“An announcement posted on the Official Gazette said Feb. 24 was declared as a special non working day in lieu of Feb. 25, a Saturday. The Department of Labor and Employment Bureau of Working Conditions also said Proclamation No. 167 "just moved the special non-working day from Feb. 25" and, therefore, Feb. 25 is "an ordinary working day.”
What Vera Files found
Proclamation No. 167 declares Feb. 24, 2023. (Friday) as a special (non-working) day to mark the 37th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution so the public can enjoy a longer weekend. It does not explicitly amend previous issuances declaring Feb. 25 as a special (non-working) day. An archived version of the Official Gazette also marks Feb. 25 as a special non-working day, based on Proclamation No. 90 issued in November 2022, stating that the principle of holiday economics is to have a...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Official Gazette of the Philippines made this claim around 23 February 2023. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 24 February 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “Flip-flop”.
Where the claim appeared
- mirror.officialgazette.gov.phhttps://mirror.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2023/02feb/20230223-PROC-167-FRM.pdf
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