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Holidays and Long Weekends This December

Mark your calendars and prepare for the two long weekends this Christmas season. December 24 and 31 – both Fridays – have been declared as special non-working holidays by President Noynoy Aquino. Therefore, we have a long weekend starting Christmas eve (Dec. 24) until Monday (Dec. 27). Matutuwa mga procrastinators nito.

December 27 will be observed as a holiday under “Under Republic Act 9492” (holiday economics law), which states that National holidays are to be moved to the nearest Monday. The 30th of December is Rizal Day, the 27th is the closest Monday.

December 28, 29, and 30 are regular working days. Thus, Dec. 31 – Jan. 2 is another long weekend.

Manila 50 Years Ago

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Circa 1960′s. Manila was clean; not over-crowded; simple, yet elegant; Manilenyos were disciplined. In short, Manila was beautiful.

The following “Old Manila” photos and the original captions were forwarded by “a simple Pinoy overseas who loves his dear old Pilipinas… ” via emails, and we thought of sharing them with you, as a sort of tribute to our City and its residents during Manila Day. We had to scale down the photos since these are not our property.

First picture was before the ’60′s Old Manila. The environment was still very clean during that time. Based on the oldmobiles, Studebakers, Buicks & Pontiacs, I must have been about 10 years old at that time. 1953 Ford on the street going through Jones Bridge leading to Binondo…

Enjoy, and Happy Manila Day ….

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Pandacan!

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To all Pandaquenos out there, we wish you a Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year! May you enjoy the holy time with your family, relatives and friends! Miss ko na ang masayang holidays sa Pandacan!

July 27, 2009: No Classes Due to I.N.C., SONA

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Classes in all levels are suspended in National Capital Region (NCR) because of two national events: State of the Nation Address (SONA) and Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) Day celebration.

The government has anticipated heavy traffic coming from provinces due to the celebration of INC day; Meanwhile, some of the major streets/roads have been closed as a security measure for the SONA.

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