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On July 25, 1987, President Corazon Aquino promulgated the Administrative Code of the Philippines. [1] Chapter 7 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.
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 .
Proclamation No. 727, series of 2024, contains the general list, [31] with the People Power anniversary, which was not declared a holiday for 2024, being returned but as a working day. [32] A day prior to All Saints' Day (October 31) is included in the list, while All Souls' Day (November 2) is excluded.
On August 23, 2022, through Proclamation No. 42, the national government declares holidays and special (working/non-working) days to be observed in the country. [245] [246] The circular was later amended through Proclamation No. 90, issued on November 11, with some holidays adjusted pursuant to the holiday economics principle. [247] [248]
Sundays are also considered legal religious holidays. Bonifacio Day was added through Philippine Legislature Act No. 2946. It was signed by then-Governor General Francis Burton Harrison in 1921. [5] On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day. [6] January 1 – New Year's Day
I suggest that something like the above, perhaps with the addition of a Details column might be better than the Regular holidays table in the article as currently formatted. When a PP detailing the 2015 holidays is issued, the 2013 column could be dropped, moving the 2014 column left, and a 2015 column could be added -- and so on in future years.
On May 1, 1898, the United States defeated the Spanish in the Battle of Manila Bay. Emilio Aguinaldo decided to return to the Philippines to help American forces defeat the Spaniards. The U.S. Navy agreed to transport him back aboard the USS McCulloch, and on May 19, he arrived in Cavite. [3]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 December 2024. ← 2015 2014 2013 2016 in the Philippines → 2017 2018 2019 Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also: List of years in the Philippines films music television sports 2016 in the Philippines details events that occurred in the Philippines in 2016. Incumbents For the current incumbents ...