PROCLAMATION NO. 276 DECLARING MONDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2011, AS A REGULAR HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, IN OBSERVANCE OF EIDUL ADHA (FEAST OF SACRIFICE) October 20, 2011

WHEREAS,Republic Act No. 9849 provides thatEidul Adhashall be celebrated as a regular holiday;

WHEREAS,Eidul Adhais 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 ofEidul Adhabe on 7 November 2011 and theEidul Adhaprayer held on 6 November 2011;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BENIGNOS.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 ofEidul 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 authority of the President:
(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR.
Executive Secretary