{"id":142835,"date":"2017-12-29T03:50:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T08:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=142835"},"modified":"2025-01-17T10:39:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T15:39:49","slug":"duterte-signs-law-declaring-dec-8-national-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/29\/duterte-signs-law-declaring-dec-8-national-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte signs law declaring Dec. 8 national holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_140324\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140324\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/senators-foi-signed-rodrigo-duterte.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-140324\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/senators-foi-signed-rodrigo-duterte.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: Duterte expressed gratitude to lawmakers and to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) headed by Secretary Benjamin Diokno for a budget that is \u201cpro-people, pro-investment, pro-growth, and pro-development.\u201d (Presidential Photographers Division\/Karl Alonzo)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/senators-foi-signed-rodrigo-duterte.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/senators-foi-signed-rodrigo-duterte-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-140324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Duterte expressed gratitude to lawmakers and to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) headed by Secretary Benjamin Diokno for a budget that is \u201cpro-people, pro-investment, pro-growth, and pro-development.\u201d (Presidential Photographers Division\/Karl Alonzo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong> \u2014 President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the bill declaring December 8 or the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary as a special non-working holiday to be observed in the entire country.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, authored by Ilocos Norte Representative Rodolfo Fari\u00f1as, was approved on third and final reading by the House of Representatives last November.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy prednisolone online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hillcresthearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/prednisolone.html\">https:\/\/www.hillcresthearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/prednisolone.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In the Philippines, the Catholic Church considers the Feast of Immaculate Conception of Mary as a day of obligation.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy symbicort online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hillcresthearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/symbicort.html\">https:\/\/www.hillcresthearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/symbicort.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Under Republic Act No. 10966, December 8 will be added to the many holidays and special non-working days the country has in a year.<\/p>\n<p>Pres. 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