(FILES) Facade of the Malacañan Palace as seen from Pasig River 
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Palace releases dates for 2025 holidays and special non-working days

Richbon Quevedo

Malacañang Palace issued Proclamation No. 727, on Thursday, 31 October 2024 declaring regular holidays and special non-working days across the archipelago in 2025.

Here's the list of regular holidays and special non-working days for 2025:

Regular Holidays: 

New Year’s Day - 1 January (Wednesday) 

Araw ng Kagitingan - 9 April (Wednesday)

Maundy Thursday - 17 April

Good Friday – 18 April

Labor Day -  1  May (Thursday)

Independence Day - 12 June (Thursday)

National Heroes Day - 25 August (Last Monday of August)

Bonifacio Day - 30 November (Sunday)

Christmas Day - 25 December (Thursday)

Rizal Day - 30 December (Tuesday)

Special Non-Working days:

Chinese New Year  -  29 January (Wednesday)

Black Saturday  -  19 April

Ninoy Aquino Day - 21 August (Thursday)

All Saints' Day Eve  -  31 October (Friday)

All Saints Day -  1 November (Saturday)

Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary -  8 December (Monday)

Christmas Eve  -  24 December (Wednesday)

Last Day of the Year -  31 December (Wednesday)

Meanwhile, the EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary on 25 February (Tuesday) was declared a special working day.

Last year, the EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary was not included in the list of official holidays because it fell on a Sunday.

Marcos also issued Proclamation No. 167, which moved the February 25 holiday to "enable our countrymen to avail themselves of the benefits of a longer weekend pursuant to the principle of holiday economics... provided that the historical significance of the EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary is maintained."

The observance of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha for the Muslim community will be announced as determined according to the Islamic (Hijri) calendar or lunar calendar, or through Islamic astronomical calculations.