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2012 Official Holidays in the Philippines

Published on December 1st, 2011 by in Holidays

Wow! We now have the List of 2012 Holidays. Consistent with the requirement for an issuance by the President to fix national holidays, Malacanang issued Proclamation No. 295, declaring the regular holidays, special (non-working) days and special holidays throughout the Philippines. To be sure, other non-working days will be declared during the course of 2012,

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4-Day Long Weekend from 27-30 August 2011

Published on July 25th, 2011 by in Holidays

Malacanang has declared 30 August 2011 (Tuesday) as a national non-working holiday (Proclamation 234). This is another occurrence of a rare long weekend among the 2011 Philippine holidays under the administration of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, a clear shift from the holiday economics under the previous administration. That means we’ll have a four-day long weekend,

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Remembering Jose Rizal at 150: Monday (June 20) declared a Holiday

Published on June 15th, 2011 by in Holidays

We expect long weekends, consistent with the holiday economics of the previous administration, to be rare under the Aquino government. This is one of those rare long weekends — from 18 to 20 June 2011 (Saturday to Monday), as June 20 was declared a special non-working holiday to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of the

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How Would you Spend the Holy Week?

The Roman Catholic Church reiterates that Holy Week is a time for prayer and reflection, and not for picnics and beach parties, notes a recent news. The declared national regular holidays in April 21 (Maundy Thursday) and April 22 (Good Friday), as well as the special non-working holiday in April 23 (Black Saturday, per Proclamation

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2011 Holidays: Full List of Long Weekends and Vacation Dates

Published on January 25th, 2011 by in Holidays

Vacation destination, check. Vacation budget, check. Vacation gear, check. Vacation tips, check. The schedule? Ah, when could you have a getaway to relax and unwind in 2011? It’s just the start of the year, but it’s better to plan way ahead (hopefully, this time, the government won’t move the schedules around). Tickets, hotels and other

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Rizal Day: National Holiday in the Philippines

Published on July 11th, 2010 by in Holidays

The Philippines celebrate Rizal Day in honor of its national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal. Rizal Day is traditionally celebrated every 30th of December, but recent laws which favor movable holidays “fixed” Rizal day on the “Monday nearest December 30″. It is a movable holiday and its exact date is determined through a Proclamation issued

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Road Safety for Long Weekends

There are two long weekends in November. Holidays for the rest of 2009 and for the full year of 2010 had long been announced. Filipinos go home to provinces for undas. With long weekends, our roads will be full. Traffic will be heavy. Patience will run thin. So, wherever you are, please remember these road

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All Saints Day (November 1 Holiday)

Published on October 27th, 2009 by in Holidays

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

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2 Long Weekends in November: All Saints Day, Eid’l Adha and Bonifacio Day

Published on October 22nd, 2009 by in Holidays

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.

Ninoy Aquino Day (August 21) – Regular Holiday

Published on August 2nd, 2009 by in Holidays

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.

Independence Day: Philippine Holiday

Published on June 10th, 2009 by in Holidays

A crowd was waiting outside the home, located in Kawit, Cavite, of General Emilio Aguinaldo. It was 12 June 1898. Jose Rizal, who later became the national hero, was executed by the Spaniards two years earlier. Andres Bonifacio, another great son of the revolution, was also executed a year earlier, but this time by fellow

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EDSA People Power

Published on February 22nd, 2009 by in Holidays

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

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Corregidor Island: Araw ng Kagitingan

Every April 9, the Philippines commemorates 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.

Time to Travel: Long Vacations and Holidays for 2009

Published on January 8th, 2009 by in Holidays

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

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