Did the Philippines President declare 22 December as a special working half day? Read the Fact Check

A document is going viral on social media in which it is mentioned that the Philippines President has declared 22 December 2023 as a special half working day throughout the country. The document is getting shared by many users on Facebook.

The claim made by the users

A Facebook user named CoachJoseph Advincula shared the document and wrote “Presidential Proclamation no.427 Declaring December 22 Friday as special half working day”.

Another user also shared the document while making a similar claim.

Fact Check

To investigate the truth behind the viral document DFRAC team searched the official facebook account of the ‘Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines’ where we discovered a statement mentioning : “ATTENTION: The document circulating as Proclamation No. 427, declaring Friday, 22 December 2023, as a special (half-working) day throughout the Philippines under the signature of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., is false. It has been edited to appear as an official government declaration, but it lacks any official status or authentication”.

Moreover, on reverse-searching the documents we found some media reports from The Filipino Times and cnnphilippines.com which stated, “The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) has denied the circulating proclamation allegedly signed by President Bongbong Marcos declaring December 22 as a special half-working holiday”.

Conclusion

Henceforth, it is clear from the DFRAC’s fact check that the claim made by social media users is fake. The Presidential Communication Office has denied the news.