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On July 25, 1987, President Corazon Aquino promulgated the Administrative Code of the Philippines. [1] Chapter 9 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.
On October 13, 2023, the national government released through Proclamation No. 368, series of 2023 dated October 11, 2023 declaring the regular, national, special, and additional special days. The EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary is dropped from the list of special non-working holidays.
May 1 – Labor Day; June 12 – Independence Day; June 28 – Eid'l Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) (By virtue of a later proclamation.) [251] August 28 – National Heroes Day; November 27 – Bonifacio Day (Actually, November 30; considered as regular holiday by virtue of Proclamation No. 90.) December 25 – Christmas Day; December 30 – Rizal Day
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. It is celebrated every November 30, the birth anniversary of Bonifacio.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. reintroduced the holiday economics policy by issuing Proclamation No. 90 on November 11, 2022 which concerns the observance of public holidays for 2023. [9] This was enacted as a means to boost the domestic tourism industry which was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and related lockdowns .
November 3, 2023 [46] 47 Amending Executive Order No. 125, Series of 2021, entitled Creation of the National Amnesty Commission November 22, 2023 [47] 48 Adjusting the dividend rate of the Development Bank of the Philippines for Calendar Year 2022 pursuant to Section 5 of Republic Act No. 7656 November 28, 2023 [48] 49
R. A. No. Title / Description Date signed Ref. 11976 Ease of Paying Taxes Act January 5, 2024 [42]11977 An Act establishing in the Municipality of Floridablanca, Province of Pampanga, a Campus of the Pampanga State Agricultural University, to be known as the "Pampanga State Agricultural University-Floridablanca Campus", and appropriating funds therefor
Lopez Jaena Day is a public holiday to celebrate the birth of Philippine national hero Graciano López Jaena. It was declared a holiday by the Philippine National Government only for Iloilo Province and Iloilo City .