President Ferdinand Marcos has declared next year’s regular holidays and special non-working days but excluded from declaring the commemoration of the EDSA People Power Revolution as a holiday.
Mr. Marcos approved Proclamation No. 368, which Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin signed on October 11, stating the Department of Labor and Employment must implement the guidelines for the proclamation.
Excluded from the list is the observance of the 38th EDSA People Power Anniversary on February 25 next year, which falls on a Sunday.
Malacañang clarified that it respects the observance of EDSA anniversary but said that since it falls on a Sunday or the usual rest day for workers, it would have a minimal socio-economic impact to declare the day as a special non-working day.
Listed under regular holidays are the following:
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
Meanwhile, the following were announced as special non-working days for 2024:
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
Meanwhile, the announcement for the observance of Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha will be issued once the Islamic holidays’ approximate dates have been determined per the Islamic calendar.
“With this, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos is advised, at the appropriate time, to recommend to the Office of the President (OP) the actual dates on which Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha holidays will respectively fall,” the Palace said.