May 13, 2013 holiday declared: Election day a special non-working day

May 13, 2013 is a holiday in the Philippines. Malacañang has declared it a special non-working holiday to encourage more people to vote in t...

April 9 Holiday (Araw ng Kagitingan 2013) Pay Rules - DOLE

April 9, 2013, known as Araw ng Kagitingan, is a regular holiday nationwide. The celebration was first observed when the late President Cory...

DFA 2013 Holiday Schedule Bared

The Department of Foreign Affairs announced that its Office of Consular Affairs, regional consular offices and satellite offices will be clo...

Is Chinese New Year 2013 a holiday?

Chinese New Year 2013 was not included when Malacañang listed the official regular and special non-working holidays in the country for 2013...

October 26, 2012 Holiday (Eid'l Adha)

Expect another long weekend. Malacañang has declared October 26, 2012, which falls on a Friday, a holiday to mark the celebration of Eid’l A...

Official Public Holidays in the Philippines in 2013

Malacañang has released Saturday, September 1, Presidential Proclamation No. 459, series of 2012, declaring the official regular and specia...

Aquino’s message for Eid’l Fitr celebration (August 20, 2012)

President Benigno Aquino III sent a message to the Muslim Filipino community on the occasion of their celebration of Eid’l Fitr on Monday, ...

DOLE pay rules for the August 20 holiday

Employers and workers must take note of the pay rules for regular holidays in relation to the August 20 holiday which was earlier declared i...

August 20, 2012 holiday declared for Eid'l Fitr celebration

Monday, August 20, 2012, has been declared by Malacañang as a regular non-working holiday in the Philippines in observance of Eid’l Fitr wh...

Is April 30, 2012 a Holiday?

Some netizens have been asking whether or not Monday, April 30, 2012 is a holiday. Has Malacañang moved the May 1 Labor Day holiday to April...

Philippines 2012 Holidays

Malacañang has released the list of official public holidays in the Philippines in 2012 as outlined in Proclamation No. 295. A downloadable ...

October 31, 2011 is a Special Non-Working Holiday

Malacañang has declared Monday, October 31, 2011, as a special non-working day nationwide “to give full opportunity to our people to properl...

Araw ng Kagitingan: Know the pay rules

Today, April 9 is Araw ng Kagitingan, a nationwide holiday in the Philippines which commemorates the valor and heroism of Filipino soldiers ...

Philippines Official Public Holidays 2011

Malacañang on Monday has released the list of Philippine Official Public Holidays in 2011 outlined in Proclamation No. 84, signed by Preside...

Malacañang issues advisory, briefer on the November 2010 holidays

Malacañang on Friday, November 12th, posted on the Official Gazette an advisory and briefer on the two non-working holidays for the remaind...

November 29 a non-working Holiday

Malacañang on Thursday has declared November 29, 2010, Monday, a non-working holiday in observance of Bonifacio Day, according to deputy pre...

November 16, 2010 is a National Holiday

President Benigno S. Aquino III declared November 16 (Tuesday) a national and non-working holiday in celebration of the Eid'l Adha, or t...

September 10, 2010 Non Working Holiday

In the observance of Eid'l Fitr or the Feast of Ramadhan, President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday declared September 10, 2010, Friday, ...

August 21, 2010 Special Non-Working Holiday

Holiday economics no more! Malacañang on Wednesday evening has finally decided to declare August 21, which falls on a Saturday, as a special...

Official Philippines Public Holidays 2010

Here are the official public holidays in the Philippines for 2010. The list has been sourced from a presidential proclamation. The official ...