by Public Holiday News
Manila, Aug 17th 2018
Malacañang have released the list of regular holidays and special (non-working) days for the year 2019.
The Palace said based on Proclamation No. 555, the following days are the regular holidays and special (non-working) days for 2019.
Employees who work on regular holidays are supposed to be paid 200 percent of their regular salary.
On special (non-working) days, employees who go to work are supposed to get an additional 30 percent of their daily pay.
As the dates for Eid'l Fitr and Eid'l Adha depend on the lunar calendar, the Palace said, "the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos shall inform the Office of the President of the actual dates on which these holidays shall respectively fall." To help with planning, we show the anticipated world-wide dates for these holidays in 2019.
As usual planning ahead and using your annual holiday allowance to create long weekends is an efficient way to extend the public holidays. In 2019, the dates of the holidays create five long weekends. These are Edsa People Power Revolution Anniversary (Monday 25 February), Holy Week (April 18 to 21), National Heroes Day (Monday 26 August), All Saints' Day (Friday 1 November) and finally Rizal Day (Monday 30 December) and New Year's Eve (Tuesday 31 December).
Chinese New Year will be a Special (Non-Working) Day on Tuesday 5 February, so using taking the Monday before from your holiday allowance will create a four-day weekend.
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National holidays in Philippines in 2019
| Weekday | Date | Holiday | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | New Year's Day | Regular holiday | |
| Wednesday | New Year's Holiday | Government only | |
| Wednesday | Public Holiday | Bulacan. Special Non-working day | |
| Tuesday | Chinese New Year | Special non-working day | |
| Monday | People Power Revolution | Special Working day | |
| Saturday | Davao City Day | Davao City | |
| Tuesday | The Day of Valor | Regular holiday | |
| Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Regular holiday | |
| Friday | Good Friday | Regular holiday | |
| Saturday | Black Saturday | Special Non-working day | |
| Wednesday | Labor Day | Regular holiday | |
| Monday | Public Holiday | Special non-working day | |
| Wednesday | Eid'l Fitr | End of Ramadan | |
| Wednesday | Independence Day | Regular holiday | |
| Monday | Manila Day | Manila only | |
| Monday | Eidul Adha | Date confirmed by govt.proclamation | |
| Monday | Birthday of Manuel L Quezon | Quezon City, Quezon and Aurora provinces | |
| Wednesday | Ninoy Aquino Day | Special Non-working day | |
| Monday | National Heroes' Day | Regular holiday. Last Monday of August | |
| Monday | Public Holiday (in lieu) | Special Non-working day in Bukidnon | |
| Friday | All Saints' Day | Special Non-working day | |
| Saturday | All Souls' Day | Additional Special Non-Working Day | |
| Saturday | Bonifacio Day | Regular holiday | |
| Sunday | Immaculate Conception Day | Special non-working holiday from 2018 | |
| Tuesday | Christmas Eve | Additional Special Non-Working Day | |
| Wednesday | Christmas Day | Regular holiday | |
| Monday | Rizal Day | Regular holiday | |
| Tuesday | New Year's Eve | Special Non-working day |
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