Philippines Declares School Holiday For EDSA 1

Sources: The Philippine Star (Manila) and Philippines public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (PGMA) signed Proclamation 1728 declaring Monday, February 23, 2009, as a special holiday for all public and private schools in observance of the 23rd anniversary of the 1986 people power revolution (EDSA 1).