MANILA – Malacañang released on Thursday the list of regular and special nonworking holidays in 2019.
Proclamation No. 555 that President Rodrigo Duterte signed on Wednesday listed 10 regular holidays and seven special nonworking holidays.
The 2019 regular holidays include:
* Jan. 1 (Tuesday) – New Year’s Day
* April 9 (Tuesday) – Araw ng Kagitingan
* April 18 – Maundy Thursday
* April 19 – Good Friday
* May 1 (Wednesday) – Labor Day
* June 12 (Wednesday) – Independence Day
* Aug. 26 (last Monday of August) – National Heroes’ Day
* Nov. 30 (Saturday) – Bonifacio Day
* Dec. 25 (Wednesday) – Christmas Day
* Dec. 30 (Monday) – Rizal Day
Special nonworking holidays include:
* Feb. 5 (Tuesday) – Chinese New Year
* Feb. 25 (Monday) – EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary
* April 20 – Black Saturday
* Aug. 21 (Wednesday) – Ninoy Aquino Day
* Nov. 1 (Friday) – All Saints’ Day
* Dec. 8 (Sunday) – Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
* Dec. 31 (Tuesday) – Last Day of the Year
Nov. 2 (Saturday) and Dec. 24 (Tuesday) were included as two additional nonworking days “to strengthen family ties by providing more time for the traditional All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day and Christmas Day commemorative activities, and will promote domestic tourism as well,” the proclamation read.
A proclamation declaring national holidays for the observance of Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha – two major feasts of Islam – will be issued after the dates of the Islamic holidays have been determined.
“To this end, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos shall inform the Office of the President of the actual dates on which these holidays shall respectively fall,” the proclamation stated./PN
