Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 13) — Malacañang has released the list of regular holidays and special non-working days for 2024.
Under Proclamation No. 368 signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday, the EDSA People Power Revolution anniversary was missing from the list.
“The Office of the President maintains the respect for the commemoration of the EDSA People Power Revolution. However, such was not included in the list of special non-working days for the year 2024 as February 25 falls on a Sunday,” the Office of the President said on Friday.
“There is a minimal socio-economic impact in declaring such day as a special non-working holiday since it coincides with the rest day for most workers/laborers,” it added.
However, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary on Dec. 8, which falls on a Sunday next year, was included in the list of special non-working days.
While the peaceful revolution is not declared as a regular holiday, it is almost always declared a special non-working day by every chief executive since the 1986 historic event that toppled a dictator.
The new proclamation, however, added the Chinese New Year on Feb. 10 and the Christmas Eve on Dec. 24 as special non-working days.
Meanwhile, Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha have been declared national holidays under the same proclamation.
\”The proclamations declaring national holidays for the observance of Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l 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 stated.
Malacañang said the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos is advised to recommend the actual dates on which Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha holidays will respectively fall.
Here are the regular holidays under Proclamation No. 368:
Jan. 1 New Year’s Day
March 28 Maundy Thursday
March 29 Good Friday
April 9 Araw ng Kagitingan
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
On the other hand, the following were declared as 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
