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A graphic from the Office of the President of the Philippines showing the difference in pay between the two types of holidays. [7]The Labor Code of the Philippines specifies two types of holidays: the "regular holiday" and the "special non-working day". [8]
June 6 – The municipality of Lantawan, Basilan, is declared free from the Abu Sayyaf Group by the government. [163] June 7 – The Office of the President imposes another 30-day preventive suspension on suspended Davao del Norte Governor Edwin Jubahib over his direct involvement and use of government resources in a rally against the Northern ...
v. t. e. In the Philippines, local government is divided into three levels: provinces and independent cities, component cities and municipalities, and barangays, all of which are collectively known as local government units (LGUs). In some areas, above provinces and independent chartered cities are autonomous regions, such as the Bangsamoro ...
Easter Sunday. Frequency. Annual. Holy Week (Filipino: Mahal na Araw; Spanish: Semana Santa) is a significant religious observance in the Philippines for the Catholic majority, the Iglesia Filipina Independiente or the Philippine Independent Church, and most Protestant groups. One of the few majority Christian countries in Asia, Catholics make ...
Persona non grata (lit. 'unwelcome person'), in the context of Philippine governance parlance, refers individuals or groups declared as unwelcome in a particular locality. This designation is merely symbolic and non-binding, and does not legally prohibit a person declared as persona non grata from stepping foot on that locality.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal), abbreviated as DILG, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for promoting peace and order, ensuring public safety and strengthening local government capability aimed towards the effective delivery of basic services to the citizenry.
The government of the Philippines (Filipino: Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas) has three interdependent branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.The Philippines is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic constitutional republic in which the president functions as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform ...
The impact will be swift. With less than two weeks until a partial government shutdown, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on a bill today that combines a must-pass spending bill ...