July 11, 2010
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 ...
Tags: holiday, Jose Rizal, Rizal DayHolidays
October 27, 2009
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 ...
Tags: driving, long weekends, roadsHolidays, Tips & Reminders, Transportation
October 27, 2009
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 ...
Tags: All Saints Day, undasHolidays
October 22, 2009
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.
Tags: All Saints Day, Andres Bonifacio, Eid’l Adha, holiday, long weekendsHolidays
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.
Tags: Benigno Aquino, Ninoy AquinoHolidays
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.
Tags: historical, Independence Day, vacationHolidays
February 22, 2009
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 ...
Tags: Cory Aquino, EDSA, Ferdinand Marcos, Fidel Ramos, People Power, politicsHolidays
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.
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 ...
Tags: 2009, long weekends, Philippines, travel, vacation, vacationsHolidays
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 ...
Holidays, Tips & Reminders
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).
Tags: Andres Bonifacio, historical, Jose Rizal, PhilippinesHolidays, Tips & Reminders
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 ...
Tags: long weekends, Philippines, vacationsHolidays, Tips & Reminders
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 ...
Holidays, Tips & Reminders