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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.
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; April 1 – Maundy Thursday; April 2 – Good Friday; April 9 – Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) May 1 – Labor Day; June 12 – Independence Day ...
Holiday economics refers to the policy in the Philippines introduced by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to move the observance of certain public holidays to the nearest weekend.
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; April 9. Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) Maundy Thursday; April 10 – Good Friday; May 1 – Labor Day; June 12 – Independence Day; August 21 – Ninoy ...
Philippines: 18 18 Poland: 13 13 Portugal: 13 15 depending on the region Romania: 15 15 Russia: 14 14 Rwanda: 14 14 Saint Lucia: 12 12 Serbia: 13 13 Singapore: 11 11 Slovakia: 15 15 Slovenia: 14 14 South Africa: 12 12 South Korea: 14 14 Spain: 12 13 depending on autonomous community Sri Lanka: 25 25 Sweden: 12 12
Next time. April 9, 2025. ( 2025-04-09) Frequency. Annual. First time. April 9, 1961 (as Philippine holiday) The Day of Valor, officially known as Araw ng Kagitingan, is a national observance in the Philippines which commemorates the fall of Bataan to Japanese troops during World War II.
Frequency. annual. Bonifacio Day is a national holiday in the Philippines, commemorating Andrés Bonifacio, one of the country's national heroes. He was the founder and eventual Supremo of the Katipunan, a secret society that triggered the Philippine Revolution of 1896 against the Spanish Empire.
Annual. First time. 2004. Ninoy Aquino Day is a national non-working holiday in the Philippines observed annually on August 21 commemorating the assassination of former Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. was the husband of Corazon Aquino, who later became 11th Philippine President.
The Philippines is one of the two nations in Asia having a substantial portion of the population professing the Catholic faith, along with East Timor, and has the third largest Catholic population in the world after Brazil and Mexico. [2] The episcopal conference responsible in governing the faith is the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the ...
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.