Official 2009 Holidays: Declared National and Regular Holidays in the Philippines

Maybe you're planning your 2009 vacations this early. Most of the 2009 regular holidays and nationwide special holidays are movable, as provided under Republic Act 9492. For these movable holidays, the President is tasked by law to issue a Proclamation, at least 6 months prior to a movable holiday, fixing the specific date of that non-working day.

The Philippine holidays listed below are under RA 9492 and Proclamation 1699, unless otherwise indicated.

National Regular Holidays and Special Non-Working Holidays (unless indicated as a special non-working holiday, these are regular holidays):

1. New Year’s Day January 1, 2009*
2. Special Non-Working Holiday January 2, 2009* (Proclamation 1695)

3. EDSA People Power** (All SCHOOLS Only) February 23, 2009* (Monday) (Proclamation 1728)

4. Maundy Thursday April 9, 200*
5. Good Friday April 10, 2009*
6. Araw ng Kagitingan (Bataaan and Corregidor Day) April 6, 2009* (Monday, nearest to April 9)

7. Labor Day May 1, 2009* (Friday)

8. Independence Day June 12, 2009* (Friday)

9. Ninoy Aquino Day ** August 21, 2009* (Friday)
10. National Heroes Day August 31, 2009 (Monday)

11. Eid'l Fitr (Feast of Ramadhan) Movable date

12. All Saints Day ** November 1, 2009* (Sunday)
13. Additional non-working day November 2, 2009* (Monday)
14. Bonifacio Day November 30, 2009* (Monday)

15. Additional non-working day December 24, 2009* (Thursday)
16. Christmas Day December 25, 2009* (Friday)
17. Rizal Day December 30, 200* (Wednesday)
18. Last Day of the Year ** December 31, 2009* (Thursday)

New Year's Day January 1, 2010* (Friday)

The Eidul Adha shall be celebrated as a regional holiday in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) ONLY.

Notes:
*already fixed by law or the appropriate Proclamation;
** special non-working holidays.