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A working holiday which will be first observed in 2022. This holiday aims to promote, protect, and safeguard the constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of expression, speech and of the press in the Philippines and also in honor of Marcelo H. del Pilar, father of Philippine journalism. September 1
In the Philippines, Christmas ( Filipino: Pasko; [pɐsˈkɔʔ]) [ a] is a major annual celebration, as in most countries of the Christian world. It is celebrated as a public holiday in the country on December 25, concurrent with other countries . As one of the two predominantly Catholic countries in Asia (the other one being East Timor ), the ...
November 30, 2024. ( 2024-11-30) Frequency. annual. Bonifacio Day is a national holiday in the Philippines, commemorating Andrés Bonifacio, one of the country's national heroes. He was the founder and eventual Supremo of the Katipunan, a secret society that triggered the Philippine Revolution of 1896 against the Spanish Empire.
August 25. ( 2025-08-25) 2026 date. August 31. ( 2026-08-31) Frequency. annual. National Heroes Day ( Filipino: Pambansang Araw ng mga Bayani[ 1]) is a holiday in the Philippines dedicated to Filipino Heroes. It is a public holiday in the Philippines .
The November 2016 barangay and SK elections were postponed to May 2018, and the following election was scheduled for May 2020, then every three years thereafter. [5]On September 30, 2019, the Senate of the Philippines passed a bill postponing the date of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to December 5, 2022. [6]
In the Philippines, New Year's Eve (Bisperas ng Bagong Taon) is a special non-working holiday (except for 2021 and 2022, where it is a special working holiday), [37] and Filipinos usually celebrate in the company of family or close friends.
September 28-30, 2021: Typhoon Mindulle (2021) hit The Philippines. [38] October 10–11, 2021: Tropical Storm Kompasu (Maring) brought widespread flooding over much of the country, with severe impacts over the Luzon archipelago. The storm killed 43 people and caused damages estimated at ₱6.4 billion (US$127 million). [39]
A Sinulog Festival Queen carrying the image of Santo Niño, representing Toledo City in 2023. The street dancers performs at South Road Properties.. The Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival (as known as Sinug and Sulog) is an annual cultural and religious festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu, with the center of the activities being in Cebu City, and is the centre of the Santo Niño ...