R.A. 9492 – Philippines 2009 Holiday
Last Updated on Thursday, 8 January 2009 02:19 Written by DarkBlak Thursday, 8 January 2009 02:19
SECTION 1. Section 26, Chapter 7, Book I of Executive Order No. 292, as amended, otherwise known as the Administrative Code of 1987, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 26, Regular Holidays and Nationwide Special Days. – (1) Unless otherwise modified by law, and or proclamation, the following regular holidays and special days shall be observed in the country:
Maundy Thursday   – Movable date
Good Friday   – Movable date
Eidul Fitr   – Movable date
Araw ng Kagitingan – Monday nearest April 9
(Bataaan and Corregidor Day)
Labor Day – Monday nearest May 1
Independence Day   – Monday nearest June 12
National Heroes Day – Last Monday of August
Bonifacio Day – Monday nearest November 30
Christmas Day – December 25
Rizal Day – Monday nearest December 30
All Saints Day   – November 1
Last Day of the Year – December 31
Provided, That for movable holidays, the President shall issue a proclamation, at least six months prior to the holiday concerned, the specific date that shall be declared as a nonworking day:
Provided, however, The Eidul Adha shall be celebrated as a regional holiday in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.”
SEC. 2. All laws, orders, presidential issuances, rules and regulations or part thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its publication in at least two newspapers of general circulation.
Oldest Christmas Card
Last Updated on Monday, 20 December 2010 05:54 Written by DarkBlak Sunday, 23 December 2007 07:40
Oldest Christmas Card
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You
What is believed to be one of the first mass-produced Christmas cards — dating back more than 160 years — can be found among the extensive special collections of Bridwell Library at Southern Methodist University’s Perkins School of Theology.
The lithographed card caused a controversy in some quarters of Victorian English society when it was published in 1843 because it prominently features a child taking a sip from a glass of wine.
Approximately 1,000 copies of the card were printed but only 10 have survived to modern times. Bridwell Library acquired its copy in 1982. The card was designed for Henry Cole by his friend, the English painter John Calcott Horsley (1808-1882). Cole wanted a ready-to-mail greeting card because he was too busy to engage in the traditional English custom of writing notes with Christmas and New Year’s greetings to friends and family.
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