Palace: Feb. 14 a special nonworking day in Parañaque

February 14, Valentine's Day, will be a special non-working day in Parañaque City, Malacañang said. In Proclamation No. 106, the Palace said Sunday, February 13, marks the cityhood anniversary of Parañaque. "To enable the people of the City of Parañaque, participate in the occasion, the Office of the City Administrator requested that Monday, February 14, 2011, be declared as special (non-working) day instead of February 13, 2011, which falls on a Sunday," Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. said in the proclamation. He added it is "but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Parañaque be given full opportunity to celebrate the occasion with the appropriate ceremonies." The proclamation was dated Jan. 26 but posted on the government portal on Friday. – VVP, GMANews.TV