PROCLAMATION NO. 655 DECLARING THE REGULAR HOLIDAYS, SPECIAL - TopicsExpress



          

PROCLAMATION NO. 655 DECLARING THE REGULAR HOLIDAYS, SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAYS, AND SPECIAL HOLIDAY (FOR ALL SCHOOLS) FOR THE YEAR 2014 The following regular holidays and special days for the year 2014 shall be observed in the country: A. 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) B. Special (Non-Working) Days Chinese New Year - 31 January (Friday) Black Saturday - 19 April Ninoy Aquino Day - 21 August (Thursday) All Saints Day - 1 November (Saturday) Additional special (non-working) days - 24 December (Wednesday) - 26 December (Friday) Last Day of the Year - 31 December (Wednesday) C. Special Holiday (for all schools) EDSA Revolution Anniversary - 25 February (Tuesday) SECTION 2. The proclamations declaring national holidays for the observance of Eid’l Fitr and Eidul Adha shall hereafter 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 possible or convenient. To this end, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) shall inform the Office of the President on which days the holidays shall respectively fall. SECTION 3. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) shall promulgate the implementing guidelines for this Proclamation. SECTION 4. This Proclamation shall take effect immediately. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Thirteen. (Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
Posted on: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 06:24:03 +0000

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