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September 13 Battle of Pulang Lupa Day: Araw ng Labanan sa Pulang Lupa: This special non-working holiday applies to the province of Marinduque only. Remembers the patriotic victory in the 1900 Battle of Pulang Lupa against American forces. September 17 Siquijor Day: Araw ng Siquijor: This special non-working holiday applies to Siquijor only. [63]
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.
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There are more than 42,000 known major and minor festivals in the Philippines, the majority of which are in the barangay (village) level. Due to the thousands of town, city, provincial, national, and village fiestas in the country, the Philippines has traditionally been known as the Capital of the World's Festivities.
As per Republic Act No. 3022, [6] April 9 was proclaimed as Bataan Day. Independence Day was changed from July 4 (Philippine Republic Day) to June 12 (Philippine Independence Day) on August 4, 1964. [7] January 1 – New Year's Day; February 22 – Legal Holiday; April 9 – Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) April 11 – Maundy Thursday; April ...
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National Former POW Recognition Day commemorates the April 9, 1942 surrender of approximately 10,000 United States military personnel and 65,000 Filipino soldiers on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines by Major General Edward P. King to the invading Imperial Japanese Army headed by General Masaharu Homma. Bataan, thereafter, is ...