My students were asking last Friday if it's true that November 7, 2011 is a holiday.
Answer: Yes! Confirmed from reliable government sources, November 7 is a regular non-working holiday in the Philippines.
Why Nov. 7, 2011 was declared as holiday?
This is because of the celebration of Eidul Adha.
The declaration was made on October 20 by President Benigno Aquino III. A declaration which is in consonance with Republic Act No. 9849 which state that Eidul Adha shall be celebrated as a regular holiday.
Here's the transcript of Proclamation No. 276:
November 7, 2011 Holiday (Eidul Adha)
November 7, 2011 is a holiday!
More info about Eidul Adha or Eid Al-Adha:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Adha
http://islam.about.com/od/hajj/a/adha.htm
Answer: Yes! Confirmed from reliable government sources, November 7 is a regular non-working holiday in the Philippines.
Why Nov. 7, 2011 was declared as holiday?
This is because of the celebration of Eidul Adha.
The declaration was made on October 20 by President Benigno Aquino III. A declaration which is in consonance with Republic Act No. 9849 which state that Eidul Adha shall be celebrated as a regular holiday.
Here's the transcript of Proclamation No. 276:
MALACAÑAN PALACEMore stories about November 7 as holiday:
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
PROCLAMATION NO. 276
DECLARING MONDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2011, AS A REGULAR HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, IN OBSERVANCE OF EIDUL ADHA (FEAST OF SACRIFICE)
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 9849 provides that Eidul Adha shall be celebrated as a regular holiday;
WHEREAS, Eidul Adha is one of the two greatest feasts of Islam;
WHEREAS, the date of the festival based on the declaration made by Saudi Arabia’s highest religious body is on 6 November 2011;
WHEREAS, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) recommended that the observance of Eidul Adha be on 7 November 2011 and the Eidul Adha prayer held on 6 November 2011;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Monday, 7 November 2011, as a regular holiday throughout the country, in observance of Eidul Adha (Feast of Sacrifice).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Eleven.
(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
By the President
(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR.
Executive Secretary
November 7, 2011 Holiday (Eidul Adha)
November 7, 2011 is a holiday!
More info about Eidul Adha or Eid Al-Adha:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Adha
http://islam.about.com/od/hajj/a/adha.htm