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Independence Day [1] (Filipino: Araw ng Kasarinlán; also known as Araw ng Kalayaan, "Day of Freedom") is a national holiday in the Philippines observed annually on June 12, [2] commemorating the declaration of Philippine independence from Spain in 1898. [2] Since 1978, it has been the country's National Day.
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.
Proclamation No. 727, series of 2024, contains the general list, [32] with the People Power anniversary, which was not declared a holiday for 2024, being returned but as a working day. [33] A day prior to All Saints' Day (October 31) is included in the list, while All Souls' Day (November 2) is excluded.
No. Title / Description Date signed Ref. 1 Abolishing the Presidential Anti Corruption Commission and the Office of the Cabinet Secretary.: June 30, 2022 [1]2 Reorganizing and Renaming the Presidential Communications Operations Office and its Attached Agencies into the Office of the Press Secretary, Abolishing the Office of the Presidential Spokesperson, and for Other Purposes
The Philippine Declaration of Independence (Filipino: Pagpapahayag ng Kasarinlan ng Pilipinas; Spanish: Declaración de Independencia de Filipinas) [a] was proclaimed by Filipino revolutionary forces general Emilio Aguinaldo on June 12, 1898, in Cavite el Viejo (present-day Kawit, Cavite), Philippines.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed Proclamation No. 1211 in January 2007 declaring Independence Day which falls on June 12 a working holiday, and the day before a non-working holiday – effectively moving the holiday. However rites organized by the government remained observed on the actual date.
The delegates were elected on November 10, 1970, and the convention itself was convened on June 1, 1971. It was marked by controversies, including efforts to uphold term limits for incumbent President Ferdinand Marcos , and a bribery scandal in which 14 people, including First Lady Imelda Marcos , were accused of bribing delegates to favor the ...
Many visitors today assume the balcony to be the actual location of the Independence Proclamation. [4] Aguinaldo donated his home to the Philippine government on June 12, 1963, "to perpetuate the spirit of the Philippine Revolution of 1896 that put an end to Spanish colonization of the country". [2] [1]