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This regular holiday applies to the province of Cebu, Cebu City, Mandaue City, Lapu-Lapu City and other provinces and cities who joined in the year's Sinulog Festival in Cebu. January 22 Vigan Cityhood Day: Araw ng Pagkalungsod ng Vigan: This regular holiday applies to the city of Vigan. It happens three days before the city's fiesta. February 3
President Rodrigo Duterte declared September 3 of every year a special working public holiday in the whole Philippines commemoration of the surrender of Japanese military forces led by Army General Tomoyuki Yamashita at the end of World War II. Republic Act 11216, which makes the holiday official.
Independence Day [1] (Filipino: Araw ng Kasarinlán; also known as Araw ng Kalayaan, "Day of Freedom") is a national holiday in the Philippines observed annually on June 12, [2] commemorating the declaration of Philippine independence from Spain in 1898. [2] Since 1978, it has been the country's National Day.
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]
In April 1961, Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia signed Republic Act No. 3022 into law, declaring April 9 of every year as "Bataan Day". [9]In June 1987, Executive Order No. 203 revised all national holidays in the Philippines, referring to the April 9 holiday as "Araw ng Kagitingan (Bataan and Corregidor Day)". [10]
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.
This was the official gazette of the government in the Philippines which published government announcements, new decrees, laws, military information, court decisions, and the like. It also republished notices originally appearing in the Gaceta de Madrid which were relevant to the islands and decrees and other notices that required its ...
The practice of celebrating Philippine–American Friendship Day and Republic Day as a non-working holiday was formally abolished in 1987 under President Corazon C. Aquino. [9] Section 26 of the Administrative Code of 1987 specified a list of regular holidays and nationwide special days that did not include July 4. [10]