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
August 12 –
International Youth Day
“Empowering youth,
building generations!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos
August –
Aug 1-7 World breastfeeding week
Aug 9 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Aug 12 – International youth day
Aug 19 – World humanitarian day
Aug 23 – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
Monthly Observances:
Farms Safety Month
Breastfeeding Awareness Month
Weekly Observances:
Aug 17-23: Made in the Philippines
Product Week
Aug 29-Sept 5: Rice and Corn Week
Daily Observances:
Aug 1: Family Planning Day
Aug 9: National Indigenous Peoples Day
Aug 12: International Humanitarian Law Day
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