PHILIPPINES: "Proclamation No. 26" (Red Flag alert!)

Official Gazette ^ | BENIGNO S. AQUINO III

[pillut48]

Proclamation No. 26

MALACAŇAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 26

DECLARING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 AS A REGULAR HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN OBSERVANCE OF EID’L FITR (FEAST OF RAMADHAN)

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 9177 declared Eid’l Fitr (Feast of Ramadhan) as a regular holiday throughout the country;

WHEREAS, Eid’l Fitr is celebrated by the Muslim World for three (3) days after the end of the month of fasting;

WHEREAS, the main date for the celebration of Eid’l Fitr for the year 2010 has been determined to fall on Friday, September 10, 2010;

WHEREAS, to promote cultural understanding and integration, the entire Filipino nation should have full opportunity to join their Muslim brother and sisters in the observance and celebration of Eid’l Fitr;

WHEREAS, in order to bring the religious and cultural significance of the Eid’l Fitr to the fore of national consciousness, it is necessary to declare Friday, September 10, 2010 as a regular holiday throughout the country.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virture of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Friday, September 10, 2010 as a regular holiday throughout the country.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Ten.

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III

By the President: (Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.

Executive Secretary

[pillut48]

WHEREAS, to promote cultural understanding and integration, the entire Filipino nation should have full opportunity to join their Muslim brother and sisters in the observance and celebration of Eid’l Fitr;

WHEREAS, in order to bring the religious and cultural significance of the Eid’l Fitr to the fore of national consciousness, it is necessary to declare Friday, September 10, 2010 as a regular holiday throughout the country.
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I just ran across this little tidbit on Twitter:
govph: Proclamation No. 26, declaring September 10, 2010 a regular holiday throughout the country in observance of Eid’l Fitr http://bit.ly/9bBvET

Anybody else have any red flags go up?? Like, a whole bunch of red flags??? :-O

[2ndDivisionVet]

Why would a 95% Catholic country do that? Did some Obama advisors land there?

[Williams]

They have nothing but trouble with muslims there. Outright warfare, terrorism. This has gone on for years.

[Psalm 144]

40+ years ago and more the “Moros” - Filipino Moslems - would periodically go berserk and slaughter Catholic Malays until they themselves were killed. Still, there were not that many of them and IIRC they were based on Mindinao rather than Luzon.

This is indeed a major red flag. My guess would be Moslem oil money bought some Filipino politician(s).

[cmj328]

Hmmm, I would think July 25 (Feast Day of St. James the Apostle and Moor-Slayer, patron of Spain) would be a holiday before Eid Al Fitr.

However, I see this custom was started in 2002.

[AlexW]

Funny...In the two years that I have been here, I have yet to see a Muslim. There are probably more in Detroit then in all of the Philippines.
I am quite surprised to see that the new president even bothers to mention them. I guess it is just a PC thing to appease the few on Jolo Island.

[bronxville]

Yes, the UN and NGO’s started their package deal lined with youth lectures, contraceptives etc. They also brought a wad of USAID dollars with them. They’ve been doing it for decades - it was the Philipines turn last year.

[bronxville]

PS: Their goal in to deChristianize the globe especially the CC who is a major obstacle in their journey towards global marxism.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

I’m caught more by the fact that Ramadan ends on Friday, September 10th?

Does this portent of something on 9/11 this year?

Of course, Friday in P.I. is actually Thursday in U.S., so that would bring a work day into play in our country.

if not, “never mind.”

[presently no screen name]

Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Ten.

How weird is that following a declaration of a Muslim holiday?

[historyrepeatz]

If I went to the Philippines, I probably wouldn’t see any Muslims either, because my head would be separated from my body.

[AlexW]

“If I went to the Philippines, I probably wouldn’t see any Muslims either, because my head would be separated from my body.”

Hardly so...
As I said, there are some here and I am surprised that there are not more, considering our proximity to Malaysia and Indonesia, but the Spanish colonization instilled a very strong Catholic faith here.
Most every small town has a very old and very massive Catholic church that holds thousands.
The one in my small town will be 300 years old in February.

http://cebuheritage.com/heritage-of-cebu/old-churches/san-guillermo-el-hermitano-dalaguete-church-cebu/

There are only a few remote areas of the Philippines where Muslims present any trouble. Keep in mind, this is a country of 7107 islands.

[montanajoe]

I take it you don't spend any time in Samar Leyte or Mindanao.

[Doofer]

Funny...In the two years that I have been here, I have yet to see a Muslim.

I've been here 8 years and see them everyday here in Cebu.

[AlexW]

“I’ve been here 8 years and see them everyday here in Cebu.”

In the big city, I am sure you do, but I do not live in the city, and even when I go there on business, I have yet to notice one, but I frequent only 3 or 4 places when I have to go.
One can find Muslims everywhere in the world, but people who single out the Philippines as being dangerous because
of the Muzies, have their heads on backwards.

[montanajoe]

“but people who single out the Philippines as being dangerous because of the Muzies, have their heads on backwards.”

That's true there are plenty of things that can kill you in the PI but I really like it there anyway..

[Hardraade]

MILF,MNLF and Royalsulu. Big, big mess.

http://www.royalsulu.com/

[mosesdapoet]

Sept 10th national Philippine holiday. If I’m not mistaken Ramadan is a moveable feast like Easter,all based on the jewish lunar calander observance of Passover.

[dagogo redux]

“40+ years ago and more the “Moros” - Filipino Moslems - would periodically go berserk and slaughter Catholic Malays until they themselves were killed. Still, there were not that many of them and IIRC they were based on Mindinao rather than Luzon.”

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We have the crazy Moros to thank for the 1911, designed by St. Browning when lesser caliber pistols were deemed ineffective.

Yes, the mudslimes are mostly down in Mindanao. My wife's family has lost three men fighting them in the past few decades, to add to three other relatives lost to the Communist People's Liberation Army encamped up in hills behind her mother's house in Bicol Province on the Luzon isthmus. Anyway, I could go on and on, but you get the picture.

[Psalm 144]

We have the crazy Moros to thank for the 1911, designed by St. Browning when lesser caliber pistols were deemed ineffective.

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Well, they did serve one very fine and worthwhile purpose then.

Is the Communist People’s Liberation Army the same as the Huks? They were a pestilence in the ‘60s.

My condolences to your wife for the loss of her kin. I see the PI has remained a violent place.