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A working holiday which was first observed in 2020. This holiday aims to promote, protect, and safeguard the constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of expression, speech and of the press in the Philippines especially in school campuses. July 27. Iglesia ni Cristo Day.
April 7 – Roxanne Baeyens, a 22-year-old Filipino-Belgian beauty representing Baguio, is crowned Face of Tourism Philippines 2019. [343] April 17 – Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is named Time magazine's most influential people of 2019, along with some prominent music personalities, government officials and world leaders. [344]
July 17, Basketball – The San Miguel Beermen wins defeating the Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings 90–79 to win the 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals. October 8, Basketball – The Ateneo Blue Eagles wins defeating the UE Red Warriors 2–1 in their final series to win their fifth men's title in the UAAP Championships.
Christmas ( Filipino: Pasko; [pɐsˈkɔʔ]) [ a] is one of the biggest holidays in the Philippines. As one of the two predominantly Catholic countries in Asia, the Philippines celebrates the world's longest Christmas season (Filipino: Kapaskuhan ); [ 1][ 3] Christmas music is played as early as August. [ 4]
Ends. Easter Sunday. Frequency. Annual. Holy Week ( Filipino: Mahal na Araw; Spanish: Semana Santa) is a significant religious observance in the Philippines for the Catholic majority, the Iglesia Filipina Independiente or the Philippine Independent Church, and most Protestant groups. One of the few majority Christian countries in Asia ...
First time. April 9, 1961 (as Philippine holiday) The Day of Valor, officially known as Araw ng Kagitingan, is a national observance in the Philippines which commemorates the fall of Bataan to Japanese troops during World War II. The day is officially celebrated every April 9, the start of the Bataan Death March, although the date was moved on ...
Sundays are also considered legal religious holidays. Bonifacio Day was added through Philippine Legislature Act No. 2946. It was signed by then-Governor General Francis Burton Harrison in 1921. [3] On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day. [4]
Ninoy Aquino Day is a national non-working holiday in the Philippines observed annually on August 21 commemorating the assassination of former Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr., the husband of Corazon Aquino, who later became the eleventh Philippine President. His assassination led to the downfall of the tenth president, dictator, and ...