October 16, 2009, a Special (non-working) Day in Calbayog

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has declared October 16, 2009 as a Special (non-working) Day in Calbayog City.

Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita signed Proclamation No. 1915 on October 12, 2009 by the Authority of the President.

The proclamation cited October 16, 2009 being the 61st Charter Day anniversary of Calbayog and that it is but fitting that the people of the City of Calbayog be given full opportunity to celebrate the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.

Calbayog became a city on October 16, 1948 by virtue of R.A. 328.

Calbayog rose to political and religious prominence toward the end of the American occupation in the country. It became the seat of Roman Catholicism in Samar, Leyte and the Marianas when the Diocese of Calbayog was erected on April 10, 1910.