Manila, Philippines - Malacañang Palace had
officially issued Proclamation No. 459, s. 2012, Declaring the Regular
Holidays, Special (Non-Working) Days, and Special Holiday (For all Schools) for
the Year 2013.
With this proclamation, government and private
workers and/or the whole family could
plan early for vacations.
Holiday for the commemoration of the Eid’l Fitr and
Eid’l Adha will be announced according to the Islamic calendar.
According to Deputy Presidential Spokesperson
Abigail Valte, the Department of Labor and Employment will be issuing proper
pay guidelines with accordance to this Proclamation.
The following regular holidays and special days
shall be observed in our country this 2013:
Below is the full text of the proclamation:
Proclamation No. 459, s. 2012
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
PHILIPPINES
PROCLAMATION NO. 459
DECLARING THE REGULAR HOLIDAYS, SPECIAL
(NON-WORKING) DAYS, AND SPECIAL HOLIDAY (FOR ALL SCHOOLS) FOR THE YEAR 2013
WHEREAS, Republic Act (RA) No. 9492, dated July 24,
2007, 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 special or regular holidays;
WHEREAS, RA No. 9492 provides that holidays, except
those which are religious in nature, are moved to the nearest Monday unless
otherwise modified by law, order or proclamation;
WHEREAS, RA No. 9849 provides that the Eidul Adha
shall be celebrated as a national holiday;
WHEREAS, the EDSA People Power Revolution, which
restored and ushered political, social and economic reforms in the country,
serves as an inspiration to Filipinos everywhere as a nation and as a people:
WHEREAS, Saturday, 30 March 2013 falls between Good
Friday and Easter Sunday; Black Saturday, falling between Good Friday and
Easter Sunday, has been traditionally declared a special (non-working) day
throughout the country because the observance of Holy Week is one of our
people’s most cherished traditions and they must be given the full and
uninterrupted opportunity to ponder on the significance of Holy Week and to
properly observe its traditions with religious fervor, without prejudice to
public interest;
WHEREAS, Saturday, 2 November 2013, falling between
Friday, 1 November 2013 (All Saints Day) and Sunday, has been traditionally
declared a special (non-working) day throughout the country;
WHEREAS, to give full opportunity to our people to
properly observe All Saints Day with all its religious fervor which invariably
requires them to travel to and from different regions in the country, Saturday,
2 November 2013, may be declared as a special (non-working) day without
detriment to public interest;
WHEREAS, in order to foster closer family ties and
enable our countrymen to observe Christmas more meaningfully, it is but fitting
to declare December 24, (Tuesday) as an additional special (non-working) day
throughout the country;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, 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 2013 shall be observed in the country:
[complete details of the holidays posted above]
SECTION 2. The proclamations declaring national
holidays for the observance of Eid’l Fitr and Eidul Adha shall hereafter be
issued after the approximate dates of the Islamic holidays have been determined
in accordance with the Islamic calendar (Hijra) or the lunar calendar, or upon
Islamic astronomical calculations, whichever is possible or convenient. To this
end, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) shall inform the Office
of the President on which day the holiday shall fall.
SECTION 3. The Department of Labor and Employment
(DOLE) shall promulgate the implementing guidelines for this Proclamation.
SECTION 4. This Proclamation shall take effect
immediately.
SECTION 5. This Proclamation shall be published in a
newspaper of general circulation.
IN WITNESS 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 16th day of August,
in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twelve.
(Sgd.)
BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
By the President:
(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.
Executive Secretary
From: http://www.gov.ph
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