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On July 25, 1987, President Corazon Aquino promulgated the Administrative Code of the Philippines. [1] 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.
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. It is celebrated every November 30, the birth anniversary of Bonifacio.
November 1 – All Saints Day; November 2 – All Souls' Day (Reverted to, yet declared as "additional" special non-working day.) December 8 – Feast of the Immaculate Conception; December 26 – Special non-working day (By virtue of a later proclamation.) [255] December 31 – Last Day of the Year (Reverted to being a special non-working ...
She would sign into law Republic Act 9492 the Holiday Economics Law on July 24, 2007 [3] which allows the observance of otherwise fixed public holidays except for New Year's Day on January 1, All Saint's Day on November 1, Christmas Day on December 25, and the last day of the year, December 31 to the nearest Monday.
An Act declaring April 16 of every year a special nonworking holiday in the City of Marikina, amending for the purpose Republic Act No. 10788, entitled "An Act declaring April 16 of every year a special holiday and no class day in schools in the City of Marikina in commemoration of its founding anniversary to be known as 'Marikina City Day'" [159]
On October 13, 2023, the national government released through Proclamation No. 368, series of 2023 dated October 11, 2023 declaring the regular, national, special, and additional special days. The EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary is dropped from the list of special non-working holidays. [353]
Lopez Jaena Day is a public holiday to celebrate the birth of Philippine national hero Graciano López Jaena. It was declared a holiday by the Philippine National Government only for Iloilo Province and Iloilo City .
Enacted by the Philippine Commission on September 2, 1902, it provided that the Gazette be published weekly in both English and Spanish. [3] Vol. 1 No. 1 of the Official Gazette came out on September 10, 1902. Act No. 664, enacted on March 5, 1903, amended the earlier Act No. 453 and provided for further distribution of the Official Gazette.