November 7, 2011 is Declared as Holiday In Observance of Eidul Adha (Feast of Sacrifice)

For the information and guidance of all concerned, enclosed is a copy of Presidential Proclamation No. 276 dated October 20, 2011 entitled "Declaring Monday, 7 November 2011 as a Regular Holiday Throughout the Country, in Observance of EIDUL ADHA (Feast of Sacrifice)" which is self-explanatory.
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.


By the President

Undersigned
PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR.
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