The country will experience two consecutive long weekends, August
21 and 27 were already declared as holidays to commemorate Ninoy Aquino Day and
National Heroes Day, respectively.
President Benigno Aquino III has signed Proclamation No. 455
proclaimed August 20, 2012, as a regular holiday throughout the country to mark
Eid'l Fitr, or the end of Ramadan.
Proclamation No. 455, s. 2012
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
PROCLAMATION NO. 455
DECLARING MONDAY, 20 AUGUST 2012, AS A REGULAR HOLIDAY
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN OBSERVANCE OF EID’L FITR (FEAST OF RAMADHAN)
WHEREAS, Republic Act No 9177 declared Eid’l Fitr (Feast of
Ramadhan) as a regular holiday throughout the country;
WHEREAS, Eid’l Fitr is celebrated by the Muslim World for
three (3) days after the end of the month of fasting;
WHEREAS, to promote cultural understanding and integration,
the entire Filipino nation should have the full opportunity to join their
Muslim brothers and sisters in the observance and celebration of Eid’l Fitr;
and
WHEREAS, in order to bring the religious and cultural
significance of the Eid’l Fitr to the fore of national consciousness, it is
necessary to declare Monday, 20 August 2012, as a regular holiday throughout
the country.
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. 20 August 2012, as a regular holiday throughout the country in
observance of Eid’l Fitr (Feast of Ramadhan).
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 13th day of August, in the
year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twelve.
(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
By the President
(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.
Executive Secretary
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