Non Working Holiday On September 10

In celebration of Ramadan, the end of the Muslims' holy month of fasting, Malacañang has declared September 10 as a non working holiday. 

President Noynoy Aquino III has signed Proclamation 26, declaring September 10 as a non-working holiday as Muslims celebrate the "Eid ul-Fitr," or the festivities for the end of Ramadan.


"Eid" is an Arabic word meaning "festivity" while "Fit.r" means "to purify." The holiday is thus a symbol of purification after completing the fasting month.

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. The Ramadan began on August 11 this year and will end on September 10

Philippine Information Agency Website Defaced

The Philippine Information Agency website (http://www.pia.gov.ph/)  was defaced by hackers displaying the Chinese Flag while playing a hip-hop song.

As of this time, Hongkong officials have not taken the responsibility of the incident. 

“We are alerting all government agencies to review and improve the security of their websites in view of the hacking of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) website this afternoon. Our two websites, president.gov.ph and gov.ph remain secure. We are adopting best practices to lessen the vulnerability of our websites to hacking and other cyber crimes.”

The defacement of PIA website is the not the first time of the Philippine government website has been defaced.  Other that have been defaced last year are from DOST, Philpost and Department of Health.