Regular holidays and special (non-working) days for 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday issued Proclamation 555 which lists the regular holidays and special non-working days for 2019.

The holidays are as follows:

REGULAR HOLIDAYS

• New Year’s Day - January 1
• Araw ng Kagitingan - April 9
• Maundy Thursday - April 18
• Good Friday - April 19
• Labor Day - May 1
• Independence Day - June 12
• National Heroes Day - August 26 (Last Monday of August)
• Bonifacio Day - November 30
• Christmas Day - December 25
• Rizal Day - December 30

SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) HOLIDAYS

• Chinese New Year - February 5
• EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary - February 25
• Black Saturday - April 20
• Ninoy Aquino Day - August 21
• All Saints Day - November 1
• Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary - December 8
• Last Day of the Year - December 31

ADDITIONAL NON-WORKING HOLIDAYS

• All Souls Day - November 2
• Christmas Eve - December 24

The list, however, does not include the dates of the Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha, which will be determined in accordance with the Islamic calendar. —Virgil Lopez/KBK, GMA News