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Plan ahead: List of Philippines holidays for 2019

In August, President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Proclamation No. 555 declaring the regular and special holidays to be celebrated this year.

With the start of the new year, employees in the Philippines and overseas Filipino workers abroad who would like to take a quick leave to spend the holidays in the country refresh their memory with the holidays to be observed.

The regular holidays in the Philippines are:

January 1, 2019, Tuesday – New Year’s Day
April 9, 2019, Tuesday – Araw ng Kagitingan
April 18, 2019 – Maundy Thursday
April 19, 2019 – Good Friday
May 1, 2019, Wednesday – Labor Day
June 12, 2019, Wednesday – Independence Day
August 26, 2019, last Monday of August – National Heroes’ Day
November 30, 2019, Saturday – Bonifacio Day
December 25, 2019, Wednesday – Christmas Day
December 30, 2019, Monday – Rizal Day

Special non-working days:

February 5, 2019, Tuesday – Chinese New Year
February 25, 2019, Monday – EDSA Revolution Anniversary
April 20, 2019 – Black Saturday
August 21, 2019, Wednesday – Ninoy Aquino Day
November 1, 2019, Friday – All Saints’ Day
December 8, 2019, Sunday – Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
December 31, 2019, Tuesday – last day of the year

Additional special non-working holidays:

November 2, 2019, Saturday
December 24, 2019, Tuesday

Malacañang will issue a proclamation to declare national holidays for Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha after the approximate dates of the Islamic holidays have been determined.

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