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On July 25, 1987, President Corazon Aquino promulgated the Administrative Code of the Philippines. [1] Chapter 9 of this code specified a list of ten nationwide regular holidays and two nationwide special days and provided that the President may proclaim any local special day for a particular date, group or place.
After the 2019 changes to the law on public holidays, 8 October is the Parliament Day and 25 June is the Independence Day, but they are memorial days and not public holidays. [40] Cuba: Independence Day [42] 10 October: 1868 [43] Spanish Empire
In 1963, by recommendation of historian Teodoro Agoncillo, the date was changed to August 23, and the location was changed to Pugad Lawin in Caloocan (now in modern-day Gulod, Novaliches, Quezon City). [5] Due to the disputed date, and with the consensus that the cry occurred in late August, the holiday was then set for the last week of August. [4]
In April 1961, Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia signed Republic Act No. 3022 into law, declaring April 9 of every year as "Bataan Day". [9]In June 1987, Executive Order No. 203 revised all national holidays in the Philippines, referring to the April 9 holiday as "Araw ng Kagitingan (Bataan and Corregidor Day)". [10]
National Name Yourself Day. National Unicorn Day. April 10. Golfer’s Day. National Encourage a Young Writer Day. National Farm Animals Day. National Hug Your Dog Day. National Siblings Day. April 11
January 1 – New Year's Day; April 9 – Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) April 14 – Maundy Thursday; April 15 – Good Friday; May 1 – Labor Day; May 3 – Eid'l Fitr (Feast of Ramadan) [259] June 12 – Independence Day; July 9 – Eid'l Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) [260] August 29 – National Heroes Day; November 30 – Bonifacio Day ...
She would sign into law Republic Act 9492 the Holiday Economics Law on July 24, 2007 [3] which allows the observance of otherwise fixed public holidays except for New Year's Day on January 1, All Saint's Day on November 1, Christmas Day on December 25, and the last day of the year, December 31 to the nearest Monday.
In many East Asian countries as well as Vietnam and the Philippines, [17] Buddha's Birth is celebrated on the 8th day of the 4th month in the Chinese lunar calendar (in Japan since 1873 on April 8 of the Gregorian calendar), and the day is an official holiday in Hong Kong, Macau and South Korea. The date falls from the end of April to the end ...