Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE)
The day of the Barangay and SK Elections this year (October 30) has been declared a special nonworking holiday by the President.
The day of the Barangay and SK Elections this year (October 30) has been declared a special nonworking holiday by the President.
World Teachers' Day is an international day held annually on 5 October to celebrate the work of teachers. Established in 1994, it commemorates the signing of recommendation by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). (Wikipedia) In the Philippines, the National Teachers’ Month is celebrated from Sept. 5 to Oct. 5 pursuant to Proclamation 242 series of 2011. Republic Act 10743 signed in 2016 also declared the fifth day of October of every year as National Teachers’ Day. (Source: philstar.com)
Did you know? In 1895, Pope Leo XIII, acting on the petition of the clergy and members of the Diocese of Nueva Caceres, led by Arsenio del Campo, coursed through the Sacred Congregation of Rites, issued a rescript fixing the Feast day of Our Lady of Peñafrancia on the first Sunday of July and declaring the same as the principal patron of the city of Nueva Caceres dated June 4 and 10,on the same year. But in 1905, Pope Pius X, through a rescript dated April 8 of the same year, granted the wishes of the Catholics of Nueva Caceres…