Philippine holidays for 2015: Eight long weekends coming up
With still five months to go before 2014 ends, the Office of the President has already released the list of national holidays for the year 2015.
Malacanang made the announcement through Proclamation 831, which President Benigno Aquino III signed early this month but was only posted online yesterday. Read the full text of Proclamation 831 in this link.
Based on Proclamation 831, Filipinos will have a total of 18 regular and special non-working holidays next year. On top of that, there will be two additional regular holidays for the commemoration of Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha.
The exact dates for the aforementioned two Muslim holidays will be determined through lunar observations (as Philippine Daily Inquirer noted, there will be separate proclamations for the said holidays).
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(Credits: Inquirer.net)
Regular Holidays
January 1, 2015 – New Year’s Day (Thursday)
April 2, 2015 – Maundy Thursday
April 3, 2015 – Good Friday
April 9, 2015 – Araw ng Kagitingan (Thursday)
May 1, 2015 – Labor Day (Friday)
June 12, 2015 – Araw ng Kalayaan (Friday)
August 31, 2015 – National Heroes Day (Last Monday of August)
November 30, 2015 – Bonifacio Day (Monday)
December 25, 2015 – Christmas Day (Friday)
December 30, 2015 – Rizal Day (Wednesday)
Special non-working days
February 19, 2015 – Chinese New Year (Thursday)
February 25, 2015 – EDSA People Power Anniversary (for schools only)
April 4, 2015 – Black Saturday
August 21, 2015 – Ninoy Aquino Day (Friday)
November 1, 2015 – All Saints’ Day (Sunday)
Additional non-working days
January 2, 2015 – Friday
December 24, 2015 – Christmas Eve (Thursday)
December 31, 2015 – Last day of the year (Thursday)
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