WORKERS will have nine long weekends this year under Proclamation 1841, which lists all the regular and special holidays for 2010.
The regular holidays are New Year’s Day on Jan. 1; Maundy Thursday on April 1; Good Friday on April 2; Araw ng Kagitingan on April 9; Labor Day on May 1; Independence Day on June 14 (Monday nearest June 12); National Heroes Day on Aug. 30 (last Monday of August); Bonifacio Day on Nov. 29 (Monday nearest Nov. 30); Christmas Day on Dec. 25; and Rizal Day on Dec. 27 (Monday nearest Dec. 30).
The special holidays are Ninoy Aquino Day on Aug. 23 (Monday nearest Aug. 21), All Saints’ Day on Nov. 1 and Dec. 24 and 31.
The proclamation also declared Feb. 22, the anniversary of the Edsa Revolution, a special holiday for all schools. –Joyce Pangco Pañares, Manila Standard Today
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideos
Monthly Observances:
March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth
Weekly Observances:
Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
Last Week of April – World Immunization Week
Daily Observances:
Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
Apr 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work
