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Aug. 11 a non-working day in Samar

Ricky Bautista - The Philippine Star

CATBALOGAN CITY, Philippines - – President Aquino has declared Aug. 11 a special non-working day in Samar which is marking its founding anniversary. 

On Aug. 11, 1841, Queen Isabela II of Spain declared Samar a province.

Malacañang also declared Aug. 5 a special working day in Northern, Eastern and Western Samar as the three provinces mark the 124th birth anniversary of Jose Avelino, a former Senate president dubbed as the “father” of the Philippine Workmen’s Compensation Law.            

COMPENSATION LAW

EASTERN AND WESTERN SAMAR

JOSE AVELINO

MALACA

ON AUG

PHILIPPINE WORKMEN

PRESIDENT AQUINO

QUEEN ISABELA

SAMAR

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