOKE’S POINT, PROVINCE OF PALAWAN,
AND A SPECIAL NON-WORKING HOLIDAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY

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

SECTION 1. To commemorate the founding anniversary of the Municipality
of Brooke’s Point, Province of Palawan, June 28" of every year is hereby declared as
the Foundation Day of the Municipality of Brooke’s Point and a special non-working
holiday in the municipality. In the event that the holiday falls on a Saturday or
Sunday, the holiday will be observed on the Monday that follows.

SECTION 2. All laws, orders, presidential issuances, rules and regulations or

parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in

the Official Gazette or in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,