PROCLAMATION NO. 1189, July 15, 2021

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 1189, July 15, 2021 ]

DECLARAING TUESDAY, 20 JULY 2021, A REGULAR HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, IN OBSERVANCE OF EID'L ADHA (FEAST OF SACRIFICE)

WHEREAS, Eid'l Adha or Feast of Sacrifice is one of the two greatest feasts of Islam;

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 9849 provides that Eid'I Adha shall be observed as a regular holiday;

WHEREAS, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos has recommended that 20 July 2021, Tuesday, be declared a national holiday, in observance of Eid'l Adha; and

WHEREAS, the observance of Eid'l Adha shall be subject to existing community quarantine and social distancing measures;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Tuesday, 20 July 2021, a regular holiday throughout the country, in observance of Eid'l Adha.

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

Done in the City of Manila, this 15th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty One.

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE

By the President:

(SGD.) SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA Executive Secretary