President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday signed Proclamation No. 1236, declaring the regular and special working and non-working holidays for 2022.
Nov. 2 (All Souls' Day), Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve), and Dec. 31 (New Year's Eve) will remain as special working days in 2022.
It was only this year when these were declared working holidays to boost "economic productivity" during the COVID-19 pandemic.
No other changes were made to the list provided under Proclamation No. 1107, signed on Feb. 26, 2021.
Below are the other
holidays for 2022:
Regular holidaysJan. 1 (Saturday) - New Year's Day
April 9 (Saturday) - Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor)
April 14 - Maundy Thursday
April 15 - Good Friday
May 1 (Sunday) - Labor Day
June 12 (Sunday) - Independence Day
Aug. 29 (Monday) - National Heroes' Day
Nov. 30 (Wednesday) - Bonifacio Day
Dec. 25 (Sunday) - Christmas Day
Dec. 30 (Friday) - Rizal Day
Special non-working daysFeb. 1 (Tuesday) - Chinese New Year
Feb. 25 (Friday) - EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary
April 16 - Black Saturday
Aug. 21 (Sunday) - Ninoy Aquino Day
Nov. 1 (Tuesday) - All Saints' Day
Dec. 8 (Thursday) - Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
The President will issue separate proclamations for the observance of the Eid'l Fitr, the end of the month-long Ramadan, and the Eid'l Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, once the dates of these Islamic holidays have been determined through the Hijra or lunar calendar. It is the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos that would recommend the actual dates on which these holidays will fall.
The Labor Department shall enforce the implementing guidelines for the new proclamation.
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