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A working holiday which will be first observed in 2022. This holiday aims to promote, protect, and safeguard the constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of expression, speech and of the press in the Philippines and also in honor of Marcelo H. del Pilar, father of Philippine journalism. September 1
September 11 is the 254th day of the year ... Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (d. 1989) ... Holidays and observances
February 11 – The Philippines announced that it will terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement with the U.S. [25] The announcement is rescinded on June 1. [26] February 15 – President Duterte leads the inauguration of the commercial operations at Sangley Airport in Cavite, 8 months after he ordered the start of its general aviation operations ...
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. [1]
September 1–16 – The country participates in the 1974 Asian Games which is held in Tehran, Iran. It ranked 15th with no gold medals, 2 silver medals and 11 bronze medals with a total of 13 over-all medals. [8] September 21–29 – The 1974 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Manila.
Evelio Javier Day, officially Governor Evelio B. Javier Day, is a special non-working public holiday in the Philippines to "commemorate the death anniversary of the late Governor Evelio B. Javier" in the four provinces that comprise Panay Island, the Philippines, specifically Antique, Capiz, Aklan, and Iloilo. [1]
The Sunday papers focus on royal unity as well as developments in Ukraine.
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.