Saturday, August 3, 2013

Aquino declares August 9 a holiday

Commentary:

August 9 is Regular Holiday. Lucky day for all permanent employees and students - no work and no classes. Unlucky day for non-permanent employees - no salary. It's a long weekend again, more time for you to get a  life (no, chatting with your FB friends and updating your status every 30 minutes don't count as "real" life).


News Story:


It will be a long weekend and families and friends will have extra time for bonding as President Benigno Aquino III signed Proclamation No. 629-2013 declaring August 9, Friday, a regular holiday.
The declaration came as the Muslim holy month of Ramadhan ends with the
Eid’l Fitr or the celebration of the Feast of Ramadhan. The holiday in this Catholic-dominated country aims to “promote cultural understanding and integration,” MalacaƱang said.
Lanao Muslim Traders Association president Mac Bitiarra told Sun.Star Pampanga that in the City of San Fernando, hundreds of Muslims from different communities will troop to their mosque in Barangay San Pedro Cutud for the feast as they do annually.
Other holidays this month, per Proclamation No. 459-2012 are Ninoy Aquino Day on August 21 (Wednesday), which is a special non-working holiday and August 26 (Monday), National Heroes Day, another regular holiday.

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