The government has declared August 5, 2009 (Wednesday) a national special non-working holiday, in honor of former President Corazon “Cory” Aquino. Tita Cory, as she is fondly called, passed away on 1 August 2009, at 3:18 a.m. She will be buried on August 5 and the holiday, contained in Proclamation No. 1851, is meant to [...]

This early, right before the declaration of August 5, 2009 as a special non-working holiday, the government issued the list of declared holidays for 2010. Good for those who’d want to prepare for their business (and vacation) schedules. The Philippine holidays listed below are under Republic Act 9492 and Proclamation 1841, unless otherwise indicated.

Just a while ago, the Executive Secretary issued Proclamation No. 1752, declaring April 11, 2009 a special non-working holiday. This is obviously not one of the original holidays for 2009 (see list here) declared through Proclamation No. 1699. The reactions to this declaration of special non-working holiday, as well as the previous ones, are varied.

Declared regular and special non-working holidays provide for additional rest periods for everyone, both employers and workers. To the employers or Pinoy Entrepreneurs, declared holidays have operational and financial impact that must be considered in advance.

Maybe you’re planning your 2009 vacations this early. Most of the 2009 regular holidays and nationwide special holidays are movable, as provided under Republic Act 9492. For these movable holidays, the President is tasked by law to issue a Proclamation, at least 6 months prior to a movable holiday, fixing the specific date of that [...]

Someboday asked if 25 February 2008, a Monday, is a special non-working holiday in the Philippines. We’d like to point out that February 25, or the EDSA People Power (some say, EDSA Revolution) anniversary, is not a regular national holiday listed in Republic Act 9492 (an Act rationalizing the celebration of national holidays). It’s not [...]

It seems many are planning their vacations way ahead of schedule. This early (this article was originally posted in November 2007), there are hits to this site searching for 2008 national holidays (see also 2007 holidays; 2009 holidays)  in the Philippines. Providing a fixed list of holiday dates is difficult because most of the 2008 [...]

Somebody said that she just learned about December 24 being a holiday, which is quite surprising because we already noted this, as early as October of this year, in the post Public Holidays for October, November and December (2007) in the Philippines.

We have previously noted that Bonifacio Day, which is traditionally celebrated every 30 November, remains on that date. The President already issued a Proclamation about this matter; Bonifacio Day is not being transferred to the nearest Monday, which is 3 December 2007.

Due to the declared regular holidays and special non-working holidays on 29 October 2007, as well as 1 and 2 November 2007, there are only two (2) working days for this week. Sounds great. On the other hand, my wife kept telling me that there’s already a declaration that work for 31 October is only [...]