Philippine holidays for the rest of 2024, list for 2025 as per Malacañang

Holiday economics: Know the 2025 holidays list released by the presidential palace

Last updated: December 04, 2024 | 23:16

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A costume parade in Baguio City, 4 hours north of the capital Manila.

A costume parade in Baguio City, a popular destination for escaping the tropical heat of the lowlands. The city, known as the summer capital of the Philippines, is located at an elevation of more than 4,800 feet above sea level. It's about 4 hours by car north of the capital Manila.

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Manila: There will be five non-working holidays this December in the Philippines, as per the official list.

Holidays ensure proper observance and recognition of significant events and cultural practices in the Asian country.

The list, issued by the Presidential Palace, serves as a guide to help businesses and workers plan accordingly.

Here’s the list of holidays for the rest of 2024:

The above holidays are based on the official list for 2024 released by the Office of the President, through Proclamation No. 368, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas P. Bersamin on October 11, 2023, as per the Presidential Communications Office).

• The Philippines observes “holiday economics”. • Republic Act No. 9492, or the Holiday Economics Law, rationalises the celebration of national holidays in the Philippines. • It aims to provide a clear list of regular holidays and nationwide special days, and specify observance rules. • The RA 9492 does not move the actual dates of the holidays but rather “rationalises” the observance of it by moving its observance to the nearest weekend. • This would prevent holidays in the middle of weekdays – and would create long weekends.

Holidays for 2025

Banaue Rice Terraces in the Cordilleras, in northern Luzon, Philippines.

Special (Non-Working) Days:

Special (Working) Day:

Additional Special (Non-Working) Days:

Eid All Fitr and Eid Al Adha

The proclamations declaring national holidays for the observance of Eid Al Fitr and Eid Al Adha will be issued after the approximate dates of the Islamic holidays have been determined in accordance with the Islamic calendar (Hijra) or the lunar calendar, or upon Islamic astronomical calculations, whichever is applicable.

The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) will recommend to the President the actual dates on which these holidays will respectively fall.

INC anniversary

In a separate proclamation, the Palace also declared July 27, 2025 (Sunday) a special non-working day nationwide for the founding anniversary of Iglesia ni Cristo (INC).

Bersamin signed Proclamation 729 on Wednesday to “give the members of Iglesia ni Cristo the full opportunity to participate in the occasion.”

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