#walangpasok All levels #walangofis #walangopisina Sept 12 Eid’l Adha #holiday
From inquirer.net : “xxx President Rodrigo Duterte declared September 12, Monday, a holiday in observance of Eid’l Adha. “The declaration was contained in proclamation 56 yesterday, which notes that the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos recommended that the observance of the Islamic holiday be on September 12. “Eid’l Adha is a tenth day in the month of Hajj or Islamic Pilgrimage to Mecca wherein Muslims pay homage to Abraham’s supreme act of sacrifice and signifies mankind’s obedience to God.
“Under Republic Act 9849, Eid’l Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice shall be a national holiday.”
#walangpasok : Published only yesterday (Thursday) in the Official Gazette, Presidential Proclamation 1039 dated May 26, 2015 from Malacañang makes June 19 today, the 154th birth anniversary of Jose Rizal, a special non-working holiday in Laguna, birthplace of the national hero.
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(poetry-reading and translation series here, audio on manual play in this post; on auto-play in the widgets)
To the Flowers of Heidelberg by Jose Rizal
poem Jose Rizal, music True Faith, strings Ziv Astronomo
Untitled last poem by Jose Rizal, popularly called Mi Ultimo Adios, or Farewell (literally, “My Final Farewell”). Music Joey Ayala, arranged by Ron Quesada
