By Brian Campued
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has issued Proclamation No. 727 declaring the regular holidays and special non-working and working days for 2025.
Signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Wednesday, a copy of the issuance was posted on the Official Gazette Thursday.
According to the proclamation, the following dates are declared as regular holidays and special days next year:
Regular Holidays:
- New Year’s Day – Jan. 1 (Wednesday)
- Araw ng Kagitingan – April 9 (Wednesday)
- Maundy Thursday – April 17
- Good Friday – April 18
- Labor Day – May 1 (Thursday)
- Independence Day – June 12 (Thursday)
- National Heroes Day – Aug. 25 (Last Monday of August)
- Bonifacio Day – Nov. 30 (Sunday)
- Christmas Day – Dec. 25 (Thursday)
- Rizal Day – Dec. 30 (Tuesday)
Special (Non-Working) Days:
- Ninoy Aquino Day – Aug. 21 (Thursday)
- All Saints’ Day – Nov. 1 (Saturday)
- Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary – Dec. 8 (Monday)
- Last Day of the Year – Dec. 31 (Wednesday)
Special (Working) Day:
- EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary – Feb. 25 (Tuesday)
Additional Special (Non-Working) Days:
- Chinese New Year – Jan. 29 (Wednesday)
- Black Saturday – April 19
- All Saints’ Day Eve – Oct. 31 (Friday)
- Christmas Eve – Dec. 24 (Wednesday)
The same Proclamation indicated the declaration of national holidays for the observance of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha will be issued once the “approximate dates of the Islamic holidays have been determined based on the Islamic calendar or upon Islamic astronomical calculations.
“The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos will recommend to the President the actual dates on which these holidays will respectively fall,” Malacañang said.
Meanwhile, in a separate proclamation, the President has also declared July 27, 2025 (Sunday) as a special non-working day for the founding anniversary of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC).
In issuing Proclamation No. 729, Marcos said this special day will give members of INC “the full opportunity to participate in the occasion.”
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