Palace releases list of holidays for 2021

August 3, 2020

Malacañang released on Monday the list of holidays and special non-working holidays for 2021.

The list is contained in Proclamation No. 986, which President Rodrigo Duterte signed on July 30.

The regular holidays are as follows:

New Year's Day - January 1 (Friday) Araw ng Kagitingan - April 9 (Friday) Maundy Thursday - April 1 Good Friday - April 2 Labor Day - May 1 (Saturday) Independence Day - June 12 (Saturday)   National Heroes Day - August 30 (Last Monday of August) Bonifacio Day - November 30 (Tuesday) Christmas Day - December 25 (Saturday) Rizal Day - December 30 (Thursday)

The special (non-working) days are the following:

Chinese New Year - February 12 (Friday) EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary - February 25 (Thursday) Black Saturday (April 3) Ninoy Aquino Day - August 21 (Saturday) All Saints' Day - November 1 (Monday) Feast of the Immaculate COnception of Mary - December 8 (Wednesday) Last Day of the Year - December 31 (Friday)

The additional special (non-working) days are the following:

All Souls' Day - November 2 (Tuesday)  - December 24 (Friday)

The Proclamation said that the 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 the Islamic calenda or the lunar calendar, or upon Islamic astronomical calculations, whichever is possible or convenient.

With this, 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 Department of Labor and Employment is tasked to promulgate the implementing guidelines for the Proclamation, which shall take effect immediately after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation. Celerina Monte/DMS