Duterte issues proclamation declaring 2020 holidays

November 15, 2019

President Rodrigo Dutrete has issued a proclamation declaring the regular holiday and special non-working days for 2020.

Under Proclamation No.845, which Duterte igned on November 15, the following are declared as regular holidays next year:

New Year's Day - January 1 (Wednesday) Araw ng Kagitingan - April 9 (Thursday) Maundy Thursday - April 9 Good Friday - April 10 Labor Day - May 1 (Friday) Independence Day - June 12 (Friday) National Heroes Day - August 31 (Last Monday of August) Bonifacio Day - November 30 (Monday) Christmas Day - December 25 (Friday) Rizal Day - December 30 (Wednesday)

The special non-working days are as follows:

Chinese New Year - January 25 (Saturday) EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary - February 25 (Tuesday) Black Saturday - April 11 Ninoy Aquino Day - August 21 (Friday) All Saints' Day - November 1 (Sunday) Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary - December 8 (Tuesday) Last Day of the Year - December 31 (Thursday) Additional Special Non-Working Days - November 2 (Monday) December 24 (Thursday)

The proclamation declaring national holidays for the observance of Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adha shall be issued after the approximate dates of the Islamic holidays have been determined in accordance with 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 shall inform the Office of the President of the actual dates on which these holidays shall respectively fall," the Proclamation read.

Duterte ordered the Department of Labor and Employment to promulgate the implementing guidelines for the Proclamation, which shall take effect immediately and shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation. Celerina Monte/DMS