LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, March 27 (PNA)--The provincial government of Pangasinan has issued an advisory informing the people of Pangasinan that April 11, 2012 (Wednesday) is not a non-working holiday in the province.
The public advisory dated March 26, 2012 was signed by Provincial Administrator Rafael F. Baraaan by authority of Governor Amado Espino Jr.
The advisory states that April 11, 2012 is the day the province will commemorate this year's 'Agew na Pangasinan' (Pangasinan Day) in lieu of April 5 which is Maunday Thursday.
April 5 is the day in 1580 when Pangasinan was established as administrative province under the Spanish crown.
This will only be the third year since year 2009 that Pangasinan is commemorating its founding anniversary ever.
It is because it was only in 2009 that the province finally determined through in-depth researches by a commission headed by Dr. Gonzalo Duque, president of Lyceum Northwestern University, that Pangasinan was founded on April 5, 1580.
Baraan clarified that April 11 this year will be as usual a regular working holiday throughout Pangasinan. (PNA)
