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115 OG No. 37, 10241 (September 16, 2019)
[ PROCLAMATION NO. 789, August 08, 2019 ]
DECLARING MONDAY, 12 AUGUST 2019, A REGULAR HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, IN OBSERVANCE OF EID'L ADHA (FEAST OF SACRIFICE)
WHEREAS, Eid'l Adha or Feast of Sacrifice is one of the two greatest feasts of Islam; WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 9849 provides that Eid'l Adha shall be observed as a regular holiday; and WHEREAS, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos has recommended that 12 August 2019, Monday, be declared a national holiday, in observance of Eid'l Adha ; NOW, THEREFORE, I, RODRIGO ROA DUTERE, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Monday, 12 August 2019, a regular holiday throughout the country, in observance of Eid'l Adha. 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 8 th day of August , in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Nineteen. (SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE By the President: (SGD.) SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA Executive Secretary