It was just declared by The Palace today, 04 Sep 2009 (the 2nd birthday of my son, Robyn Andi Xeon) that Mon 07 Sep 2009 and Mon 21 Sep 2009 will be a Non-working Holidays all throughout the Philippines.
07 Sep 2009 was declared as a National Day of Mourning in honor of the Iglesia ni Cristo’s executive leader Eraño Manalo, while 21 Sep 2009 will be for Eid Ul Fitr (last day of Ramadan).
Can’t they just declare my birthday as a holiday as well?
UPDATE: So, someone knocked the head of someone in the Palace. They just released a clarification that 27 July 2009 is a WORKING HOLIDAY. In what part of this planet had you heard of a “working” holiday. Read all BS stuff here.
You read it right! On the last Monday of this month, the 27th, aside from the President (your’s not mine) will give her last SONA (hopefully), it will also coincide with the founding anniversary of the Iglesia ni Cristo. Not much fun fare there was, during our celebration of the country’s independence this year, it was signed into law as RA 9645 declaring the 27th of every July thereafter a non-working holiday.
As of this posting, I cannot locate a copy of the Republic Act. But was lucky to find a copy of the House Bill, which was the basis for this RA.
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