National Regular and Special Holidays for 2008 in the Philippines
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Posted by pinoy, on 23-10-2008 21:09,
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Jayv, as noted below: Reports have quoted Sec. Eduardo Ermita saying that October 31, eve of all Saint's Day, won't be declared as a holiday. He mentioned, however, that private employers may opt to have a half-day work on October so employees could prepare for travel to the provinces.
Grace/Helen, we're not yet aware of any Proclamation declaring October 31, 2008 as a holiday. We'll update the list as soon as we receive the information, so please drop by from time to time. Thank you.
Update (Oct 23): Reports have quoted Sec. Eduardo Ermita saying that October 31, eve of all Saint's Day, won't be declared as a holiday. He mentioned, however, that private employers may opt to have a half-day work on October so employees could prepare for travel to the provinces.
Anne, thank you very much. To minimize confusion, the post had been revised, chronologically listing the holidays (instead of dividing them between regular and special non-working holidays).
this is very informative. thanks for posting. however, pls update your list, it is quite misleading. dec29 is a monday, not thursday. and as per proclamation 1463, rizal day holiday is on dec30. dec29 is an additional holiday.
also, dec29 (monday) thru jan1 (thursday) are all holidays. does anyone know if jan 2 2009 (friday) is also a holiday?
ashley, as stated in the list, April 7 is a non-working nationwide holiday (Araw ng Kagitingan). As you may have noticed in the last part of the post, the date is already fixed through a Proclamation issued by Malacanang. Enjoy the long weekend. :)
Tec, most probably it won't be moved. May 1 is a Thursday and despite that knowledge, Malacanang still issued a Proclamation maintaining that date. According to Malacanang, May 1 has been a long cherished tradition of workers, a holiday which trade unions fought very hard to institutionalize in the country and an international event that the workers want to celebrate on its exact date. Still, they could always move the date.