Malacanang declares October 6 a regular holiday

Malacanang has declared October 6, Monday, a regular holiday, in observance of Eidul Adha.

In Proclamation 875, President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III noted the importance of Eidul Adha (Feast of Sacrifice), one of the two greatest feasts of Islam.

Malacanang’s declaration comes almost a week after Aquino submitted a draft law that details the peace deal between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

The proclamation said that the October 6 holiday was upon the recommendation of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) and that the festival date was based on Saudi Arabia’s highest religious body’s declaration.

The Islam feast celebrates the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his eldest son Ismail upon God’s orders.

Under the standing Department of Labor and Employment pay rules, if an employee is not working on regular holidays, he or she is still entitled to 100 percent of his or her regular daily rate, “provided he or she was present, or was on leave with pay on the workday immediately preceding the holiday.”

Meanwhile, if an employee works on a regular holiday that also falls on his or her rest day, he or she is entitled to 200 percent of the daily rate for the first eight hours and an additional 30 percent for additional hours.