Written by Bert Dalida
There
is no work at public offices in the town of Malay and Boracay on Tuesday,
February 11.
Public
and private schools also do not have classes, and even banks here are closed.
The
day is a special non-working public holiday for the 28th year
anniversary of the slaying of Antique Governor Evilio Javier.
Javier
was an opposition leader during the leadership of former president Ferdinand
Marcos and was killed on February 11, 1986 by alleged allies of the said
president.
It
is being said that the slaying of Javier was one of the fuse of the February
22, 1986 People Power Revolution.
By
virtue of Republic Act No. 7601 February 11 of every year in the provinces of
Antique, Capiz, Aklan and Iloilo are declared as special non-working public
holiday as a commemoration of “Evilio Javier Day.”
Operation
of the mentioned offices and agencies will return to normal on Wednesday
February 12.
Translated/Edited
by Rodel J. Abalus
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