THE Malacañang released on Thursday, October 31, 2024, the list of regular and special non-working holidays for 2025.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. issued Proclamation 727 signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, declaring the following dates as regular holidays:
January 1 (Wednesday) - New Year’s Day
April 9 (Wednesday) - Araw ng Kagitingan
April 17 - Maundy Thursday
April 18 - Good Friday
May 1 (Thursday) - Labor Day
June 12 (Thursday) - Independence Day
August 25 (Last Monday of August) - National Heroes Day
November 30 (Sunday) - Bonifacio Day
December 25 (Thursday) - Christmas Day
December 30 (Tuesday) - Rizal Day
The following were identified as Special (Non-Working):
August 21 (Thursday) - Ninoy Aquino Day
November 1 (Saturday) - All Saints Day
December 8 (Monday) - Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
December 31 (Wednesday) - Last Day of the Year
Additional Special (Non-Working) Days:
January 29 (Wednesday) - Chinese New Year
April 19 - Black Saturday
December 24 (Wednesday) - Christmas Eve
October 31 (Friday) - All Saints’ Day Eve
February 25, when the country commemorates the Edsa People Power Revolution Anniversary that unseated Marcos’ father, late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., was declared a special working day.
For this year, Marcos did not include the Edsa People Power Anniversary in the list of holidays, saying it had a minimum socioeconomic impact as it falls on a Sunday.
In 2023, instead of celebrating the Edsa People Power Revolution anniversary on the day itself February 25, which falls on a Saturday, Marcos moved it to February 24, a Friday, to give way to a long weekend “to enable our countrymen to avail of the benefits of a longer weekend pursuant to the principle of holiday economics.”
“The proclamations declaring national holidays for the observance of Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l 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 proclamation stated.
Marcos also declared July 27, 2025 as a special non-working day for the founding anniversary of the Iglesia Ni Cristo, one of the most biggest and most influential religious group in the country.
The proclamation has tasked the Department of Labor and Employment to issue the implementing guidelines for the proclamation, which is expected to take effect immediately. (TPM/SunStar Philippines)