Proclamation No. 579, s. 2024

MALACANAN PALACE MANILA

PROCLAMATION NO. 579

DECLARING MONDAY, 17 JUNE 2024, A REGULAR HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, IN OBSERVANCE OF EID’L ADHA (FEAST OF SACRIFICE)

WHEREAS, Eid’ Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice is one of the two greatest feasts of Islam;

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 9849 declared the Tenth day of Zhul Hijja, the Twelfth month of the Islamic Calendar, a national holiday for the observance of Eidul Adha (Eid’l Adha), with a movable date;

WHEREAS, following the 1445 Hijrah Islamic Lunar Calendar, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos has recommended that 17 June 2024, Monday, be declared a national holiday, in observance of Eid’! Adha;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR., President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Monday, 17 June 2024, a regular holiday throughout the country, in observance of Eid’! Adha.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, | 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 4th dayof June , in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty. Four.

By the President:

Office of the President

MALACANANG RECORDS OFFICE

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ACTING DIRECTOR IV

C OF THE PHILIPPINES THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

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