Aug. 21 - holiday ba?

[_Qwerty_]

holiday ba ang aug. 21?? last year it fell on a sunday.. but this year.. it's on a monday.. supposedly Ninoy Aquino Day? any HRs here?

[ghosthunter]

According to this:
http://www.gov.ph/faqs/holidays.asp

Nationwide Special Public Non-Working Holidays
Ninoy Aquino Day: August 21


So it should be a non-working holiday.

[1D4LV]

la pa announcement bro. lam mo naman si gloria pabigla-bigla yan.
tsaka depende sa intel report kung may nagbabalak ng anti-government rallies.

inho, pero the way things are now going between the aquinos and gma, tingin ko may pasok yan....

[_Qwerty_]

found it.. holiday nga..

Republic of the Philippines

Congress of the Philippines

Metro Manila

Twelfth Congress

Third Regular Session

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Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-eighth day of July, two thousand and three.

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9256]

AN ACT DECLARING AUGUST 21 OF EVERY YEAR AS NINOY AQUINO DAY, A SPECIAL NONWORKING HOLIDAY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1.Ninoy Aquino Day. – In order to commemorate the death anniversary of former Senator Benigno "Ninoy" S. Aquino, Jr., August twenty-one of every year is hereby declared as the Ninoy Aquino day which shall be a national nonworking holiday.

SEC. 2. Edsa Commission. – The EDSA Commission created pursuant to Executive Order NO. 82 (s. 1999) shall plan and implement appropriate ceremonies for the observance of the Ninoy Aquino Day.

SEC. 2. Funding. – The operations of the EDSA Commission shall be funded from the Budget of the Office of the President and from private donations. Funds accruing to and expenses made by the EDSA Commission shall be subject to the usual accounting rules and procedures.

SEC. 3. Repealing Clause. – All laws, presidential decrees, orders, issuances, rules and regulations and any part thereof inconsistent, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby amended or modified accordingly.

SEC. 4. Separability Clause. – if any provision of this Act is held unconstitutional or invalid, all other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid.

SEC. 6. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

(Sgd.)FRANKLIN M. DRILON (Sgd.)JOSE DE VENECIA JR.

President of the Senate Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which is a consolidation of Senate bill No. 2636 and House Bill No. 6240, was finally passed by the Senate and House of Representatives on November 19, 2003 and January 26, 2004, respectively.

(Sgd.)OSCAR G. YABES (Sgd.)ROBERTO P. NAZARENO

Secretary of the Senate Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: Feb 25 2004

(Sgd.)GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

President of the Philippines

[XTO]

bawas pogi points yan if not holiday

[1D4LV]

uy... that's good news... unless GMA overrides that law.... hehehehe. forward ko ito sa HR namin.... hehehehe.

[vhenok]

[size=2]As what our HR emailed to us late last year:
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[size=2]PHILIPPINE HOLIDAYS FOR 2006[/size]

[size=2]January 1, Sunday - New Year’s Day [/size]

[size=2]February 25, Saturday - 20th Anniversary of EDSA People Power Revolution[/size]

[size=2]April 9, Sunday - Araw ng Kagitingan/ Day of Valor[/size]

[size=2]April 13, Thursday - Maundy Thursday[/size]

[size=2]April 14, Friday - Good Friday[/size]

[size=2]April 15, Saturday - Black Saturday[/size]

[size=2]May 1, Monday - Labor Day [/size]

[size=2]June 12, Monday - Philippine Independence Day [/size]

[size=2]August 21, Monday - Ninoy Aquino Day (Republic Act 9256)[/size]

[size=2]August 27, Sunday - National Heroes Day (Last Sunday of August)[/size]

[size=2]November 1, Wednesday All Saints Day[/size]

[size=2]November 30, Thursday - Bonifacio Day [/size]

[size=2]October 24, Tuesday - Eidul Fitr/ End of Ramadhan (Republic Act 9177)[/size]

[size=2]December 25, Monday - Christmas Day[/size]

[size=2]December 30, Saturday - Rizal Day[/size]

[size=2]December 31, Sunday - Last Day of the Year[/size]




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[johnart]

yipee

[zero]

may memo na rin sa BPI, wala rin silang pasok sa Aug. 21 (holiday na nga daw).

[j_avonni]

Baka ideclare ni GMA na hindi na holiday dahil kaaway nya si Cory ngayon.

[asterix]

sana nga ala pasok... para long weekend

[nicolodeon]

AFAIK, non-working holiday yan.

[NazQ]

wahoo!! hmm.. ano kaya magawa sa long weekend?

[badsekktor]

yes! makakabawi na rin ng tulog

[jasprit]

yahoo. sana wala ngang pasok ng mapa ayus na soundz

[Isuzoom]

bakit kaninong berday?