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Traditionally, until 2019 and since 2025, it marked the start of the school year and formerly the university academic year (until the move to August in 2015-17). The holiday marked the end of the school year for students of basic academic institutions from 2020 to 2024 and today serves as the end of the university and college academic year.
May 12 – The Philippine general election will be held. Voters will elect new members of the House of Representatives as well as 12 members of the Senate. [20] [21] June – The academic year (2025–2026) is being planned by the Department of Education to begin, as part of their efforts to revert to the old school calendar. [22]
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The holiday traces its roots to the Cry of Pugad Lawin in August 1896, which marked the beginning of the Philippine Revolution. [3] The date and the location of the cry have been long disputed. From 1911 to 1962, the cry was thought to have emanated from Balintawak (now in modern-day Balingasa, Quezon City) on August 26. [4]
The secretary of public works and highways (Filipino: Kalihim ng mga Pagawain at Lansangang Bayan) is the head of the Department of Public Works and Highways in the national government of the Philippines, and is a member of the president's Cabinet. [1] The current secretary is Manuel Bonoan, who assumed office on June 30, 2022. [2]
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]
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.