Proclamation No. 875, s. 2014

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MALACANAN PALACE MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES . PROCLAMATION NO. 875

DECLARING MONDAY, 6 OCTOBER 2014, AS A REGULAR HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, IN OBSERVANCE OF EIDUL ADHA (FEAST OF SACRIFICE)

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 9849 provides that Eidul Adha shall be celebrated as a regular holiday;

WHEREAS, Eidul Adha is one of the two greatest feasts of Islam;

WHEREAS, the date of the festival is based on the declaration made by Saudi Arabia’s highest religious body;

WHEREAS, “the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) recommended that the observance of Eidul Adha be on 6 October 2014;

NOW, THEREFORE, |, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Monday, 6 October 2014, as a regular holiday inrOReUt the country, in observance of Eidul Adha (Feast of Sacrifice).

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, | have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

12th September Done in the City of Manila, this day of , in the year of Our

Lord, Two Thousand and Fourteen.

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