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February 13 – Finance Secretary Ralph Recto announces the cancellation of the merger between the Land Bank of the Philippines and the Development Bank of the Philippines. [362] February 16 – The Department of Transportation awards a consortium led by the San Miguel Corporation with a ₱170-billion contract to oversee the rehabilitation of ...
February 29 is a leap day (or "leap year day")—an intercalary date added periodically to create leap years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the 60th day of a leap year in both Julian and Gregorian calendars, and 306 days remain until the end of the leap year. It is the last day of February in leap years only.
Feb. 29 also is St. Oswald's Day, named for an archbishop of York who died on Feb. 29, 992. TimeandDate.com says his memorial is celebrated on Feb. 29 during leap years and Feb. 28 during common ...
Date: February 22–25, 1986 (3 days) ... [29] On August 21, ... Corazon Aquino was inaugurated as the 11th president of the Philippines on February 25, ...
Date Location Notes Bambanti Festival [30] February Isabela province Scarecrows and harvest festival World War II Anniversary [31] February: World War II sites [31] Pista Sintura [31] February: Cotabato City [31] Kaamulan Festival [32] [31] [33] [34] February (2nd week) to Mar 10 [33] Malaybalay City, Bukidnon [32] [31] [33] gathering of ...
On July 25, 1987, President Corazon Aquino promulgated the Administrative Code of the Philippines. [1] Chapter 9 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.
Philippines adopts Japan Standard Time at 12:00 a.m. moving the clock one hour ahead. [1] Bicolano guerilla forces engage the amassed concentration of Japanese garrisons in Naga. May 3 – Japanese starts to occupy the Philippines. May 5 – Japanese troops lands on Corregidor Island for the last stand of attack by Filipino and American forces.
On February 25, 2004, Republic Act No. 9256 declared every August 21 as a special nonworking holiday to be known as Ninoy Aquino Day. [29] Note that in the list, holidays in bold are "regular holidays" and those in italics are "nationwide special days".