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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.
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.
On November 30, 1994 (Bonifacio Day), President Ramos issued Proclamation No. 510 which declared the year 1996 (the centennial of the Philippine Revolution) as the Year of Filipino Heroes. [1] The National Heroes Committee recommended the following nine individuals to be recognized as national heroes on November 15, 1995: [1] José Rizal [1]
Historical marker written in Tagalog, installed in 1974 at his birthplace in Tondo, Manila, at the present-day Tutuban Center. Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro was born on November 30, 1863, in Tondo, Manila, [13] and was the first of six children of Catalina de Castro, a tornatrás from Zambales, and Santiago Bonifacio, a native of Taguig. [14]
On October 31, the national government publicly released the list of holidays and non-working days, which are indicated by proclamations signed by the president a day earlier. Proclamation No. 727, series of 2024, contains the general list, [46] with the People Power anniversary, which was not declared a holiday for 2024, being returned but as ...
The observance of National Heroes Day was already present during the American colonial period. Act No. 3827 by the Philippine Legislature enacted on October 28, 1931, designated every last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day. [6] However, Bonifacio Day established by virtue of Act No. 2946 of 1921 was also dedicated to anonymous Filipino ...
October 30 – Election Day (Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan) (By virtue of a later proclamation.) [254] November 1 – All Saints Day; November 2 – All Souls' Day (Reverted to, yet declared as "additional" special non-working day.) December 8 – Feast of the Immaculate Conception; December 26 – Special non-working day (By virtue of a ...
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. [4] On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day. [5] January 1 – New Year's Day