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All Saints Day (November 1 Holiday)
All Saints’ Day, or also called Todos los Santos, is a regular holiday in the Philippines that falls every November 1. As the name suggests, it’s a day to remember all the saints and is a traditional Catholic holiday. You can continue reading or proceed to tell us who you spend your undas, through the comments section below. Read the rest of this entry »
2 Long Weekends in November: All Saints Day, Eid’l Adha and Bonifacio Day
The holiday drought in October of 2009 must be the cause for the spike of search queries on November holidays. Is November 2 a holiday? What about November 27? Of course, there are similar questions whether October 30 or 31 have been declared as non-working holidays, but let’s take it up in a later post. Read the rest of this entry »
2010 Official Holidays: Regular and Special Non-Working
Posted by Fred in Holidays, Tips and Reminders on October 20, 2009
The barrage of search queries that reached this site, whether November 2, 2009 is a regular national holiday, drives home the point that people love vacations and would want to know the long weekends in advance. Before proceeding to list the declared official holidays for 2010, allow us to say that, yes, November 2 is a holiday. So is November 30, 2009 (Bonifacio Day). Go here for the full list of 2009 holidays. Read the rest of this entry »
Ninoy Aquino Day (August 21) – Regular Holiday
Posted by Fred in Holidays, Tips and Reminders on August 2, 2009
In 2004, Congress passed Republic Act No. 9256, declaring August 21 of every year as Ninoy Aquino Day, a special non-working holiday, in order to commemorate the death anniversary of former Senator Benigno “Ninoy” S. Aquino, Jr. It’s one of the regular and national holidays contained in the subsequent law “rationalizing” the national holidays. Read the rest of this entry »
Independence Day: Philippine Holiday
Posted by Fred in Holidays, Tips and Reminders on June 10, 2009
June 12, a Friday. Is this the date of official holiday for 2009? Perhaps you’re asking this question and that’s why you’ve landed here. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Let’s first step back and take a short peek in history. Read the rest of this entry »
EDSA People Power
There was an EDSA I and an EDSA II. Some say there was an “EDSA Tres”, although this is still subject to debate. Some say that the real People Power happened in EDSA I, and that EDSA II was a far cry from its predecessor. There are a number of distinctions between People Power I and People Power II. Read the rest of this entry »
Corregidor Island: Araw ng Kagitingan
Posted by Fred in Holidays, Places to Go, Tips and Reminders, To See on January 19, 2009
Every April 9, the Philippines commemorates the Araw ng Kagitingan, also known as the Bataan and Corregidor Day. The last two strongholds of the United States Armed Forces, Far East (USAFFE), which include the Philippine Army and the US Regular forces, was Bataan and Corregidor. Read the rest of this entry »
Time to Travel: Long Vacations and Holidays for 2009
Posted by Fred in Holidays, Tips and Reminders on January 8, 2009
Expenses for travel, leisure, vacations and whatever you want to call it are not necessities, so these expenses get crossed out in the family budget’s list in times of recession or financial crunch. Still, it wouldn’t hurt to know the declared long weekends for 2009. By way of summarizing the official list of 2009 regular and special non-working national holidays (through Proclamation 1699), the following are the list of the ten (10) long weekends (weekends tacked to the official national holidays): Read the rest of this entry »
Philippine Holidays for 2009
Posted by Fred in Holidays, Tips and Reminders on December 2, 2008
As previously noted, there are a number of factors when planning a vacation. Others who want a more relaxed and not-so-crowded travel would want to have it when others are not on vacation. One of the factors to consider, therefore, is the date of holidays, primarily on account of the “holiday economics” in the form of long weekends. The President issued Proclamation 1699 (full text) pursuant to Republic Act 9492, fixing the dates of holidays for 2009. Here’s the list of declared regular and national holidays for 2009: Read the rest of this entry »
Bonifacio Day (November 30): In Honor of Andress Bonifacio
Posted by Fred in Holidays, Tips and Reminders on November 28, 2008
Among the legal holidays in the Philippines is Bonifacio Day, traditionally celebrated every November 30. This was changed, however, under Republic Act 9492 (an Act rationalizing the celebration of national holidays), which moved the official holiday to the Monday nearest November 30 (which is why December 1, 2008, a Monday, is a holiday). Read the rest of this entry »
The Mystery of the Movable Holidays in the Philippines
Posted by Fred in Holidays, Tips and Reminders on November 3, 2008
Maybe holidays are fixed in your country. So when you take a vacation, you know exactly the time frame and you know whether others would also be on vacation at that time (which is crucial for those who don’t want crowds in resorts, beaches or other vacation spots). We Filipinos use to have fixed holiday dates in the Philippines, but that changed a couple of years ago. Read the rest of this entry »
National Regular and Special Holidays for 2008 in the Philippines
Posted by Fred in Holidays, Tips and Reminders on February 14, 2008
There are a number of factors when planning a vacation. Others who want a more relaxed and not-so-crowded travel would want to have it when others are not on vacation. One of the factors to consider, therefore, is the date of holidays, primarily on account of the “holiday economics” in the form of long weekends (on the other hand, it would be handy to have the list for those who may want to know what are the expected long weekends). Read the rest of this entry »
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