WHEREAS, Eidl' Adha is one of the two greatest feasts of Islam;

WHEREAS, Eidl' Adha falls on November 27-28, 2009;

WHEREAS, the great feasts of the Crhistian Church such as Christmas Day, Easter Sunday, and All Saints' Day are national holidays;

WHEREAS, to guide our search for peace, one principle is that our society is a multi-ethnic one which should be founded on social justice for all and the institutionalized accomodation of ethnic traditions. Chrsitian and Muslim are but a few of names to which the Filipino responds, in a wondrous testimony to our rich and varied heritage as a nation.

NOW THEREFORE I, GLORIA M. ARROYO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare November 27-28, 2009, Friday and Saturday respectively, as national holidays.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunder set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippine to be affixed.

DONE on Easter Sunday, this 12th day of April, in the Year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Nine.


GLORIA M. ARROYO (signed)

By the President:

EDUARDO R. ERMITA (signed)
Executive Secretary

(Note:  See computation of holiday pay for Eid'l Adha here.)