PROCLAMATION NO. 1808-A

DECLARING 27 AND 28 NOVEMBER 2009 AS REGIONAL HOLIDAYS IN THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO IN CELEBRATION OF THE FEAST OF EID’L ADHA

WHEREAS, RA No. 9492 provides that Eid’l Adha shall be celebrated as a regional holiday in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao;

WHEREAS, the Office on Muslim Affairs has confirmed that the feast of Eid’l Adha falls on 27 and 28 November 2009.

NOW, THEREFORE, I GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby declare 27 and 28 November 2009 as regional holidays in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in celebration of the feast of Eid’l Adha.

This issuance effectively amends Proclamation No. 1808 (dated 12 April 2009).

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 26th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Nine.

(Sgd.) H.E. GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary

• Proclamation 1808: Declaring Eid’l Adha as a National Holiday
• November 27-28, 2009 (Eid’l Adha) not National Holidays
• Official 2009 Holidays: Declared National and Regular Holidays in the Philippines
• Proclamation 1841: Declaring the Holidays for 2010
• Proclamation 1699: Declaration of 2009 Holidays
• Republic Act 9177: Eidul Fitr as National Holiday
• 2010 Holidays: Official National and Regular Holidays in the Philippines