Special Non Working Holidays

Yahoo! Special Non Working Holidays this coming Christmas week! December 25 and 27, 2010 are regular holidays; while 24 and 31 are special non-working days.

This was learned from Secretary Hermino "Sonny" Coloma of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), in a text message, after Executive Secretary Paquito "Jojo" N. Ochoa, Jr. cleared him to make public the December holidays per Proclamation No. 1841 issued by former President Gloria M. Arroyo on July 21, 2009.

According to the proclamation, aside from December 25 ? Christmas day, December 27 is also a regular holiday as the nearest Monday to December 30 ? Rizal Day.

In the same proclamation, December 24 was also declared as additional special non-working day in the country to "foster closer family ties and enable our countrymen to observe Christmas more meaningful".

With the long weekend, the government expects that this would help strengthen family relationships, renew ties for a longer period of time, and promote domestic tourism.

As the last day of year 2010, December 31 is also a special non-working day. source

photo courtesy of Jet Velas

2010 Philippine Holidays

A former office mate asked me yesterday if Feb 22 was already declared a Holiday in our office, so I searched if the scheduled Holiday of Feb 25 was moved earlier. Here's the list of Philippine Holidays:

• Jan 1 - New Year's Day
• Feb 22 - Anniversary of Phil Power Revolution (Monday nearest Feb 25) SCHOOLS ONLY
• April 01 - Maundy Thursday
• April 02 - Good Friday
• April 09 - Araw ng Kagitingan
• May 01 - Labor Day
• June 14 - Independence Day (Monday nearest June 12)
• August 23 - Ninoy Aquino Day
• August 30 - National Heroes Day
• Nov 01 - All Saints Day
• Nov 29 - Bonifacio Day (Monday nearest Nov 30)
• Dec 24 - Special Non Working Day
• Dec 25 - Christmas
• Dec 27 - Rizal Day (Monday nearest Dec 30)
• Dec 30 - Special Non Working Day

Better schedule your leaves earlier so you can plan a great vacation!