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On July 25, 1987, President Corazon Aquino promulgated the Administrative Code of the Philippines. [1] Chapter 7 of this code specified a list of ten nationwide regular holidays and two nationwide special days and provided that the President may proclaim any local special day for a particular date, group or place.
On August 18, 2016, the government announced at least 19 Philippine holidays for 2017 as declared by virtue of Proclamation No. 50, series of 2016. Note that in the list, holidays in italics are "special non-working holidays," those in bold are "regular holidays," and those in non-italics and non-bold are "special holidays for schools."
Christmas ( Filipino: Pasko; [pɐsˈkɔʔ]) [ a] is one of the biggest holidays in the Philippines. As one of the two predominantly Catholic countries in Asia, the Philippines celebrates the world's longest Christmas season (Filipino: Kapaskuhan ); [ 1][ 3] Christmas music is played as early as August. [ 4]
Arafat Day. يوم عرفة. Commemoration of Muhammad's final sermon and completion of the message of Islam. 1–3 September. Feast of the Sacrifice. عيد الأضحى. Commemorates Ibrahim 's willingness to sacrifice his son. Also known as the Big Feast (celebrated from the 10th to 13th). 14 October.
Typhoon Tembin. Categories: 2017 events in the Philippines by month. December 2017 events by country. December 2017 events in Asia.
Independence Day[ 1] ( Filipino: Araw ng Kasarinlán; also known as Araw ng Kalayaan, "Day of Freedom") is a national holiday in the Philippines observed annually on June 12, [ 2] commemorating the declaration of Philippine independence from Spain in 1898. [ 2] Since 1978, it has been the country's National Day .
The communication was delivered to the ICC two days before the Philippines' ICC withdrawal became effective. [37] [38] [39] March 17 – The Philippines formally withdraws from the International Criminal Court after the country's withdrawal notification was received by the Secretary-General of the United Nations in 2017. [40]
December 1. December 1 is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 30 days remain until the end of the year.