Two long weekends in November 2018

Time to sched more bonding time with family and friends as Filipinos are set to enjoy two long weekends in November this year. 

All Saints (November 1) and All Souls Days (November 2) were declared Special Non Working Holidays.  So its four straight days for the first weekend of November. 

And for the last weekend, before the Christmas Month, November 30, Andres Bonifacio Day, also falls on a Friday!

All these holidays are included in the official declaration issued last year, the Presidential Proclamation 269. 

Book your tickets now and fulfill your bucket list destinations before 2018 ends. 

Enjoy! 

Is it a Holiday?

Do you know that this is the most common inquiry, question the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) receives for the entire year?

 

Usually we get this question, weeks and then days prior to the said Holiday. And as it nears, we get more and more calls asking the same question.

                                                                                                                                                                    Probably  because that Holiday is already declared under a Presidential Proclamation (issued the year

before) and detailing the list of Holidays for the entire year.

Say for example, for this year 2017, as early as July of last year, Malacanang, through the Official Gazette, then posted Proclamation number 50, declaring the Regular and Special (Non-Working) holidays the entire year.

It is what we simply call as an umbrella Presidential Proclamation..

It covers the Regular Holidays such as New Year's Day, Bonifacio Day, Labor Day; and then the

Special Non Working Holidays like Black Saturday, Ninoy Day, Chinese New Year..etc.

At the same time, Proclamation 50 made mention religious holidays which does not have specific dates.

So far only the two Muslim holidays are covered under the umbrella Proclamation and these are Eidul  Fittr which usually falls in the month of June and Eidul Adha, somewhere in between August and September.

The exact date is dependent upon the Muslim calendar.  Once identified, the Office of the Muslim Affairs (OMA) and the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) must inform Malacanang for the issuance of another Presidential Proclamation.

Yep, dear readers.  It needs another law which specifies the exact date of the celebration.

The celebration of Eidul Fittr of this year for example was officially declared   on June 26 under Presidential Proclamation 235.  

Therefore, even if there are already postings and calculations on the exact  date of Eidul Adha, what we can answer you is ...

"As of press time, there is no released Proclamation yet on the said celebration"  

By the way, here are next year's list of Holidays in the Philippines..just click this : HOLIDAYS 2018

THREE holidays this LOVE Month 2016 for Cebu

CEBUANOS are set to enjoy three Special Non Working Holidays this month of February.

It will be a long first weekend as February 8 (Monday), is the annual celebration of the Chinese New Year according to Presidential Proclamation 1105 detailing the list of National Holidays in the Philippines for 2016.  It is a Special Non Working holiday.

This year, by virtue of Proclamation Number 1071, 2015, the annual celebration of the EDSA Revolution will be celebrated not just by the students but by the entire country.

February 25, which falls on a Thursday, is declared as a Special Non Working Day.

The extra holiday is on February 24th, pursuant to Republic Act 7287, the Cebu City Charter Day. It is declared also a Special Non-Working holiday but only for Cebu City residents and work places only.

For holiday pays... please click on www.dole.gov.ph


So take time to rest or to escape and enjoy with family, friends or... you know who. =)

The Holidays for Next Year 2016 base on Proclamation 115

Here is a list of the nationally proclaimed holidays in the Philippines. 

It does not include the local holidays in Cebu and those declared in the component cities.

REGULAR HOLIDAYS:

January 1 (Friday) New Year's day

March 24 (Maundy Thursday)

March 25 (Friday) Good Friday

April 9 (Saturday) Araw ng Kagitingan

May 1 (Sunday) Labor Day

June 12 (Sunday) Independence Day

August 29 (Monday) National Heroes Day

November 30 (Wednesday) Bonifacio Day

December 25 (Sunday) Christmas Day

December 30 (Friday) Rizal Day

SPECIAL NON WORKING DAYS

February 8 (Monday) Chinese New Year *

February 25 (Thursday) EDSA People's power revolution

March 26 (Saturday) Black Saturday

August 21 (Sunday) Ninoy Aquino Day

November 1 (Tuesday) All Saint's Day

ADDITIONAL SPECIAL (NON WORKING) DAYS (Proc 1105)

January 2 (Saturday) Day after the New Year

October 31 (Monday) Day before All Saints Day *

December 24 (Saturday) Day before Christmas

December 31 (Saturday) Last Day of the Year

NOTE: Eid'l Fit'r and Eid'l Adha has yet to be proclaimed based on the Islamic calendar.

For holiday pays, click on www.dole.gov.ph 

HALF DAY work tomorrow in some offices; but on call for typhoon Chedeng

Some government offices may not report for work in the afternoon tomorrow April 1 Wednesday, however a skeletal force is on duty for typhoon watch.

In observance to the Holy Week commemoration, some government offices are declaring half a day's work tomorrow.

The first to announce was the Cebu Provincial Government, according to Information Officer Ethel Natera.  The declaration is to give time for employees who are mostly travelling to their respective hometowns.

However Natera said, Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III, ordered a skeletal force, specially those in the Provincial Risk Reduction and Management Office, due to the incoming typhoone "Chedeng" (international name Maysak).

Chedeng, according to the latest weather bulletin is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility tomorrow night.

The City of Danao through Mayor Ramon Durano III, according to IO Ramonette Mahinay, also made a declaration for half day work.  However this does not include those that are in the front line services namely, City Veterinary Office, City Market Operations, City Social Welfare and Development Office, City Traffic, City Treasurers Office.  Regular employees rendering service are entitled to Compensatory Leave.

Bogo City IO Louise Jane Cabangal said, Mayor Celestino Martinez Jr also issued early morning today a half day work.  

"Should there be a need for an office to operate, a skeletal force, if it will suffice, may embody their office," according to the Memo of Mayor Martinez.

Memo of Bogo City

On the other hand the Supreme Court of the Philippines posted on its Twitter Account that all court employees nationwide will also be enjoying half day off.

Other government offices may follow such declarations despite the absence of a declaration from the Office of the President provided that essential services are not jeopardized.

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