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Philippine Holidays (Partial Listing of Regular, Special Non-Working, and Working Holidays for 2008)

(Source of Information: Philippine Government)

Partial Listing of Regular Holidays

Special Non-Working and

Working Holidays for 2008

New Year's Day	January 1, 2008
Maundy Thursday	March 20, 2008
Good Friday	March 21, 2008
Black Saturday	March 22, 2008
Easter Sunday	March 23, 2008
Araw ng Kagitingan (Wednesday) (Nearest Monday)	April 9, 2008
Labor Day (Thursday) (Nearest Monday)	May 1, 2008
Independence Day (Thursday) (Nearest Monday)	June 12, 2008
Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Day (Thursday) (Nearest Monday)	August 21, 2008
National Heroes Day (Last Monday of August)	August 25, 2008
All Saints' Day	November 1, 2008
Eid'l Fitr (Feast of Ramadhan)
Bonifacio Day (Nearest Monday)	November 30, 2008
Special Non-working Day	December 24, 2008
Christmas Day	December 25, 2008
Rizal Day (National mourning in honor of Dr. Jose Rizal and other victims of the Philippine Revolution)	December 30, 2008
New Year's Eve	December 31, 2008

National Special Observance (Working Days)

Best Dives Philippines Week	January 25 of every year
Day of Sanctity and Protection of Human Life	3rd Sunday of January every year
Constitution Day	February 2 of every year
National TOYM Week	Last week of February of every year
Philippine Marathon for the Pasig River Month	Every February of every year
National Dental Health Month	Every February of every year
National Arts Month	Every February of every year
Day of the Unborn	March 25 of every year
Women with Disabilities Day	Last Monday of March of every year
Panagyaman Rice Festival, the national celebration of successful rice harvest	Month of April of every year
Anti-Graft and Corruption Awareness Month	May of every year
Philippines Arbor Day	June 25 of every year
Nutrition Month	July of every year
Police Community Relations Month	July of every year
White Cane Safety Day	August 1 of every year
Social Security Month	September of every year
National Peace Consciousness Month	September of every year
"Rule of Law Month"	September of every year
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month	October of every year
Cooperative Month	October of every year
National Statistics Month	October of every year
Animal Welfare Week	1st week of October of every year
National Newborn Screening Week	1st week of October of every year
Special working holiday in the Province of Occidental Mindoro (Tamaraw Conservation Month)	October 1 of every year
National Week for Overcoming Poverty	October 17-23 of every year
United Nations Week	October 18-24 of every year
Bone and Joint (Musculo-Skeletal) Awareness Week	3rd Week of October of every year
National Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Awareness Week	3rd Week of October of every year
National Indigenous Peoples Thanksgiving Day	October 29 of every year
National TOWNS Week	Last week of October of every year
Traditional & Alternative Health Care Month	Month of November of every year
National Rice Awareness Month	November of every year
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Day	3rd Wednesday of November of every year
National Volunteer Month	December of every year
National Press Congress	December of every year
National day of prayer in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe	December 12 of every year
Graciano Lopez-Jaena Day	December 18 of every year

2000 - 2010	Bone and Joint Decade
2005 - 2015	Decade of Good Governance and Good Citizenship to fight graft and corruption and to eradicate poverty
year 2005	Centennial Year of the Feminist Movement of the Philippines
year 2005	Philippine Year of Microfinance
2003 - 2012	Strong State Support to the United Nations Literacy Decade
2003 - 2012	The Philippine Decade for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) as proclaimed by Proclamation 240 signed by PGMA on Aug 2002

For Labor Advisories, refer to http://www.bwc.dole.gov.ph/labor_advisories/labor_advisories.asp
For Holiday Proclamations, refer to http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/#Proclamations
For Holiday Pay, refer to http://www.gov.ph/faqs/labor_holiday.asp
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