Feb. 28 a non-working day in Tangub City, Misamis Occidental

February 28, Tuesday, will be a special non-working day in Tangub City, Misamis Occidental for its 44th charter anniversary.   President Benigno Aquino III declared the special non-working day in Proclamation No. 345, signed by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. on February 23.   Acoording to a Malacañang statement, Aquino issued the declaration to give the people the full opportunity to celebrate the occasion.    Tangub was created as a city on June 17, 1967. Every year, it holds a city-wide celebration from February 18 to 28. However, the most remembered day is February 28, the "City Charter Anniversary."  The city's first settlers of Tangub were the ethnic Subanos (or Suban-ons), who lived near the rivers and planted crops on burnt forest clearings known as kaingin.   The city got its name from the Subano word 'tangkob," meaning a bamboo basket used for storing rice. - VVP, GMA News