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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.
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed Proclamation No. 1211 in January 2007 declaring Independence Day which falls on June 12 a working holiday, and the day before a non-working holiday – effectively moving the holiday. However rites organized by the government remained observed on the actual date. [2]
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On May 12, 1962, in response to the US government's failure to approve a payment of $72 million in war damages, President Diosdado Macapagal issued Presidential Proclamation No. 28, which declared June 12 a special public holiday throughout the Philippines, "... in commemoration of our people's declaration of their inherent and inalienable ...
January 8 – President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Salary Standardization Law of 2019, increasing the salaries of over 1.4 million government employees starting this year. [2] January 12 – Taal Volcano begins to erupt, prompting PHIVOLCS to raise the alert level to 4 until January 26. [3] [4] The eruption was the first major eruption of Taal ...
June 25 – The Sandiganbayan releases a June 14 decision dismissing a graft case against former Land Bank of the Philippines president Gilda Pico and another senior official over the ₱4.2 billion-sale of the bank’s 46.5 million shares of stock in the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) in 2008, citing a previous decision by the Supreme Court ...
On May 12, 1962, President Macapagal issued Presidential Proclamation No. 28, proclaiming Tuesday, June 12, 1962, as a special public holiday throughout the Philippines. [139] [140] In 1964, Republic Act No. 4166 changed the date of Independence Day from July 4 to June 12 and renamed the July 4 holiday as Philippine Republic Day. [141]