2012 Philippine Holidays and Long Weekends

2012 Philippine Holidays and Long Weekends

2012 Philippine Holidays are now officially out as as posted in the government owned website http://www.gov.ph.

Here are the 2012 Philippine Holidays as declared under Presidential Proclamation 295:

Regular Holidays

New Year’s Day - January 1 (Sunday)
Maundy Thursday- April 5
Good Friday - April 6
Araw ng Kagitingan - April 9 (Monday)
Labor Day -May 1 (Tuesday)
Independence Day - June 12 (Tuesday)
National Heroes Day - August 27 (Last Monday of August)
Bonifacio Day - November 30 (Friday)
Christmas Day - December 25 (Tuesday)
Rizal Day - December 30


Special (Non-Working) Days
Chinese New Year - January 23 (Monday)
Ninoy Aquino Day - August 21 (Tuesday)
All Saints Day - November 1 (Thursday)
Additional special (non-working) day - November 2 (Friday)
Last Day of the Year- December 31 (Monday


Special Holiday (for all schools)
EDSA Revolution Anniversary - February 25 (Saturday)


While the official dates for Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha has not yet been officially announced, tentative dates would be:

Eid-al-Fitr - August 20 (Monday)
Eid-al-Adha - October 26 (Friday)


Long Weekends are:

January 21-23, 2012 (Chinese New Year)

April 5-9, 2012 (Holy Week and Araw ng Kagitingan)

April 28-29 (April 30) May 1, 2012 (Labor Day)

August 18-21, 2012 (Eid-al-Fitr and Ninoy Aquino Day)

August 25-27, 2012 (National Heroes Day)

October 26-28, 2012 (Eid-al-Adha)

November 1-4 (All Saints' Day)

November 30-Dec 2 (Bonifacio Day)

December 29-Jan 1 (New Year)