MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 27 July) – The Office of the President on Tuesday issued Proclamation No. 301 declaring Sept. 1 a special non-working day in Bukidnon in observance of the province’s 109th founding anniversary.
MindaNews file photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO
The proclamation signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said the local holiday intends to give the people of Bukidnon the “full opportunity to participate in the occasion and enjoy the celebration.”
Bukidnon started as a municipality of Misamis in 1860 until it became a sub-province of Agusan by virtue of Act 1693. It was then called Malaybalay (meaning “few houses”), which became the name of its capital town and now city.
Bukidnon became a province on Sept.1, 1914 by virtue of the creation of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu under Act No.[]
