President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed today Proclamation No. 2043 declaring May 3, 2010 as a regular holiday. The proclamation is in accordance to the holiday economics policy of the Arroyo administration, since May 1 (Labor Day) falls on a Saturday, the next Monday immediately following it will be a holiday.
Last year, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed Proclamation No. 1841 declaring the Philippine Holiday Schedule for 2010.
Police and operatives of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency raided a 25 hectare Marijuana plantation in Northern Luzon, this weed farmland is located Sitio Banga-banga along the border of Quezon town in Isabela and Tabuk, Kalinga.
Operation “Farmville” was a result of a month-long surveillance conducted by the PDEA and the cordillera police from a tip of residents in the area.
A Philippine Air Force plane crashed in a residential area in Cotobato City killing all 8 passengers and a civilian. The ill-fated Nomad plane crashed in at least 3 houses in Virgo Subdivision, Purok 7, Rosary Heights 9, Cotobato City minutes after taking off earlier today from the Awang Airport in Cotobato City.
Maj. Gen. Mario Butch Lacson, commander of the Air Force's 3rd Air Division was the highest-ranking official among the military fatalities.
Based on Proclamation no. 1841 (DECLARING THE REGULAR HOLIDAYS, SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAYS, AND SPECIAL HOLIDAY (FOR ALL SCHOOLS) FOR THE YEAR 2010) signed by the President, Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo on July 21, 2009, here is the schedule of holidays for the year 2010:
