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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.
March 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Evacuation Day (Suffolk County, Massachusetts) Saint Patrick's Day, a public holiday in Ireland, Montserrat and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, widely celebrated in the English-speaking world and to a lesser degree in other parts of the world.
On March 17, 1919, the Philippine Legislature passed a "Declaration of Purposes", which stated the inflexible desire of the Filipino people to be free and sovereign. A Commission of Independence was created to study ways and means of attaining liberation ideal.
During the Philippine–American War, the American government captured and sent to the United States about 400,000 historical documents. [17] In 1958, the documents were given to the Philippine government along with two sets of microfilm of the entire collection, with the U.S. Federal Government keeping one set.
As per Republic Act No. 3022, [6] April 9th is 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 3 – Maundy Thursday; April 4 – Good Friday; April 9 – Araw ng ...
Note that in the list, holidays in bold are "regular holidays," and those in italics are "nationwide special days". January 1 – New Year's Day; March 31 – Maundy Thursday; April 1 – Good Friday; April 9 – Araw ng Kagitingan (Bataan and Corregidor Day) May 1 – Labor Day; June 12 – Independence Day; August 28 – National Heroes Day
As per Republic Act No. 3022, [7] April 9th 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. [8] January 1 – New Year's Day; February 22 – Legal Holiday; March 27 – Maundy Thursday; March 28 – Good Friday; April 9 – Araw ng ...
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 ...