By Prince Golez
Time to mark your calendars! Malacañang has released the official list of regular and special holidays for 2021.
As early as July 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Proclamation No. 986, declaring the following days as regular holidays:
January 1 – New Year’s Day
April 9 – Araw ng Kagitingan
April 1 – Maundy Thursday
April 2 – Good Friday
May 1 – Labor Day
June 12 – Independence Day
August 30 – National Heroes’ Day
November 30 – Bonifacio Day
December 25 – Christmas Day
December 30 – Rizal Day
The following days are declared special non-working days:
February 12 – Chinese New Year
February 25 – Edsa People Power Anniversary
April 3 – Black Saturday
August 21 – Ninoy Aquino Day
November 1 – All Saints’ Day
December 8 – Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
December 31 – Last Day of the Year
Proclamation No. 986 also declares November 2 (All Souls’ Day) and December 24 (Christmas Eve) next year as additional special non-working days.
“The proclamation declaring national holidays for the observance of Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adha shall hereafter be issued after the approximate dates of the Islamic holidays have been determined in accordance with the Islamic calendar (Hijra) or the lunar calendar or upon Islamic astronomical calculations, whichever is possible or convenient,” it further read
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