'Long weekend' bill to expand holiday economics, boost tourism
EXTRA TIME. Families would be able to spend more time together once the bill to amend the celebration of national holidays is amended. In anews releaseon Tuesday (Jan. 17, 2023), Senator Raffy Tulfo said he filed a bill that would move a holiday falling on a weekend to the following Monday.(PNA photo by Rico H. Borja) MANILA - A Senate bill proposes to expand the application of "holiday economics" to boost domestic tourism and make additional rest days more useful. Senate Bill 1651 filed by Senator Raffy Tulfo will amend Republic Act (RA) 9492, or the Act Rationalizing the Celebratio...