abs-cbnNEWS.com | 11/01/2009 9:48 PM
Printer-friendly version | 
Send to friend | 
Share your views
MANILA - President Arroyo has amended an earlier proclamation and declared that only in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao would the Muslim festival of Eid'l Adha be celebrated as holidays on November 27 and 28.
Proclamation No. 1808-A, signed by President Arroyo on October 26, declared the observance of Eid’l Adha as a regional holiday in ARMM as stated in Republic Act 9492 – the law which rationalized the celebration of national holidays which was enacted in 2007.
Malacañang, in Proclamation No. 1808 signed April 12, declared that Eid’l Adha was to be observed as a national holiday. The earlier Palace order cited the Muslim festival as one of the two greatest feasts of Islam.
It would have marked the first time that the Muslim celebration, also known as the Feast of Sacrifice and held by Muslims after the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, would have been observed as a national holiday. The earlier proclamation aimed for an equal accommodation to the great festivities of Muslims and Christians as it also cited great feasts of the Christian church such as Christmas Day, Easter Sunday, and All Saints’ Day are national holidays.
Eid al-Adha is a religious festival celebrated by Muslims. It commemorates the sacrifice made by the Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) when God asked him to give his own son.
With the new proclamation, Nov. 27 and 28 would only be non-working holidays in ARMM.
Meanwhile, November 30, a Monday, is a regular non-working holiday to commemorate Andres Bonifacio Day.
No "palabra de honor"...
If gloria cannot even be decisive and firm in all her decisions, how are diplomacy, economy, health care, peace & order, etc being decided?
We really need to change this kind of leadership...
Submitted by nheilsb on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 18:41.i just can't express how pissed i am with this news..i have made plans ahead so there will be no conflicts of leave schedule in our office..and then i read this article in from ANC's twitter..i thought the declaration made was also to give equal opportunities for both Christians and Muslims to celebrate their holidays..and then babawiin lang pala..this is just plainly a stupid thing for her to do..
Submitted by rhodaliza on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 10:34.Well, here's another unpopular way to become president...Has she ever thought that by saying "I'd rather be right than popular", she should ethical and having moral ascendancy?...by doing this, she isn't and hasn't...it is because she forgot why she declared this holiday in the first place...Whatever happened to giving Muslims the same opportunities to have their own national holidays to be observed by everybody...How about the chance to educate peoples about the importance of such holidays for our Muslim brothers and sisters?...Not only are we losing the value of such notions, we are losing our sense of history...kaya ngaun, mga etudyante namin walang pagpapahalaga sa kasaysayan...Great job! What will be your legacy Madam President?
Submitted by spitfire0877 on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 10:25. This change in declaration because of an obvious wrong decision simply sums up how gloria macapal has been running this country- by pure erratic instinct.
In the private sector, work plans have been put in place, leaves have been approved, targets have been re-adjusted based on the earlier announcement - and now a very stupid government shows its incompetence again (didn't just they declare a holiday for all employees a few weeks ago, then later on changed it to a holiday for all non-BPO workers only? what logic are they using?). If gloria cannot even be decisive and firm about holidays, how are diplomacy, economy, health care, peace & order, etc being decided by those a-holes? That's why 9 years of gloria has been such a mess.
Comments