President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared 20 national holidays to commemorate significant dates and allow citizens to plan their vacations.
Through Proclamation 368, signed on October 11, 2023, here are the declared regular holidays and special non-working days in the country for the coming year.
Regular holidays:
Jan. 1 New Year's Day
March 28 Maundy Thursday
March 29 Good Friday
April 9 Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor)
May 1 Labor Day
June 12 Independence Day
Aug. 26 National Heroes Day (Last Monday of August)
Nov. 30 Bonifacio Day
Dec. 25 Christmas Day
Dec. 30 Rizal Day
Declared special (non-working) days:
Aug. 21 Ninoy Aquino Day
Nov. 1 All Saints' Day
Dec. 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
Dec. 31 Last Day of the Year
Additional special (non-working) days:
Feb. 10 Chinese New Year
March 30 Black Saturday
Nov. 2 All Souls' Day
Dec. 24 Christmas Eve
The proclamation for the declaration of Eid'l Fitr and Eid'l Adha as national holidays will be released when the date of the Islamic holidays, depending on the Hijra (lunar calendar) or Islamic calendar, or based on Islamic astronomical calculations, is known.
The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos will recommend to the President's Office the actual dates of Eid'l Fitr and Eid'l Adha.
Notably, the EDSA People Power Anniversary, which the government usually declares as a holiday every February 25, is not on the list.
Malacañang explained that February 25 was not declared a holiday because it fell on a Sunday, a non-working day.
(Photo by the Presidential Communications Office)
