2019 / Aug
PROCLAMATION NO. 789 DECLARING MONDAY, 12 AUGUST 2019, A REGULAR HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, IN OBSERVANCE OF EID'L ADHA (FEAST OF SACRIFICE) August 08, 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 Adhaor Feast of Sacrifice is one of the two greatest feasts of Islam;
WHEREAS,Republic Act No. 9849 provides thatEid'l Adhashall 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 ofEid'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 ofEid'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, this8thday ofAugust, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Nineteen.
(SGD.)RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
By the President:
(SGD.)SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA
Executive Secretary