There will be 17 public holidays this year, including eight long weekends.
By virtue of Proclamation No. 831 signed by President Aquino on July 17, 2014, 10 are regular holidays while seven are special non-working holidays for 2015.
Regular holidays include: New Year’s Day (January 1 – Thursday); Maundy Thursday (April 2); Good Friday (April 3); Araw ng Kagitingan (April 9 – Thursday); Labor Day (May 1 – Friday); Independence Day (June 12 – Friday); National Heroes’ Day (August 31); Bonifacio Day (November 30 – Monday); Christmas Day (December 25 – Friday); and Rizal Day (December 30 – Wednesday).
The special non-working days include: January 2 (Friday); Chinese New Year (February 19 – Thursday); Black Saturday (April 4); Ninoy Aquino Day (August 21 – Friday); All Saints Day (November 1 – Sunday); Christmas Eve (December 24 – Thursday); and New Year’s Eve (December 31 – Thursday).
The Edsa People Power Revolution anniversary celebrated on February 25 (Wednesday) will also be a special holiday for all schools.
This year, the public can anticipate eight long weekends: January 1 and 2, New Year (Thursday and Friday); April 2 (Maundy Thursday), April 3 (Good Friday), and April 4 (Black Saturday); May 1, Labor Day (Friday); June 12, Independence Day (Friday); August 21, Ninoy Aquino Day (Friday); August 31, National Heroes’ Day (Monday); November 30, Bonifacio Day (Monday); and December 24 (Christmas Eve) and December 25, Christmas Day (Thursday and Friday).
A separate Proclamation declaring national holidays for the observance of Eid’l Fit’r and Eid’l Adha will be issued after the approximate dates of the Islamic holidays have been determined in accordance with the Islamic calendar, lunar calendar, or upon Islamic astronomical calculations, whichever is possible and convenient.
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