[Merged:] Long vacation ahead for 2005 calendar: PROCLAMATION NO. 839

[kimpOy]

eto na naman tayo...

[mazdamazda]

well, I'll be using my VLs for Nov 2 & 4. imagine that... a 9 day rest! woot!

[woodfire]

For us in business, a lot of holidays eats up on productivity and competitiveness!

[zero]

Palace issues proclamation on holidays [/B]

First posted 02:03pm (Mla time) Sept 09, 2005
By Christine Avendaño
Inquirer News Service

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has signed Proclamation No. 839 declaring Oct. 31 and Dec. 26 this year as special, non-working days, Nov. 28 as a non-working holiday, and Nov. 30 as a working day, Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said.

Oct. 31, which falls on a Monday, comes before a regular holiday, Nov. 1, All Saint’s Day.

Dec. 26, which falls on a Monday, comes after another regular holiday, Dec. 25, Christmas.

Nov. 28 falls on a Monday while Nov. 30, Bonifacio Day, falls on a Wednesday. Malacañang apparently made the 30th, traditionally a national holiday, a working day and made the 28th the non-working holiday in line with Arroyo’s “holiday economics” policy, which merges holidays with weekends to to create longer break and encourage domestic tourism.

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dito lang ako pabor kay PGMA.
doctorate in economics yata yan!