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ayan ha, February 25, 2008 (Monday) is a Special (Non-Working) Day na talaga.

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PGMA issues Proclamation No. 1463 setting the dates of 2008 regular and special holidays
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2008  |  PEOPLE, CULTURE & ARTS


President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has issued Proclamation No. 1463 setting the specific dates of movable holidays as mandated by Republic Act No. 9492 which rationalized the celebration of the country’s holidays.

President Arroyo signed the proclamation on Feb. 18, the day she declared Feb. 25, 2008 (Monday) as a Special (Non-Working) Day nationwide to mark the 22nd anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution.

R.A. 9492 provides that holidays, except those which are religious in nature, are moved to the nearest Monday unless otherwise modified by law, order or proclamation.

This year, the following regular holidays shall fall on the following dates:

• Maundy Thursday (March 20, Thursday);
• Good Friday (March 21, Friday);
• Araw ng Kagitingan (April 7, Monday nearest April 9);
• Labor Day (May 1, Thursday);
• Independence Day (June 9, Monday nearest June 12);
• National Heroes’ Day (Aug. 25, last Monday of August);
• Bonifacio Day (Dec. 1, Monday nearest Nov. 30);
• Christmas Day (Dec. 25, Thursday); and
• Rizal Day (Dec. 30, Tuesday).

Meanwhile, the Special (Non-Working) Holidays for 2008 shall fall on the following dates:

• Ninoy Aquino Day (Aug.18, Monday nearest Aug. 21);
• All Saints’ Day (Nov. 1, Saturday);
• Additional Special (Non-Working) Day (Dec. 26, Friday);
• Additional Special (Non-Working) Day (Dec. 29, Monday); and the
• Last day of the year (Dec. 31, Wednesday).

As for the Muslims’ observance of Eidul Fitr, President Arroyo ordered the Office of Muslim Affairs (OMA) to inform the Office of the President (OP) “on which day the said holiday shall fall.”

The President said another proclamation shall be issued declaring the Eidul Fitr date as a national holiday for Muslims “after the appropriate date of the Islamic holiday has been determined in accordance with the Islamic calendar (Hijra) or the lunar calendar, or upon Islamic astronomical calculations, whichever is possible or convenient.”

The President tasked the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to promulgate the implementing guidelines for Proclamation 1463.

source: http://www.gov.ph/news/?i=20147

Holidays 2008

(rf. RA 9492 and Proclamation Nos. 1462 & 1463)

Long Weekends for 2008

1.      February 23 to 25 (Saturday to Monday): due to commemoration of EDSA I

2.      March 20 – 23 (Thursday to Sunday): due to Holy Week

3.      April 5 to 7 (Saturday to Monday): due to Araw ng Kagitingan

4.      May 1 to 4 (Thursday to Sunday): due to Labor Day. Take a leave on May 2 (Friday) J

5.      June 7 to 9 (Saturday to Monday): due to Independence Day

6.      August 16 to 18: (Saturday to Monday): due to Ninoy Aquino Day

7.      August 23 to 25 (Saturday to Monday): due to National Heroes Day

8.      November 29 to December 1 (Saturday to Monday): due to Bonifacio Day

9.      December 25 to January 4 (Thursday to Sunday): due to Christmas, Rizal Day, Last day of the year, and New Year 2009. Take a leave on January 2 (Friday). J

Lola Bets’ Birthday.

( Lola carrying moi many, many years ago :p )

Feb. 25 a working holiday–Palace

INQUIRER.net
First Posted 14:57:00 02/13/2008

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang has declared February 25, the 22nd anniversary of the 1986 People Power uprising that restored democracy in the country, as a working holiday.

"February 25 is a working holiday," Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita told his weekly news conference at the Palace on Wednesday.

Joel Guinto

source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080213-118593/Feb-25-a-working-holiday–Palace

sooooo sad!  sayang, rovilson doesn’t know his flags (forgivable ‘coz i don’t either. haha).  pero he and marc were at that roadblock way ahead of the other two teams na eh.  shucks.

oh well, they won many prizes along the way na naman. 

with the conclusion of TARA2, American Idol na lang to watch.  buti na lang tapos na strike ng scriptwriters sa Hollywood and we can expect the continuation of Heroes and How I Met Your Mom na. Wheeee!

Don’t let the smile fool you; I really don’t like our uniforms!  The smile is because my co-legal staff are "game" with my two days photo-ops-ing.

I know, I am not in any sense a fashionista; but I know naman most of the time what looks better on me. These two sets of uniform aren’t the very least in the latter category!  They really make me look old and veeery government-ish.  Kris  joked for me not to wear either when we’re together, lest people will mistake me as his mother!

Despite the alterations (think, crotch area being way toooo low; loose waist for pants, too tight naman for the skirts; loose/flare-y sides of blouses), ill-fitting pa rin sa akin. Pants are now very loose hipsters with still some problems in the crotch area, green blouses are still loose, grey blouses are kinda tight). Top it all, the cloth aren’t absorbing cotton. Heck, the green pants are quite itchy, the grey blouses are too thick and heavy, the green blouses are phlegmatic in color, and the  skirts are very thin (no lining even!  Kris forbids me to wear them without any slip).

The two days, I change into a shirt before I leave the office so I can walk to where I park the car with some dignity.  Julia even volunteered to lend me a shirt for my bank errand today so I won’t be in complete uniform when i face people eh — her lending me a shirt without me asking says a lot on how she sees me in the phlegmatic uniform!

Mildz is very much affected as well…even considering of resigning because she refuses to be a "prisoner" of these uniforms.

Some are happy/content naman with them.

So, nagpapaka-maarte lang ba kami?

Hay, sige, maarte kung maarte. Pero, I swear, these uniforms are putting me in foul mood talaga — uncomfy and really quite ugly for me eh.

mondays-and-wednesdays blues

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