Proclamation Nos. 1462 and 1463 - Feb. 25 Special Non-Working Day and Rest of Year Holidays

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Proclamation Nos. 1462 and 1463 - Feb. 25 Special Non-Working Day and Rest of Year Holidays

Please be informed that Proclamation No. 1462 issued yesterday by the Malacañang declared February 25, Monday, as a special non-working holiday throughout the country for the observance of the 22nd Anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution.

Malacañang also announced nine (9) other regular holidays and five (5) special non-working holidays for the year 2008 under Proclamation No. 1463, as follows:

Maundy Thursday - March 20, Thursday
Good Friday - March 21, Friday
Araw ng Kagitingan (formerly Fall of Bataan Day) - April 7, Monday (moved from customary holiday on April 9)
Labor Day - May 1, Thursday
Independence Day - June 9, Monday (moved from June 12)
National Heroes Day - August 25, Monday
Bonifacio Day - December 1, Monday (moved from November 30)
Christmas Day - December 25, Thursday
Rizal Day - December 30, Tuesday

Meanwhile, the declared special non-working holidays are:
Ninoy Aquino Day - August 18, Monday (moved from August 21)
All Saints' Day - November 1, Saturday
Last Day of the Year - December 31, Wednesday
December 26, Friday
December 29, Monday

A separate proclamation for the declaration of a national holiday for the Muslim holiday Eid al Fitr will be issued "after the approximate date of the Islamic holiday could be determined in accordance with the Islamic calendar (Hijra) or the lunar calendar, or Islamic astronomical calculations, whichever is possible or convenient."

Please be guided accordingly. Thanks.