October 26 is Holiday!

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October 26, 2012 (Friday) was declared as Regular non-working Holiday for the celebration of
Eid al-Adha "Festival of Sacrifice" or "Greater Eid", an Islamic festival to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim (also known as Abraham) to follow Allah's (God's) command to sacrifice his son Ishmael as an act of obedience to God.

Eid al-Adha (Id ul-Adha) is a four-day Islamic festival starting on the 10th day of the month of Dhul Hijja (Thou al-Hijja) of the Islamic calendar.  This day come approximately 70 days after the end of the month of Ramadan.

This year Eid al-Adha begins in the evening of Thursday, 25 October 2012, and ends in the evening of Friday, 26 October 2012.

For reference click this link: October 26 and Dole

Enjoy!

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Holidays for 2012: Philippines

Finally, Malacañang announced the list of Holidays for 2012 under Proclamation No.295.  Though it was announced a little bit late compared to the past years, it’ll still gives us plenty of time to plan our travels....Time to look for low fares. :)

We have six (6) weekends for 2012 so far.  Wishing that  Eid'l Fitr and Eidul Adha will be either a Friday or a Monday. Wow!(updated)

A. Regular Holidays
New Year’s Day Maundy Thursday Good Friday Araw ng Kagitingan		January 1 (Sunday) April 5 April 6 April 9 (Monday)
Labor Day Independence Day Eid'l Fitr National Heroes Day Bonifacio Day Christmas Day Rizal Day		May 1 (Tuesday) June 12 (Tuesday) August 20 (Monday) August 27 (Last Monday of August) November 30 (Friday) December 25 (Tuesday) December 30 (Sunday)
B. Special (Non-Working) Days
Chinese New Year Ninoy Aquino Day Eidul Adha All Saints Day Additional special (non-working) day Last Day of the Year		January 23 (Monday) August 21 (Tuesday) October 26 (Friday) November 1 (Thursday) November 2 (Friday) December 31 (Monday
C. Special Holiday (for all schools)
EDSA Revolution Anniversary		February 25 (Saturday)

Best Long Weekends are: 
Chinese New Year -January 21-23, 2012 
Holy Week and Araw ng Kagitingan-April 28-29 
Eid-al-Fitr and Ninoy Aquino Day- August 18-21, 2012 
National Heroes Day- August 25-27, 2012 
Eid-al-Adha- October 26-28, 2012 
All Saints’ Day- November 1-4 
Bonifacio Day-November 30-Dec 2 
New Year- December 29-Jan 1 

Below is the link where you can download the original copy of the proclamation : Holidays for 2012

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