{"id":12599,"date":"2025-03-21T06:53:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=12599"},"modified":"2025-03-21T06:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:54:00","slug":"april-1-declared-regular-holiday-for-observance-of-eidl-fitr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/april-1-declared-regular-holiday-for-observance-of-eidl-fitr\/","title":{"rendered":"APRIL 1 DECLARED REGULAR HOLIDAY FOR OBSERVANCE OF EID\u2019L FITR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday declared April 1, 2025 a regular holiday throughout the country in observance of Eid\u2019l Fitr or the Feast of Ramadan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The President signed Proclamation 839 following the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos\u2019 (NCMF) recommendation to declare the date a national holiday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Based on the proclamation, Marcos said it is necessary to declare April 1 a regular holiday \u201cto bring the religious and cultural significance of the Eid\u2019l Fitr to the fore of national consciousness.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>He said observance would also \u201callow the entire Filipino nation to join their Muslim brothers and sisters in peace and harmony in the observance and celebration of Eid\u2019l Fitr.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eid&#8217;l Fitr, one of the two most important Islamic celebrations, is observed by the Muslim community three days after the month-long Ramadan fasting.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The other important celebration, Eid al-Adha or the Feast of the Sacrifice, is celebrated on the 10th day of the last month of the Islamic calendar and commemorates the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son to God.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Muslim Filipinos comprise about six percent of the country\u2019s population.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday declared April 1, 2025 a regular holiday throughout the country in observance of Eid&rsquo;l Fitr or the Feast of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12601,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12599\/revisions\/12601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}