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Malacañang to declare May 3 a regular holiday for Eid'l Fitr

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Filipino Muslims rest after attending the afternoon prayers at the Manila Golden Mosque in Quiapo, Manila on April 2, 2022, as they prepare for the month-long Ramadan. The Bangsamoro mufti declared that the start of fasting for the holy month will begin on Sunday, April 3 based on the result of the lunar sighting. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/file" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/05/01/20220402-manila-golden-mosque-ramadan-gc-8.jpg"/><figcaption>Filipino Muslims rest after attending the afternoon prayers at the Manila Golden Mosque in Quiapo, Manila on April 2, 2022, as they prepare for the month-long Ramadan. The Bangsamoro mufti declared that the start of fasting for the holy month will begin on Sunday, April 3 based on the result of the lunar sighting. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Malacañang will be declaring Tuesday, May 3, a regular holiday in observance of the Eid‘l Fitr, the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, according to Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Sunday.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">JUST IN: Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea says Malacanang to declare May 3, 2022 a national holiday in celebration of Eid’l-Fitr</p>— Pia Gutierrez (@pia_gutierrez) <a href="https://twitter.com/pia_gutierrez/status/1520770028416954369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos earlier requested President Rodrigo Duterte to declare May 3, 2022 a national holiday in celebration of Eid’l-Fitr.</p><p>It marks the end of the holy month of fasting for Muslims. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/01/22/ramadan-in-ph-starts-april-3">Bangsamoro mufti declares April 3 as start of Ramadan</a></li></ul><p>The Office of the Bangsamoro Mufti on Sunday declared the Eid&#x27;L-Fitr will be on May 2.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">JUST IN: Bangsamoro Mufti announces that May 2 is Eid&#x27;l Fitr | via <a href="https://twitter.com/erikreports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@erikreports</a> <a href="https://t.co/NQADCqSnAi">pic.twitter.com/NQADCqSnAi</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1520733190977036289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/05/01/22/saudi-says-eid-al-fitr-to-start-monday">Saudi says Eid al-Fitr to start Monday</a></li></ul><p>Muslims make up around 6 percent of the Philippines&#x27; over 100 million population, where 8 in 10 are Catholics, according to government data.</p><div><strong>- with a report from Pia Gutierrez</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1981411" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div> </div>

Malacañang will be declaring Tuesday, May 3, a regular holiday in observance of the Eid‘l Fitr, according to Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Sunday.