Is it a Holiday?

Do you know that this is the most common inquiry, question the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) receives for the entire year?

 

Usually we get this question, weeks and then days prior to the said Holiday. And as it nears, we get more and more calls asking the same question.

                                                                                                                                                                    Probably  because that Holiday is already declared under a Presidential Proclamation (issued the year

before) and detailing the list of Holidays for the entire year.

Say for example, for this year 2017, as early as July of last year, Malacanang, through the Official Gazette, then posted Proclamation number 50, declaring the Regular and Special (Non-Working) holidays the entire year.

It is what we simply call as an umbrella Presidential Proclamation..

It covers the Regular Holidays such as New Year's Day, Bonifacio Day, Labor Day; and then the

Special Non Working Holidays like Black Saturday, Ninoy Day, Chinese New Year..etc.

At the same time, Proclamation 50 made mention religious holidays which does not have specific dates.

So far only the two Muslim holidays are covered under the umbrella Proclamation and these are Eidul  Fittr which usually falls in the month of June and Eidul Adha, somewhere in between August and September.

The exact date is dependent upon the Muslim calendar.  Once identified, the Office of the Muslim Affairs (OMA) and the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) must inform Malacanang for the issuance of another Presidential Proclamation.

Yep, dear readers.  It needs another law which specifies the exact date of the celebration.

The celebration of Eidul Fittr of this year for example was officially declared   on June 26 under Presidential Proclamation 235.  

Therefore, even if there are already postings and calculations on the exact  date of Eidul Adha, what we can answer you is ...

"As of press time, there is no released Proclamation yet on the said celebration"  

By the way, here are next year's list of Holidays in the Philippines..just click this : HOLIDAYS 2018

OPISYAL NGA PAMAHAYAG gikan sa mga awtoridad bahin sa Inabanga encounter

Miluwat og opisyal nga pamahayag ang kasundaluhan ug kapulisan taliwa sa nahitabo nga engkwentro batok sa gidudahang mga miembro sa armadong Abu Sayyaff didto sa lungsod sa Inabanga.

Gipasalig sa mga kadagkoan nga dili kini makaapekto sa kinatibuk-ang siguridad sa Lalawigan ug andam sila sa bisan unsang sitwasyon.

Gitan-aw nga mudagsa ang mga dumuduong sa lalalwigan sa Bohol sa mga bulan sa bakasyon.  Nagkasaka ang ekonomiya sa turismo bisan pa man sa mga naagian nga mga problema sa insurhensiya ug linog.  

Ang Gobernador sa Sugbo, Hilario Davide III, nagkanayon nga kanunayng mabinantayon ang mga anaa sa Sugbo tungod kay kasikbit lang kini sa Bohol. 

THREE holidays this LOVE Month 2016 for Cebu

CEBUANOS are set to enjoy three Special Non Working Holidays this month of February.

It will be a long first weekend as February 8 (Monday), is the annual celebration of the Chinese New Year according to Presidential Proclamation 1105 detailing the list of National Holidays in the Philippines for 2016.  It is a Special Non Working holiday.

This year, by virtue of Proclamation Number 1071, 2015, the annual celebration of the EDSA Revolution will be celebrated not just by the students but by the entire country.

February 25, which falls on a Thursday, is declared as a Special Non Working Day.

The extra holiday is on February 24th, pursuant to Republic Act 7287, the Cebu City Charter Day. It is declared also a Special Non-Working holiday but only for Cebu City residents and work places only.

For holiday pays... please click on www.dole.gov.ph


So take time to rest or to escape and enjoy with family, friends or... you know who. =)

One more holiday in April- 73rd Araw ng Kagitingan

For the month of April 2015, Filipinos will have one more day break from work as the entire nation will commemorate National Heroes Day "Araw ng Kagitingan".

In April 9, 1942, over 60,000 Filipinos and 11,000 Americans were forced to walk 140 kilometers from Bataan to San Fernando by the Japanese invaders. Along the way, many prisoners were murdered and died starving, sick and dehydrated.  It was also called the "Death March".

April 9 is among the 11 regular holidays in Presidential Proclamation 831, the list of all holidays observed in the Philippines for 2015.

The Civil Service Commission on the other hand, mandates all government units and agencies to observe the event in a week long commemoration from April 5 to 11, 2015 in various forms.   These include enjoining activities of the Veterans and holding flag raising ceremonies; putting up of tarpaulins and info materials about the history of the event. 

According to Executive Order 203 of the Department of Labor and Employment, the following pay rules will apply on that day:

1. If it is an employee's regular workday
   • If unworked - 100%
   • If worked
     • 1st 8 hours - 200%
     • excess of 8 hours - plus 30% of hourly rate on said day
    
2. If it is an employee's rest day
• If unworked - 100%
• If worked
• 1st 8 hours - plus 30% of 200%
• excess of 8 hours - plus 30% of hourly rate on said day
• 
  The remaining Regular Holidays are :
  

  Labor Day	-	May 1
  Independence Day	-	June 12
  National Heroes Day	-	Last Sunday of August
  Bonifacio Day	-	November 30
  Eidul Fitr	-	Movable Date
  Christmas Day	-	December 25
  Rizal Day	-	December 30

Mga giya sa pag-biyahe og luwas karong bakasyon

Karong Semana Santa ug summer season, gipaabot nga daghang mga Pinoy ang mobakasyon sa ubang lugar.  

Sa infographic nga gipagawas gikan sa Philippine National Police (PNP) Police Community Relations Group, subli nilang gipahinumdoman ang mga motorista sa BLOWBAG checklist sa dili pa mobiyahe.

Battery: Alisdan ang baterya sa sakyanan matag ikaduhang tuig.

Light: Siguradohong mo-gana og maayo ang headlights, brake lights, signal light ug emergency light.

Oil: Magpa-change oil bisan usa  ka semana sa dili pa ang gitakdang biyahe. Mas maayong magdala og extra nga oil basin kalit kining kinahanglanon.

Water: Susihon ang water level ug tulo sa radiator. Mas maayong magdala usab og reserbang tubig sa biyahe basin kinahanglanon kini.

Brake: Ipasusi sa eksperto ang preno, ang brake pad ug fluid level. Mas maayo usab kung adunay extrang botelya sa brake fluid sa sakyanan basin kalit kining kinahanglanon.

Air: Gamit og tire air pressure gauge o ipasusi sa eksperto ang ligid. Ang dalang spare tire, mas maayong ipasusi usab ug siguradohong walay buslot o hungaw sa mga ligid.

Gas: Susiha kun mogana ang fuel gauge sa sakyanan. Kun kinahanglan nang magpakarga og gas, himuon na kini ug dili na mamasin nga sa sunod na nga gas station magpakarga. Magpa-gasolina na sa sakyanan sa dili pa mobiyahe. (ni Elvie Bongosia/PIA-Bohol)

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