Aquino: Sept 27 special non-working holiday in Malvar, Batangas

President Benigno Aquino III has declared September 27 a special non-working day in Malvar town in Batangas to mark the 146th birth anniversary of General Miguel Malvar. Aquino said Proclamation No. 240, signed by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr., aims to give Malvar residents the chance to celebrate the occasion, Malacañang said Saturday. Malvar town was named after General Miguel Malvar, the last Filipino general to surrender to the American government in the Philippines in 1902. General Malvar was born in Barrio San Miguel, Santo Tomas, Batangas, on September 27, 1865. The welfare of his family and loyal soldiers drove him to surrender to General Franklin J. Bell on April 16, 1902. Months after this, the Philippine Commission instituted the civil government of the Philippine Islands. He returned to his province and pursued his interest in agriculture. He declined an offer for him to become governor of Batangas. Malvar died October 13, 1911, of liver ailment in Manila at age 46. — LBG, GMA News