November 7, 2011 is a Regular Holiday in Celebration of Eid'l Adha

MALACAÑAN PALACE

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

 

source: http://www.gov.ph/2011/10/20/proclamation-no-276-s-2011/

Eid'l Adha proclaimed as a National Holiday for 2010

The Office on Muslima Affairs (OMA) has recommended to the Office of the President that Eid'l Adha be celebrated on November 16, 2010.

The President has acknowledged this through the release of Proclamation No. 60 - declaring Eid'l Adha as a national holiday for the year 2010. As a national holiday, the date will be treated as a regular holiday across the country.  DOLE mandates the following treatment for regular holidays:

1. If it is an employee's regular workday
   
   
   
   • If unworked - 100%
   
   
   • If worked
     
     
     
     • 1st 8 hours - 200%
     
     
     • excess of 8 hours - plus 30% of hourly rate on said day
     
     
     
     
   
   
   
   


2. If it is an employee's rest day
   
   
   
   • If unworked - 100%
   
   
   • If worked
     
     
     
     • 1st 8 hours - plus 30% of 200%
     
     
     • excess of 8 hours - plus 30% of hourly rate on said day
     
     
     
     
   
   
   
   

proclamation: http://www.gov.ph/2010/11/09/proclamation-no-60-2/

Eid'l Adha declared as National Holidays

I have just received a copy of the presidential declaration making November 27 and 28, the days for the muslim festival Eid'l Adha, national holidays.

Although there is no direct wording saying that these days are to be non-working holidays, the decree compares it as a holiday similar to Christmas, Easter and All Saint's Day Catholic holidays. It may be safe to assume that these will be non-working holidays, just like Eid'l Fit'r.

Together with Bonifacio Day on november 30, that gives the entire country 4 days off. Luckily, this announcement was released early, and there is enough time for people to prepare their schedules to make use of the extra long vacation.

file: Proclamation No. 1808