Friday, June 5, 2009
Philippines Senate Moves Lapu-Lapu Public Holiday Forward
Sources: Philippines Senate Press Release (Manila) and Philippines bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Philippines Senator, Richard J. Gordon (Independent), got approval for four measures of national significance, most particularly for his pet project embodied in SBN 3284, which would declare April 27 as a annual special non-working public holiday throughout the country to commemorate the victory of Lapu-Lapu and his men on April 17 1521.