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Holiday Date Number of days Remarks New Year's Day: 1 January 1 day - Independence Day: 4 January 1 day Marks independence from British Empire in 1948. Union Day: 12 February 1 day Anniversary of the Panglong Agreement in 1947. Peasants' Day: 2 March 1 day Commemorates the contribution of agriculture and farming to Myanmar. Full Moon Day of ...
On November 13, 2002, Republic Act No. 9177 declares Eidul Fitr as a regular holiday. [4] The EDSA Revolution Anniversary was proclaimed since 2002 as a special non-working holiday. [5] Note that in the list, holidays in bold are "regular holidays" and those in italics are "nationwide special days". January 1 – New Year's Day
Miss Universe Philippines (MUPH) is a beauty pageant and organization that selects the Philippines' official representative to Miss Universe—one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. The reigning Miss Universe Philippines is Chelsea Manalo of Bulacan , who was crowned on May 22, 2024, in Pasay , Philippines.
The United States began changing its nomenclature from "the Philippine Islands" to "the Philippines" in the Philippine Autonomy Act and the Jones Law. [23] The official title "Republic of the Philippines" was included in the 1935 constitution as the name of the future independent state, [24] and in all succeeding constitutional revisions. [25] [26]
On 16th March 2024, the Election Commission of India announced the schedule for the 2024 Indian general election, with Maharashtra scheduled to vote during the first five phases on 19, 26 April, 7, 13, and 20 May.
Presidential elections were held in Egypt in December 2023, as announced by the National Election Authority, [2] after speculation that the elections might be held earlier than expected. [3] Candidate registration was from 5–14 October 2023 and the election was held in Egypt from 10 to 12 December; [2] expatriates voted from 1–3 December. [4]
Chapter II, Section 3h of the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997 defines "indigenous peoples" (IPs) and "indigenous cultural communities" (ICCs) as: . A group of people or homogenous societies identified by self-ascription and ascription by others, who have continuously lived as organized community on communally bounded and defined territory, and who have, under claims of ownership since ...
In November 2021, protests broke out in Honiara near parliament. Sogavare's government withdrew Solomon Islands' recognition of Taiwan in 2019 and established diplomatic ties with China. The switch faced condemnation by the opposition and the provincial government of Malaita , which maintained de facto relations with Taipei, increasing tensions ...