It has now been announced that July 6, Wednesday, is a national holiday for observance of Eid’l Fitr.
This according to the tweets of Marlon Ramos of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
The announcement was made by Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) chief Martin Andanar.
Ramos tweeted:
JUST IN: Presidential Comms Sec Martin Andanar says July 6 a holiday for observance of Eid’l Fitr
— Marlon Ramos (@MRamosINQ) July 4, 2016
Draft for the Executive Order is in the works.
Andanar: Executive Sec Medialdea drafting exec order declaring July 6 a holiday
— Marlon Ramos (@MRamosINQ) July 4, 2016
EO will be released within the day to formalize the announcement.
Andanar says executive order will be released within the day
— Marlon Ramos (@MRamosINQ) July 4, 2016
Here’s a snippet of the Executive Order posted on Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines.
Full post here.
Eid al-Fitr or “festival of breaking fast” is an important religious celebration by the Muslim community worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan. It celebrates the end of the 29 or 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the entire month of Ramadan.
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