February 10 a holiday in Kidapawan City

Friday, February 3, 2012

MANILA--President Benigno Aquino III has declared February 10 which falls on Friday as a special non-working day in the city of Kidapawan in Cotabato province to celebrate its 14th Foundation Day.

By virtue of Proclamation 321 signed by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. on January 20, the President issued the declaration after the Kidapawan City Council requested that February 10 be declared as a special non-working day, instead of February 12 which falls on Sunday.

February 12, 2012 marks Kidapawan City’s 14th Foundation Day but the City Council made the request to President Aquino to enable the people of the city to fully participate in the occasion.

Kidapawan became a City on February 12, 1998 by virtue of Republic Act 8500 inked by the 12th President Fidel V. Ramos, making it a Component City of the Province of Cotabato.

Kidapaweños overwhelmingly ratified the cityhood in a plebiscite on March 21, 1998.

The city has vast eco-tourism potentials due to its strategic location at the foot of the country’s highest peak, Mount Apo. (Jill Beltran/Sunnex)