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The Philippine government announced Friday, July 17, 2015 as a regular non-working holiday nationwide in celebration of the Muslim Festival Eid'l Fitr. Mark your calendars! July 17, 2015 is a regular holiday for Eid'l Fitr. Read Proclamation No. 1070: http://t.co/vex6T37hJs #walangpasok — Official Gazette PH (@govph) July 9, 2015 Employees who will be required to work on that day shall receive additional compensation based on rules established by the Department of Labor and Employment. ___________________________________ To receive free notifications follow us through the following: 1. Subscribe in our email newsletter IMPORTANT! To enable email subscription, please verify your email address by clicking the link sent to your email address by Feedburner. 2. Follow us on twitter 3. Make BLOGGED PHILIPPINES your homepage 4. Find us in Facebook at facebook.com/pages/Blogged-Philippines 5. Follow us on Google+  

Malcanang Palace officially declares July 29, 2014 (Tuesday) as a regular non-working holiday all over the Philippines in celebration of the annual Muslim festival  Eid’l Fitr or the Feast of Ramadan. The official declaration can be read at official government portal  www.gov.ph . Those who will be required to work at that date shall receive additional compensation based on the existing Labor rules set by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). English: Coat of arms of the Philippines (Photo credit: Wikipedia )

I've heard people asking if July 9, 2013 is a holiday because it is the beginning of Ramadan, the month of fasting in the Islamic Calendar. The answer is NO. Instead, the Philippines is celebrating the end of Ramadan through the Islamic festival called Eid'l Fitr. This year, it was scheduled to be celebrated in the country this August 9. That date is a special non-working holiday nationwide.

English: Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III (2010-present) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) President Benigno Aquino III declares August 20, 2012 as a regular national non-working holiday in Celebration of the Muslim festival  Eid’l Fitr.  The president made the declaration via  Proclamation No. 455 series of 2012. This would be a good news for employees because on the next day, August 21, 2012 (Tuesday) the country will celebrate Ninoy Aquino Day as previously declared via  Proclamation 295 . This weekend will be a long weekend with the two holidays being Monday and Tuesday. And on the week after next week (Monday, August 27), the country will again be on a national holiday in celebration of the National Heroes Day . Not Good News For Flood Stricken Areas? The National Capital Region and neighboring provinces recently suffered from torrential monsoon rains that left the region soake...