Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — Malacañan has announced that Monday next week, July 27, the day of the president’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), is a special national working holiday.
In a Twitter post on Monday (July 20), Malacañan said that classes and work will not be suspended.
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July 27 of every year was declared a special national WORKING HOLIDAY back in 2009: http://t.co/3s2D7ky6L1 pic.twitter.com/AhZGVmN7YO
— Official Gazette PH (@govph) July 14, 2015
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The announcement was in line with Republic Act 9645, enacted in 2008, which declared July 27 as a special national working holiday in recognition of the founding anniversary of the Iglesia ni Cristo.
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