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Partial Listing of Regular Holidays / Special Non-Working and Working Holidays

Regular Holidays
Maundy Thursday	April 9
Good Friday	April 10
Araw ng Kagitingan	April 6 (Monday nearest April 9)
Labor Day	May 1 (Friday)
Independence Day	June 12 (Friday)
National Heroes Day	August 31 (Monday), Last Monday of August
Bonifacio Day	November 30 (Monday)
Christmas Day	December 25 (Friday)
Rizal Day	December 30 (Wednesday)

Special (Non-working) Days
Ninoy Aquino Day	August 21 (Friday)
All Saints Day	November 1 (Sunday)
Additional special (non-working) day	November 2 (Monday)
Additional special (non-working) day	December 24 (Thursday)
Last day of the year	December 31 (Thursday)

For more information:

Proclamation No. 1699 (.pdf file) - DECLARING THE REGULAR HOLIDAYS AND SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAYS FOR THE YEAR 2009

RA 9492 (.pdf file) - AN ACT RATIONALIZING THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL HOLIDAYS AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 26, CHAPTER 7, BOOK I OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 292, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1987

2000 - 2010	Bone and Joint Decade
2005 - 2015	Decade of Good Governance and Good Citizenship to fight graft and corruption and to eradicate poverty
2003 - 2012	Strong State Support to the United Nations Literacy Decade
2003 - 2012	The Philippine Decade for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) as proclaimed by Proclamation 240 signed by PGMA on Aug 2002

For Labor Advisories, refer to http://www.bwc.dole.gov.ph/labor_advisories/labor_advisories.asp
For Holiday Proclamations, refer to http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/#Proclamations
For Holiday Pay, refer to http://www.gov.ph/faqs/labor_holiday.asp
2008 Holidays Archive
2007 Holidays Archive
2006 Holidays Archive
2005 Holidays Archive
2004 Holidays Archive

Source:
http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/
http://www.pia.gov.ph/
http://www.lawphil.net

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