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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; February 25 – EDSA Revolution Anniversary; March 20 – Maundy Thursday; March 21 – Good Friday; April 9 – Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) May 1 – Labor Day; June 12 – Independence Day ...
History. On July 25, 1987, President Corazon Aquino promulgated the Administrative Code of the Philippines. Chapter 7 of this code specified a list of ten nationwide regular holidays and two nationwide special days and provided that the President may proclaim any local special day for a particular date, group or place.
The EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary is dropped from the list of special non-working holidays. Regular holidays. January 1 – New Year's Day; March 28 – Maundy Thursday; March 29 – Good Friday; April 9 – Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) April 10 – Eid'l Fitr; May 1 – Labor Day; June 12 – Independence Day; June 17 – Eid ...
Wikinews has related news: Blasts kills 8, injures 126 at a mall in Manila, The Philippines. October 19 – An explosion at the Glorietta mall in Makati kills 11 and injures at over a hundred. [13] October 25 – Former President Joseph Estrada is pardoned and free from jail after his trial.
May 22 – The 2009 flu pandemic, which was an outbreak, enters the Philippines. June. June 22 – First death caused by H1N1 is confirmed in the Philippines and also first death in Asia. August. August 8 – Typhoon Morakot, locally known as Kiko, kills dozens of people, affected over 28,000 people in the Philippines. September
Pages in category "Public holidays in the Philippines". The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Evelio Javier Day. Lopez Jaena Day. Panay Liberation Day. Public holidays in the Philippines. Holiday economics.
Act No. 3827 by the Philippine Legislature enacted on October 28, 1931, designated every last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day. [5] However, Bonifacio Day established by virtue of Act No. 2946 of 1921 was also dedicated to anonymous Filipino heroes. [6] In practice, National Heroes Day celebrations were observed on the same day as ...
Christmas ( Filipino: Pasko; [pɐsˈkɔʔ]) [a] is one of the biggest holidays in the Philippines. As one of the two predominantly Catholic countries in Asia, the Philippines celebrates the world's longest Christmas season (Filipino: Kapaskuhan ); [1] [3] Christmas music is played as early as August. [4]