Proclamation No. 84, s. 2010

MALACAfrAN PALACE TTAN1LA BY THE FRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES FROCLAMATION NO. 84 DEGLARING THF RHGULAR HOLTDAYS, SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAYS, AND SPECIAL HOLTDAY (FOR ALL SCI{OOLS) FOR THE YEAR 2011 WHEREAS, Republic Act (RA) No, 9492, dated July 24, 2A07, amended Section 26, Chapter 7, Book I of Executive Order (EO) No, 292, also known as the Administrative Code of 1987, by declaring certain days (specific or movable) as speclal or regular holidays; \ruHEREAS, RA No, 9492 provides that holidays, except those which are religious in nature, are moved to the rrearest Monday unless otherwise modified by law, order or proclamation; WHEREAS, RA No. 9849 provides that the Eidul nOna shall be celebrated as a national holiday; WHEREAS, the EDSA People Power Revolution, which restored and ushered political, social and econemic reforms in the country, serves as ar'l inspiration to Filipinos everywhere as a nation and as a people; NOW, THEREFORE, l, BENIGNO S. AQUINO lll, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as President of the Philippines, do hereby declare: SECTION 1. The following regular holidays and special days for the year 2011 shall be observed in the countrv: A. Regular Holidaye l\ew Year's Day Araw ng Kagitingan Maundy Thursday Good Friday Labor Day lndependence Day National Heroes Day Bonifacio Day Christmas Day Rizal Day January 1 (Saturday) April I (Saturday) April 21 April 22 May 1 (Sunday) June 12 (SLrnday) August 29 (Last Monday of August) November 30 (Wednesday) December ?5 (Sunday) Decemher 30 (Friday) B. $pecial (Non.Working) Daye Ninoy Aquino Day - August ?1 (Sunday) All Saints Day - November 1 (Tuesday) Last Day of the Year - December 31 (Satur"dJy) C" Speciaf Holiday (for ail schools) EDSA Revotution Anniversary- February ZS (Friday) SECTION 2. The proclamations declaring national holidays for the observance af Eid'l Fifr and Eidul Adha shatl hereafter be issued .after the apfroxirrate dates of thelslamic holidays have been determined in accordarrce with the'lslarnic calendar (Hijra) or the lunar calendar, or upon lslamic astronomical calculations, whichever is possible or convenierrt. To this end, the National Commission orr Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) shallinform the office of the President on which day the horiday shall fall. $EcrloN 3. The Department of Labsr, and Employment (DOLE) shatlpromulgate the implementing guidelines for this Proctamation. SECTION 4. This Proclamation shall take effect immediatety. SECTION 5. This Prbclamaiion shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation, lN WITNE$S 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 Z0rh day of December year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Ten. in the dBflifr EI rfir lBrsfibenJ pl tlc iFlliliwtu* |IIililillllllllilt|lilllllllilll]llllllllilll llllllilllll PNoY001 126 -z-