SECTION 1. The following regular holidays and special days for the year 2012 shall be observed in the country: A. Regular Holidays New Year’s Day Maundy Thursday Good Friday Araw ng Kagitingan January 1 (Sunday) April 5 April 6 April 9 (Monday) Labor Day Independence Day National Heroes Day Bonifacio Day Christmas Day Rizal Day May 1 (Tuesday) June 12 (Tuesday) August 27 (Last Monday of August) November 30 (Friday) December 25 (Tuesday) December 30 (Sunday) B. Special (Non-Working) Days Chinese New Year Ninoy Aquino Day All Saints Day Additional special (non-working) day Last Day of the Year January 23 (Monday) August 21 (Tuesday) November 1 (Thursday) November 2 (Friday) December 31 (Monday C. Special Holiday (for all schools ) EDSA Revolution Anniversary February 25 (Saturday)
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Proclamation No. 295
Proclamation No. 295
PROCLAMATION NO. 295 DECLARING THE REGULAR HOLIDAYS, SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAYS, AND SPECIAL HOLIDAY (FOR ALL SCHOOLS) FOR THE YEAR 2012
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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 day the holiday shall fall.
SECTION 3. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) shall promulgate the implementing guidelines for this Proclamation.
This Proclamation shall take effect immediately
SECTION 4. This Proclamation shall take effect immediately.
This Proclamation shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation
SECTION 5. This Proclamation shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation. 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 24th day of November in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Eleven. (Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III By authority of the President: (Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR. Executive Secretary