List of Philippine Holidays 2012
Planning long run on a long weekend for 2012? The Malacanang Palace has just released the list of Philippine Holidays for 2012. This lists the dates of the legal and special non working holidays for next year.
The Holy Week for 2012 is on April 5-6, 2012 and will be a favorite date for a running getaway. It will be a very long weekend since April 9 will also be a holiday.
January, August and November have holidays falling on a Monday.
Here are the 2012 Philippine Holidays as declared under Presidential Proclamation 295:
A. Regular Holidays
January 1 (Sunday) – New Year’s Day
April 5 – Maundy Thursday
April 6 – Good Friday
April 9 (Monday) Araw ng Kagitingan
May 1 (Tuesday) – Labor Day
June 12 (Tuesday) – Independence Day
August 27 (Last Monday of August) – National Heroes Day
November 30 (Friday) – Bonifacio Day
December 25 (Tuesday) – Christmas Day
December 30 (Sunday) – Rizal Day
B. Special (Non-Working) Days
January 23 (Monday) – Chinese New Year
August 21 (Tuesday) – Ninoy Aquino Day
November 1 (Thursday) – All Saints Day
November 2 (Friday) – Additional special (non-working) day
December 31 (Monday) – Last Day of the Year
C. Special Holiday (for all schools)
February 25 (Saturday) – EDSA Revolution Anniversary
You can read the official announcement here.
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Jinoe Gavan is the founder of this award-winning blog Takbo.ph, The Filipino Running Community. Known as ManokanRunner, he is a computer addict on weekdays, a church leader on weekends and a runner in all days of the week. He wants to run and cover as many miles in many places as he could. Read more about his life in the urban jungle with all the distractions and the fun of raising his son in DaddyandtheCity(dot)com.