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The purpose of a holiday is to commemorate an event which is significant to the country. The purpose of holiday pay, on the other hand, is to prevent the diminution of the monthly income of the workers on account of work interruptions.
This early, searches have reached this site looking for public holidays for the rest of the year - October, November and December (time flies so fast). Fortunately for you folks, there are more long weekends to come. Here are the remaining declared public holidays for 2007 (also for 2008 and 2009 declared holidays): * 29 October 2007, Monday ( Barangay and SK elections), is special non-working holiday. That goes for both the public and private sectors. In other words, Saturday to Monday (27 - 29 October 2007) is a long weekend. ( Half-day work duty on 31 October 2007?) But wait, there's more!  * 1 November 2007, Thursday (All Saints Day), a Special Holiday. The President already declared 2 November 2007 (Friday) as a special non-working holiday. This means that there's a long weekend from 1 - 4 November 2007 (Thursday to Sunday). * 30 November 2007, Friday ( Bonifacio Day ), a Regular Non-Working Holiday. You have to save up for more long weekend spending from Friday to Sunday (30 November - 2 December 2007). [Added: Someone pointed to a news article, stating that Bonifacio Day will be moved to December 3. The President already declared, however, that it need not be moved to the nearest Monday because Bonifacio Day falls on a Friday, and thus already serves the purpose of RA No. 9492. Same thing with Rizal Day, which won't be moved to December 31, which is already a special holiday.] * 25 December 2007, Tuesday ( Christmas Day), a Regular Non-Working Holiday. The President also declared 24 December 2007 (Monday) as a special non-working holiday. So, there's a long weekend from 22 - 25 December 2007 (Saturday to Tuesday).
* 30 December 2007, Sunday (Rizal Day), a Regular Non-Working Holiday. Together with the holidays described below, there's a long weekend from 29 December 2007 - 1 January 2008 (Saturday to Tuesday).
* 31 December 2007, Monday (Last Day of the Year), Special Holiday.
* 1 January 2008, Tuesday (New Year’s Day) Regular Non-Working Holiday
So you see, there's not only one, not two or three or four - but FIVE - long weekends ahead. At least 5, that is. We'll never know if the holiday gods would wake up one morning and decide to shower everyone with more long weekends. By the way, these holidays are also noted in the Events Calendar (you could also post your events at the Events Calendar). This list is based on Republic Act No. 9492, Proclamation No. 1403, Proclamation No. 1353 and Proclamation No. 1211. There are separate posts for computing holiday pay. Enjoy the long weekends ahead, everyone!
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