March 11 not a holiday, says Official Gazette

March 11 not a holiday, says Official Gazette

By: - Reporter / @JMangaluzINQ
/ 09:56 PM March 07, 2024

MANILA, Philippines — A Palace proclamation circulating online that claims March 11 is a holiday is “fake news,” said the Palace on Thursday.

The fake document alleged that March 11 is a holiday for the Muslim holiday Eid’l Fitr.

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“The circulating document labeled “Proclamation No. 729,’ which purportedly declares Monday, March 11, 2024, as a nationwide regular holiday in celebration of Eid’l Fitr, is spurious,” said the Official Gazette on its Facebook.

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“It is a tampered version of Proclamation No. 729, s. 2019, issued by then Executive Secretary Medialdea during the previous administration,” it added.

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READ: ‘Fake’ holiday proclamation spreads online; Palace aide sorry

The Palace has yet to declare a holiday for Eid’l Fitr.

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