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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.
On October 31, the national government publicly released the list of holidays and non-working days, which are indicated by proclamations signed by the president a day earlier. Proclamation No. 727, series of 2024, contains the general list, [ 45 ] with the People Power anniversary , which was not declared a holiday for 2024, being returned but ...
On October 29, 2021, through Proclamation No. 1236, the national government declares holidays and special (working/non-working) days to be observed in the country. [ 256 ] [ 257 ] [ 258 ] Regular
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.
Mar 28 to Mar 29 [57] Candon City [57] tobacco [57] Balut sa Puti Festival [58] Mar 29 Pateros, Metro Manila Full moon hatching of duck eggs, co-celebrated with Araw ng Pateros (Pateros Foundation Day). Movable celebration if fall in any days of Holy Week. Katkat sa Dipolog [48] Mar 28 to Apr 3 [48] Dipolog [48] Senakulo / Holy Week Rituals ...
The holiday traces its roots to the Cry of Pugad Lawin in August 1896, which marked the beginning of the Philippine Revolution. [3] The date and the location of the cry have been long disputed. From 1911 to 1962, the cry was thought to have emanated from Balintawak (now in modern-day Balingasa, Quezon City) on August 26. [4]
Sundays are also considered legal religious holidays. Bonifacio Day was added through Philippine Legislature Act No. 2946. It was signed by then-Governor General Francis Burton Harrison in 1921. [4] On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day. [5]
On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day. [37] January 1 – New Year's Day; February 22 – Legal Holiday; March 29 – Maundy Thursday; March 30 – Good Friday; May 1 – Labor Day; July 4 – Philippine Republic Day; August 13 – Legal Holiday; August 26 – National ...