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Duterte inaugural on June 30 not a holiday—Malacañang

/ 01:26 PM June 29, 2016

President Elect Rodrigo Duterte. TONEE DESPOJO/INQUIRER PHOTO

President-elect Rodrigo Duterte.
TONEE DESPOJO/INQUIRER PHOTO

Malacañang on Wednesday clarified that June 30, which marks the first day of Rodrigo Duterte as 16th President of the Philippines, is not considered a holiday.

“June 30, 2016 is a regular working day,” Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. told media, citing a message from Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa.

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Duterte will be sworn in at the Malacañang Palace on Thursday morning. He will replace President Benigno Aquino III.

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READ: Duterte in Manila on Wednesday night for inauguration 


In 2010, former president and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared June 30, 2010, the day of Aquino’s inauguration, a special non-working holiday. CDG

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