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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 579, June 04, 2024 ]

DECLARING MONDAY, 17 JUNE 2024, A REGULAR HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, IN OBSERVANCE OF EID'L ADHA (FEAST OF SACRIFICE)

WHEREAS, Eid'l Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice is one of the two greatest feasts of Islam;

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 9849 declared the Tenth day of Zhul Hijja, the Twelfth month of the Islamic Calendar, a national holiday for the observance of the Eidul Adha (Eid'l Adha), with a movable date;

WHEREAS, following the 1445 Hijrah Islamic Lunar Calendar, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos has recommended that 17 June 2024, Monday, be declared a national holiday, in observance of Eid'l Adha;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, LUCAS P. BERSAMIN, Executive Secretary, by authority of the President, FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR., do hereby declare Monday, 17 June 2024, a regular holiday throughout the country, on observance of Eid'l Adha.1aшphi1

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 4th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty-Four.

By authority of the President:

(SGD.) LUCAS P. BERSAMIN
Executive Secretary

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