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		<title>Holiday Economics in the Philippines</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We celebrate holidays to commemorate an event or a person of special significance to the country. While the declaration of holidays is supposed to bring unity, it sometimes results to confusion in the workplace, even if unintended. Rationalizing national holidays Republic Act No. (“R.A.”) 9492 was passed in 2007, reflecting the practice of moving certain holidays to Monday. The practice, dubbed as “holiday economics”, was meant to benefit the economy, as people are expected to travel and spend more in vacations during the long weekends. R.A. 9492 was enacted to “rationalize” the celebration of national holidays in the Philippines. The new law makes the holidays “movable” to Mondays, except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. In the event the holiday falls on a Wednesday, the holiday will be observed on the Monday of the week. If the holiday falls on a Sunday, the holiday will be observed on the Monday that follows. Still, for movable holidays, the President is required to issue a Proclamation, at least six months prior to the holiday concerned, that the specific date that shall be declared as a nonworking day. We could surmise that the requirement of a Proclamation, at least six months prior to [...]]]></description>
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