Duterte proclaims 2021 special, regular holidays

President Rodrigo Duterte signed Proclamation No. 986 declaring the Regular Holidays and Special (Non-Working) Days for the Year 2021.

Under PN 986 signed by the president last 30 July, the Regular Holidays are New Year’s Day, 1 January (Friday); Araw ng Kagitingan, 9 April (Friday); Maundy Thursday, 1 April; Good Friday, 2 April; Labor Day, 1 May (Saturday); Independence Day, 12 June (Saturday); National Heroes Day, 30 August (Last Monday of August); Bonifacio Day, 30 November (Tuesday); Christmas Day, 25 December (Saturday) and Rizal Day, 30 December (Thursday).

Additional Special (Non-Working Days) include All Souls’ Day on 2 November (Tuesday) and Christmas Eve, 24 December (Friday).

The Special (Non-Working) Days, on the other hand, are Chinese New Year, 12 February (Friday); EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary, 25 February (Thursday); Black Saturday, 3 April; Ninoy Aquino Day, 21 August (Saturday); All Saints’ Day 1 November (Monday); Feast of the Immaculate Concepcion of Mary, 8 December (Wednesday); and Last Day of the Year, 31 December (Friday).

Additional Special (Non-Working Days) include All Souls’ Day on 2 November (Tuesday) and Christmas Eve, 24 December (Friday).

The proclamations declaring national holidays for the observance of Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha shall hereafter be issued after the appointment dates of the Islamic holidays have been determined in accordance with the Islamic calendar (Hijra) or the lunar calendar.

The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos shall inform the Office of the President of the actual dates of which these holidays shall respectfully fall.

The Department of Labor and Employment shall promulgate the implementing guidelines for this Proclamation.

The Proclamation, which shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation, shall take effect immediately.