Eid’l Adha - 7 NOVEMBER 2011 as a Regular Holiday

Manila, Philippines – Malacañan Palace declares 7th of November 2011 as a regular holiday through Proclamation No. 276 series of 2011. The statement was made in observance of Muslim traditional celebration of Eid’l Adha or the “Feast of Sacrifice”. Eid’l Adha is a religious Muslim holiday celebration every year and being practiced around the world.



Feast of Sacrifice or Eid’l Adha is one of the two greatest feasts of Islam. 


The announcement declared by Malacañan Palace will give another long weekend to the Filipinos after the holiday of All Saint’s Day.


Please see below the complete transcript of Malacañan Palace Proclamation No. 276.

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

Eid’l Adha - 7 NOVEMBER 2011 as a Regular Holiday 

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