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Palace: No holiday for BPO, electronics sectors on Sept. 7, 21


There will still be work on September 7 and 21 for workers in the business process outsourcing (BPO) and electronics sectors, Malacañang said Saturday. Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said this was due to the request of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), citing the “24/7" nature of the two sectors. “Last night we announced that September 7 and 21 will be nonworking holidays," Remonde said in Filipino over dzRB radio. "But the DTI asked to exempt the two industries so they are exempted from the nonworking holidays." On Friday, President Arroyo declared September 7 and 21 as non-working holidays. September 7 will be observed as a “national day of mourning" in honor of Iglesia ni Cristo’s executive minister Eraño "Ka Erdie" Manalo, who died last Monday. Mrs. Arroyo said flags in government offices will be flown at half-mast for the spiritual leader’s burial scheduled on September 7. The declaration of September 21 as a holiday is in observance of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. It (Sept. 21) coincidentally also marks the commemoration of the declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines 37 years ago. - GMANews.TV

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