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February 20, 2023 [17] 18 Constituting Green Lanes for Strategic Investments February 23, 2023 [18] 19 Directing the establishment of the Philippine Heart Center Annex in the Clark Freeport Zone March 8, 2023 [19] 20 Establishing the Presidential Help Desk March 21, 2023 [20] 21
2023 in the Philippines details notable events that occurred in the Philippines in 2023. On July 21, 2023, President Bongbong Marcos announced that the government will formally lift the COVID-19 state of public health emergency, marking the end of the three years of the pandemic.
On February 26, 2021, in an effort to stimulate economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Duterte signed Proclamation No. 1107 reducing the number of special non-working holidays and declaring November 2, December 24, and December 31 as "special working days" instead.
On February 26, 2021, former President Rodrigo Duterte announced the certain special holidays as special working holidays in 2021 under Proclamation No. 1107. This new measure is intended to boost productivity and economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic .
2021 – Paul B. Kidd, Australian author, journalist, and radio show host (b. 1945) [69] 2021 – Karolos Papoulias, Greek politician, President of Greece from 2005 to 2015 (b. 1929) [70] 2021 – Desmond Tutu, South African Anglican bishop, theologian and anti-apartheid and human rights activist (b. 1931) [71]
She would sign into law Republic Act 9492 the Holiday Economics Law on July 24, 2007 [3] which allows the observance of otherwise fixed public holidays except for New Year's Day on January 1, All Saint's Day on November 1, Christmas Day on December 25, and the last day of the year, December 31 to the nearest Monday.
In 2023, Bonifacio Day was commemorated on November 27, as part of the "holiday economics" strategy that shifts the observance of the holiday to the nearest Monday for a longer weekend by virtue of Proclamation No. 90 under President Bongbong Marcos [7] [8] Thus, November 30 was designated as a working day, though traditional celebrations ...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) was founded on December 8, 1933, by virtue of Act No. 4121 of the Philippine Legislature. It was renamed as the Ministry of Labor and Employment in 1978. The agency was reverted to its original name after the People Power Revolution in 1986. [4]